Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 10 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. John R. Lynch Full name: John Roy Lynch Born September 10, 1847 — died November 2, 1939 Reconstruction congressman, Mississippi House speaker, and historian. Born enslaved, Lynch became Speaker of […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 9 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Marjorie Lee Browne Full name: Marjorie Lee Browne Born September 9, 1914 — died October 19, 1979 Mathematician and educator. One of the first Black women to earn a mathematics […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 8 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Buck Leonard Full name: Walter Fenner Leonard Born September 8, 1907 — died November 27, 1997 Negro Leagues Hall of Fame first baseman. Called "the Black Lou Gehrig," Leonard paired […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 7 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. John Merrick Born September 7, 1859 — died August 6, 1919 Entrepreneur and cofounder of North Carolina Mutual Life. Born enslaved, the Durham barber cofounded NC Mutual Life Insurance in […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 6 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Buddy Bolden Full name: Charles Joseph Bolden Born September 6, 1877 — died November 4, 1931 Cornetist, bandleader, and early jazz pioneer. The National Park Service identifies "King" Bolden’s New […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 5 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Frank Yerby Full name: Frank Garvin Yerby Born September 5, 1916 — died November 29, 1991 Novelist. The Foxes of Harrow made Yerby the first Black American to write a […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 4 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Lewis H. Latimer Full name: Lewis Howard Latimer Born September 4, 1848 — died December 11, 1928 Inventor, engineer, draftsman, and patent expert. The son of parents who escaped slavery, […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 3 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Bessie Delany Full name: Annie Elizabeth Delany Born September 3, 1891 — died September 25, 1995 Dentist, author, and centenarian witness to Black history. The second Black woman licensed to […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 2 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. James Forten Born September 2, 1766 — died March 4, 1842 Abolitionist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Revolutionary War veteran. Born free in Philadelphia, Forten built one of the city’s most successful […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on September 1 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Henry E. Baker Full name: Henry Edwin Baker Jr. Born September 1, 1857 — died April 27, 1928 Patent examiner, attorney, and historian of Black inventors. Baker spent decades at […]