Honoring those we lost on October 30 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. William J. Simmons Born June 29, 1849 — died October 30, 1890 Baptist minister, educator, journalist, author, and college president Born enslaved, Simmons became president of Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute, expanded the school that later […]
Honoring those we lost on October 29 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Eva Beatrice Dykes Born August 13, 1893 — died October 29, 1986 Scholar of English literature, educator, and choir director A Washington, D.C., native and summa cum laude Howard graduate, Dykes completed the requirements for a […]
Honoring those we lost on October 28 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Edward A. Bouchet Born September 15, 1852 — died October 28, 1918 Physicist, educator, and school administrator Bouchet became the first Black American to earn a doctorate from an American university and one of the earliest […]
Honoring those we lost on October 27 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Ernest Everett Just Born August 14, 1883 — died October 27, 1941 Cell biologist, embryologist, zoologist, author, and professor Just conducted foundational research on fertilization, embryonic development, and the living cell surface at Howard University, the […]
Honoring those we lost on October 26 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Hattie McDaniel Born June 10, 1893 — died October 26, 1952 Actor, singer, songwriter, comedian, and radio performer McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Academy Award, for Gone with the Wind, after building […]
Honoring those we lost on October 25 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Joseph Charles Price Born February 10, 1854 — died October 25, 1893 Educator, college founder and president, AME Zion minister, orator, and civil-rights leader Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Price raised money on a speaking […]
Honoring those we lost on October 24 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Betsey Stockton Born c. 1798 — died October 24, 1865 Educator, missionary, writer, and formerly enslaved woman After emancipation from the household of Princeton president Ashbel Green, Stockton traveled as a missionary to Hawai’i, helped establish […]
Honoring those we lost on October 23 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Lucy Craft Laney Born April 13, 1854 — died October 23, 1933 Educator, school founder, and community leader Laney founded the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in Augusta, Georgia, building an academically ambitious school for Black […]
Honoring those we lost on October 22 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. James W. C. Pennington Born c. 1807 — died October 22, 1870 Minister, abolitionist, author, and educator Pennington escaped slavery in Maryland at nineteen and was later the first Black student at Yale Divinity School, although […]
Honoring those we lost on October 21 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Alfred B. Hilton Born c. 1842 — died October 21, 1864 Union Army color sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient Hilton, a farmer from Harford County, Maryland, enlisted in Baltimore in 1863 in the 4th U.S. […]