Rufus Andrew Lewis
Rufus Andrew Lewis was born on November 30, 1906 (d. 1999), to the late Lula and Jerry Lewis in Montgomery, Alabama. He was the youngest...
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Wesley L. Harris
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Aerospace engineer Wesley L. Harris was born in Richmond, Virginia on October 29, 1941. His parents, William Harris and Rosa Harris worked in Richmond’s tobacco...
Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington first studied journalism at Fordham University but then discovered an interest in acting. He made his feature film debut in the comedy A...
William Geary “Bunk” Johnson
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William Geary “Bunk” Johnson was a prominent figure in the history of jazz music. Born on December 27, 1879, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Johnson made...
Reece “Goose” Tatum
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Reece “Goose” Tatum excelled at two sports, baseball and basketball, but is most famous for his basketball career with the Harlem Globetrotters. Known as “Goose”...
Maude Craig
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Maude Evangeline Craig Sampson Williams (1880-1958), a suffragist, civil rights activist, and educator, was born and raised in East Central Austin. After she graduated from...
CHANCELLOR J. WILLIAMS
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Prominent in the pantheon of Afrocentric scholars is Chancellor James Williams, the son of a former slave, born on December 22, 1898, in Bennettsville, South...
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore
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Harriette Vyda Simms Moore was an African American educator, Civil Rights leader, and the wife of Harry Tyson Moore who was the founder of the...
Pharoah Sanders
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Farrell Sanders, also known as Pharoah Sanders, was born on October 13, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas. His early exposure to music, through his family...
Tony Williams
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Tony Williams, born in Chicago in 1945, is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in jazz history. His innovative approach to rhythm...