Military Conflict – Korean War
William Conan Davis (1926-2022)
Scientist, inventor, and activist William Conan Davis, the first African American to earn a doctorate from the University of Idaho,...
Edward Creston Gleed (1916-1990)
Tuskegee Airman Edward Creston Gleed, World War II combat fighter pilot, was born on November 5, 1916, in Lawrence, Kansas,...
Daniel Robert Smith (1932-2022)
Daniel Robert Smith was the last surviving child of a formerly enslaved American. He was born on March 11, 1932,...
Jacob Hudson Carruthers Jr. (1930-2004)
Jacob Hudson Carruthers Jr. was a historian and educator. Carruthers was born on February 15, 1930, to unnamed parents in...
George Washington Biggs (1925-2020)
George Washington Biggs was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. Biggs was born on July 2, 1925 in Nogales, Arizona...
Jesse Leroy Brown (1926 -1950)
Ensign Jesse Leroy Brown, the first African American to complete flight training in the United States Navy, was also the...
Gil Noble (1932-2012)
Gilbert Edward Noble was a pianist, producer, professor, news anchor, television host, and documentarian. His entry into media was largely...
MOVE (1972- )
MOVE is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based black liberation group, whose foundation was built on philosophies of black nationalism and anarcho-primitivism, as...
Charles Edward McGee (1919- )
Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee is a retired fighter pilot whose legendary career spans three wars and four hundred and nine...
