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Charles Wesley Turnbull (1935- )
Charles Wesley Turnbull, sixth governor of the United States Virgin Islands, was born February 5, 1935, in Charlotte Amalie, St....
March 27th, 2022

Irving Garland Penn (1867-1930)
Irving Garland Penn was a journalist, educator, and key figure at Methodist Episcopal Church. Penn was born on October 7,...
December 17th, 2020

Harry T. Moore (1905-1951)
Harry Tyson Moore was an African American civil rights leader and founder of the Brevard County, Florida chapter of the...
March 29th, 2020

Nedd James Johnson Sr. (1960- )
Prominent New Jersey educator Nedd James Johnson, Sr. was born on March 1, 1960 to Neely and Queen Johnson in Dayton Beach, Florida. ...
December 1st, 2018

Johnson C. Whittaker (1858-1931)
Johnson Chesnutt Whittaker was the second black cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York....
June 29th, 2008

Edward A. Johnson (1860-1944)
Edward Austin Johnson was a businessman, historian, educator, lawyer and politician. Born enslaved in Raleigh, N.C. on November 23, 1860,...
June 29th, 2008

David Augustus Straker (1842-1908)
Image Ownership: Public Domain David Augustus Straker, author, lawyer, and politician, was born and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he...
May 6th, 2008

Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993)
Roberta Byrd Barr was an African American educator, civil rights leader, actress, librarian, and television personality. She was a talented, multifaceted...
January 22nd, 2007

Carlotta Stewart Lai (1881-1952)
Despite its charm, Hawaii was a peculiar setting for a young Black woman from Brooklyn, New York in the late...
January 18th, 2007