Occupation – Education- University Professor – History
Evelynn M. Hammonds (1953- )
Professor Hammonds is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American...
Quiet Fire (1967-2021)
Quiet Fire, a reggae, Latin jazz, and R&B ensemble which emerged as one of the premier groups in the U.S....
James L. Conyers Jr. (1961-2021)
Author, philanthropist, scholar, mentor, and activist James L. Conyers Jr. was born James (Jim/ Naazir) L. Brown Jr. on June...
Otey Matthew Scruggs (1929-2014)
Historian, athlete, and professor Otey Matthew Scruggs was born in the seaport town of Vallejo, California, on June 29, 1929...
Robin D. G. Kelley (1962- )
Robin Davis Gibran Kelley is an educator, historian, and author. Kelley was born on March 14, 1962, in New York...
Jonathan Scott Holloway (1967- )
Rutgers University President Jonathan S. Holloway was born July 26, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of an Air Force...
Marion Thompson Wright (1902-1962)
Marion Thompson Wright, educator and historian, was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history in the...
