United States – Michigan
K.C. Jones (1932-2020)
K.C. Jones was an American basketball coach for the National Basketball League (NBA). Jones was born on May 25, 1932,...
Benjamin S. Carson (1951- )
Benjamin S. Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential Candidate in 2016, was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. Carson...
Amos O’Neal (1961- )
Michigan State Representative Amos O’Neal was born on July 17, 1961, in Saginaw, Michigan. He attended Saginaw Public Schools and...
Super Bowl 41 (2007)
Super Bowl 41 was the first Super Bowl contest pitting teams led by two African American coaches, Tony Dungy, of...
James A. Sharp, Jr. (1933-2023)
The first popularly elected African American mayor of Flint, Michigan, James A. Sharp, Jr. was born in New York City...
Kenneth E. Reeves (1951- )
Kenneth E. Reeves, the first African American Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born Kenneth Errol Reeves in Detroit, Michigan, on...
Rex Richardson (1983- )
The first African American mayor of Long Beach, California, Rex Richardson was born at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois...
William A. Johnson, Jr. (1942- )
William A. Johnson Jr., the first African American mayor of Rochester, New York, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on August...
Greg Gumbel (1946-2024)
April 20th, 2025