After a lifetime of heroic action in the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power Movement, and related peace and justice struggles, Ernest McMillan came back...
Carter G. Woodson, in full Carter Godwin Woodson, (born December 19, 1875, New Canton, Virginia, U.S.—died April 3, 1950, Washington, D.C.), American historian who first opened...
On April 1, 1984, Marvin Gaye, an American musician who gained worldwide fame for his work with Motown Records, was shot and killed on the day before his...
Jesse Owens, by name of James Cleveland Owens, was born September 12, 1913, Oakville, Alabama, U.S. he died March 31, 1980, Phoenix, Arizona. He was a American track-and-field athlete...