EDDIE KENDRICKS
DECEMBER 13
1903—Another one of the great unsung heroines of the Civil Rights Movement Ella Baker is born in Norfolk, Va. She directed the...
December 6
1849—Harriet (Ross) Tubman escapes slavery in Maryland. But she becomes perhaps the greatest “conductor” on the Underground Railroad returning to the South...
Week of February 26-March 4
February 26
1920—Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) founds the first nationally organized celebration of Black American history (then called Negro History...
RYANN ROBERTS, CMU GRADUATE by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Ryann Roberts, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in...
