Dingane ka Senzangakhona, a Zulu prince became the second king of the Zulu Kingdom after the death of its founder, Shaka Zulu. Dingane was born in 1795 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His parents were Chief Senzangakhona and Mpikase kaMlilela Ngobese, Senzangakhona’s sixth and “great wife.” Dingane had 14 siblings. In 1828, Dingane became king of the Zulu Kingdom with the […]

Cederic Bradford Glover is an American politician who became the first African American mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana in 2006. Glover was born on August 9, 1965, to Elizabeth Bradford Glover and Clarence Ernest Glover Sr. in Shreveport, Louisiana. Glover attended Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport. After high school, Glover attended Grambling State University, an HBCU in Grambling, Louisiana and […]

Theologian and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Grand Sire Archon Calvin O. Pressley was born Calvin Oliver Pressley on November 10, 1937, in Harlem, New York. He was the third of six children born to Washington Pressley, a railroad worker, and Pansy Pressley, a schoolteacher from Kingstree, South Carolina. His siblings included George, Alex, Raymond, Francine, and Lois Pressley. Pressley’s early […]

Dingiswayo, meaning “one in distress or exile,” was a Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa, a title that signified his leadership over various northern Nguni groups. He was born in 1760 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was also known as Godongwana or Ngodongwa and the first-born of Chief Jobe kaKhayi of what was then a small clan known as Zulu who […]

Stephen Bishop was an American cave explorer and geologist who became one of the first people to explored Mammoth Cave located in the Edmonson, Hart, and Barren counties, Kentucky. The Mammoth Cave is considered the longest cave system in the world. In 1842, Bishop created a map of the cave which was hand drawn from memory off site that became […]

Joy Reid, a prominent national correspondent, political analyst, commentator, and television host, has made a significant impact on the media landscape. Born Joy-Ann M. Lomena Reid on December 8, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York, she grew up in a family of professionals. While the names of her parents are not available during this investigation, her father was an engineer from […]

Coretti Arle-Titz was a singer and popularizer of the spiritual music genre in Europe and the USSR (Russia). She was also one of most well-known opera performers of the Stalin era. Corette Elizabeth Hardy was born on December 5, 1881, in Churchville, New York, to Carrie Carter and Thomas Hardy. In 1899 Hardy worked as a copyist and sang in […]

The Honorable  William Andrew McClain was born on January 11, 1913, in Sanford, North Carolina, to Frank McClain and Blanche Leslie McClain. He was an only child. McClain graduated from Springfield High School in 1930 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wittenberg University in 1934, where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, […]

Attorney John C. Asbury, originally named John Cornelius Asbury, was born on April 9, 1862, in West Middletown, Pennsylvania. He was the third of six children in a family that included his parents, John S. Asbury, a hardworking farmer, and Narcissus Narcissa Webster Adams, a home maker. His siblings were Ambrose Asbury, Caroline Asbury Plummer, Robert Asbury, Emberson Asbury, and […]

The 1975 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals was the first contest pitting teams led by two African American coaches K.C. Jones, of the Washington Bullets (Now Washington Wizards) and Alvin Austin Attles Jr., of the Golden State (California) Warriors During the 1969-1970 NBA season, Attles became a player-coach for Golden State, replacing George Lee. He retired from the NBA as […]