Bob Dockery Jr. is a radio and television producer, playwright, and former advertising executive. He was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, and then moved with his parents and sister to Louisville, Kentucky. While the family lived in Alabama, Dockery’s father, Bob Dockery Sr., was a prominent physician who practiced family medicine at the Army Air Force Base. The family soon left […]

Braxton Fancourt Cann, M.D. (1900–1974) was a distinguished Bermudian physician, community leader, and advocate for civil rights. Born in Bermuda in 1900 as the eldest son of Dr. John W. Cann, he attended The Berkeley Institute and earned his Bachelor of Science from Wilberforce University in 192. He further pursued his education at McGill University for a year before entering […]

Robert Lewis Harris is a distinguished lawyer, activist, and business executive whose impactful career bridges law, civil rights, and corporate leadership. Born on March 4, 1944, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Lucy and Benjamin Harris, he relocated with his family to California in 1960. After graduating from Oakland Technical High School in 1961, Harris pursued higher education at Merritt College, earning […]

James Otis Cole has spent the better part of his professional career as a “businessman” in many C-suite positions within organizations across America. He was an entrepreneur in the food service industry and a corporate attorney for Fortune 100 companies. He was born on February 6, 1941, in Florence, Alabama, and was raised by his father, Calloway Cole, and his […]

William Lee Lonesome was born on June 24, 1907, in Charleston, West Virginia, to Benjamin Lonesome and Helen Ella Thompson. He received his A.B. Degree from West Virginia State College in 1933 and a J.D. degree from Howard University in 1936. He was the recipient of many honorary degrees, including an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Wilberforce University, Edward […]

William C. McNeill, M.D., was a distinguished educator and physician whose career was marked by dedicated service in both the academic and medical communities. Born in 1878 as one of ten children on a farm in North Carolina, McNeill moved to Washington, D.C., in 1897 to attend Howard Academy, the preparatory school for Howard University. He worked his way through […]

Benjamin Major, M.D., was a distinguished gynecologist, family planner, and humanitarian whose life and career left significant marks on both his profession and the broader community. A graduate of Fisk University, he graduated from Meharry Medical College at the young age of 21. Dr. Major went on to become the second Black physician in Northern California to be certified by […]

Theodore Adam Jones was born on November 14, 1912, in Pueblo, Colorado, to Nellie Gant Jones and Adam Daniel Jones. Shortly after his birth, his father passed away, and he and his mother settled in Chicago, where he grew up on South Rhodes Avenue. Jones attended Douglas Elementary School, Doolittle Elementary School, and later, Wendell Phillips Junior and Senior High […]

Dr. David Johnson Dixson was born in 1892 in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Wesley S. Dixson, a merchant who was also the local postmaster, and Martha A. Johnson, a seamstress. Dixson was one of five children. Dixson was a graduate of Benedict College and Howard University. He practiced medicine in his hometown of Barnwell, South Carolina, for over 50 years. […]

Dwayne M. Murray was born in Franklin, Louisiana, to Damon and Elva Murray.  He is the Managing Member of the law firm, Murray & Murray, LLC, Attorneys at Law. From 2020 to 2022, Dwayne M. Murray served as Grand Sire Archon for Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. From 2007 to 2011, he served as the Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi […]