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 […]

King Cetshwayo of the Zulu Kingdom, was born in 1826 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to Zulu king Mpande, and Queen Ngqumbazi. His son was Dinizulu. However, Shaka Zulu and Umtonga were his brothers. In 1856, Cetshwayo demonstrated his military prowess by defeating and killing his brother Mbuyazi in a battle on the banks of the Tugela River. His strategic acumen […]

Pastor, Civil Rights Activist, and Boulé President Arthur F. Elmes, was born on March 30, 1890, in St. John’s, Antigua, West Indies. He had one sister, Mae Elmes. His early education was with the Moravian church missionaries. Afterward, he taught school in St. John’s and soon left for New York City, where he worked as an elevator operator for a […]

Charles Carl Teamer, Sr., was born to B.T. Teamer and Mary Teamer on May 20, 1933, in Shelby, North Carolina. In 1954, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from HBCU Clark College, now Clark Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Georgia. During his time at Clark, he was initiated into the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Two years later, in […]

K.C. Jones was an American basketball coach for the National Basketball League (NBA). Jones was born on May 25, 1932, to K.C. Jones Sr and Eula Jones in Taylor, Texas. Jones’ parents divorced when he was nine years old and he moved to San Francisco, California where he attended Commerce High School. After high school, Jones attended the University of […]

Jayden Daniels is an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Commanders. Daniels was born on December 18, 2000, to Javon Daniels and Regina Jackson in Fontana, California and raised in nearby San Bernardino. Daniels was introduced to football at the age of five where he played flag football and contact football by the age […]