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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

James E. Anderson, Sr. was an educator and civic leader. Born in Springfield, Missouri, Anderson experienced early adversity, losing his parents at a young age. He was raised by relatives in Chanute, Kansas, before moving to Wichita as a high school student. There, he graduated from Wichita East High School, laying the foundation for an exceptional career in education and […]

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 […]

The Negro Family: The Case For National Action Office of Policy Planning and Research United States Department of Labor March 1965 ________________________________________ Two hundred years ago, in 1765, nine assembled colonies first joined together to demand freedom from arbitrary power. For the first century we struggled to hold together the first continental union of democracy in the history of man. […]

Lucy Breckenridge, best known for her diary covering early Washington State History, was born March 18, 1857, in Staunton, Virginia. In 1870, when Lucy was 13 years old, she did domestic work at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, Virginia. Henry Breckenridge, born October 31, 1848, was a laborer at the asylum. Lucy and Henry married on December 21, 1871, […]

Carroll Napier Langston (1881-1972), lawyer, banker, and businessman, was one of the principal founders of the One-Cent Savings Bank in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1904, it was the first Black institution of its kind and remains operational today as Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company, the oldest continuously owned Black financial institution in the country. Langston was born in St. […]

Richard Gadson is an African American drag bike racer. He was born on March 8, 1986, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Much of Gadson’s early life is unknown, but he always had a passion for drag bike racing. Some of his earliest memories of the sport come from watching his uncle, Ricky, race in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class in the 1990s. […]