Black History

September 12, 1992

Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first black woman in space on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Birthdays

January 29, 1954

Oprah Winfrey American Media Proprietor is born.

Birthdays

September 26, 1981

Serena Williams American Tennis Player born.

April

April 25, 1917

Ella Fitzgerald American Singer was born.

Birthdays

March 17, 1933

Myrlie Evers-Williams American civil rights activist was born.

Black History

January 21, 2013

Myrlie Evers Williams delivers the invocation at the second inauguration of Barak Obama as President of the United States, becoming the first woman and first layperson to do so.

Birthdays

January 17, 1964

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama First Lady was born.

April

April 15, 1894

Bessie Smith American Blues Singer was born.

Birthdays

November 30, 1924

Shirley Chisholm the first black female Congresswoman and Presidential nominee was born.

Birthdays

September 10, 1982

Misty Danielle Copeland American Ballet dancer was born.

April

April 15, 1960

Ella Baker leads a conference at Shawn University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Birthdays

July 25, 1955

Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid otherwise known as Man a Somali-American Fashion Model, Actress, and Entrepreneur is born.

Birthdays

February 10, 1927

Mary Violet Leontyne Price an American soprano is born.

Black History

January 27, 1961

Leontyne Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Il Travatore. The final ovation lasted over 35 minutes, one of the longest in the history of the Met.

Birthdays

Mary Lou Williams American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer was born. Mary Lou Williams recorded over 100 records wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington, Benny Good Goldman, and others. She was a Grammy nominee.

Black History

February 11, 1989

Barbara C. Harris is ordained Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts becoming the first woman to hold this position.

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