People, Locations, Episodes

Wilhemina Crosson, Educator, Writer, and Administrator born

*Wilhelmina Crosson was born on this date in 1900. She was a Black educator and school administrator known for her innovative teaching methods. Wilhelmina Marguerita Crosson was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, to Charles Tasker Crosson and Sallie Alice Davis Crosson. She was the fourth of nine children. In 1906 Crosson moved with her family […]

Coppin State University is Founded

On this date, we celebrate the founding of Coppin State College (CSC) in 1900 in Maryland. It is one of over 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in America.

Rufus Clement, College Administrator born

*Rufus Clement was born on this date in 1900.  He was a Black educator and college administrator.  A native of Salisbury, North Carolina, Rufus Early Clement was the son of Emma C. Clement. He started as a professor and then dean of Livingstone College in Salisbury.  Clement then served as the first dean of Louisville […]

Ellis Knox, Educator born

*Ellis O’Neal Knox was born on this date in 1900. He was an African American civil rights activist and educator.

From Lakeport, California, Knox was one of five children; his father, Prince Albert (or “Al” for short), was a Latin teacher and graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1913, the family moved to Oakland, CA. where he finished high school with honors. In 1922, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and soon accepted a teaching position at Phoenix Union High School in Arizona.

Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, Educator born.

*Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin was born on this date in 1900. She was a Black teacher and sorority administrator. Bessie Mae Downey was the youngest of six children raised in Indianapolis, IN. She graduated from Manual Training High School and the City Teachers Normal School. In 1943, Martin earned her bachelor’s degree from Butler […]

E. Luther Brookes, Chemist born

*The birth of E. Luther Brookes is celebrated on this date in 1900. He was a Black chemist and Professor. From Jamaica, British West Indies, Enos Luther Brookes was the son of Professor James M. Brookes and Martha Brookes. “The death of his mother prevented his acceptance of a scholarship to an English University. He traveled to […]

John McNeile Hunter, Chemist, and Professor born

*John McNeile Hunter was born on this date in 1901.  He was a Black chemist and professor.  From Woodville, Texas, he was the oldest son of John Alexander Hunter and Mary Evelyn Virginia (Edwards) Hunter. His father, a former school principal, had moved to Texas from Louisiana soon after his marriage to Edwards, who had […]

Hubert Delany, Lawyer, and Judge born

*Hubert Delany was born on this date in 1901. He was a Black lawyer, politician, and judge. From North Carolina, Hubert Thomas Delany was the eighth of ten children born to the Rev. Henry Beard Delany and Nannette James Logan Delany, an educator. His father was born into slavery in St. Mary’s, Georgia. Delany was born and […]

Black History, and The Nobel Prize, a story

*The Nobel Prize and its awards to Africans and African Americans are a topic on this dates Registry.

The Nobel’s are granted annually to persons or institutions for outstanding contributions made during the previous year in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, international peace and economic sciences.

Artishia Wilkerson Jordan, Educator born

*Artishia Wilkerson Jordan was born on this date in 1901. She was a Black educator and club woman. Artishia Garcia Wilkerson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Bernard Orange Wilkerson and Artishia Garcia Gilbert Wilkerson. Her father was an attorney; her mother was a medical doctor who died soon after childbirth in 1904. […]

Oliver Cox, Sociologist born

*On this date in 1901, Oliver Cox was born. He was an Trinidadian sociologist.

From Port of Spain, Trinidad, Oliver Cromwell Cox was one of eight children and was raised by his uncle Reginald who was a teacher.

Frederick Patterson, Education Administrator born

Frederick Patterson was born on this date in 1901. He was an African American doctor and education administrator.

Born in Washington, D. C., he and his family moved to Texas when Frederick Douglass Patterson was young.

Grambling State University is Founded

On this date in 1901, Grambling State University was founded. It is one of over 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in America.

Cubena McClure, Educator born.

*The birth of Cubena McClure is celebrated on this date in 1901. She was a Black teacher and sorority administrator. Cubena McClure was born in Indianapolis, IN. Graduated from Shortridge High School in 1919 and later began teaching in the IPS at Schools Nos. 24 and 26. She hosted the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority’s first initiation in […]

Martha Louise Morrow Foxx, Educator born

*Martha Louise Morrow Foxx was born on this date in 1902.  She was a pioneering Black educator of the blind in Mississippi.   Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, an eye disease left Foxx partially blind as a child. She entered the Raleigh School for the Blind as a child until her family moved to Philadelphia, […]