Ketanji Bown Jackson becomes the first black female Supreme Court nominee.
Category: Black History
December 28, 1829
Elizabeth “Mum Bett” the first enslaved African American to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts died at assumed age of 85 years old.
January 5, 1868
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones American opera singer and first black woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall was born.
September 25, 1952
Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, American author, professor, feminist, and social activist was born.
September 19, 1992
Erin Jackson American speed skater, inline skater and roller derby player is born.
November 8, 1920
Esther Rolle American actress and first woman to receive the NAACP Chairman’s Civil Rights Leadership Award was born.
April 27, 1988
Melissa Viviane Jefferson, known professionally as Lizzo, an American singer, rapper, songwriter and flutist is born.
January 16, 1950
Deborah Kaye Allen American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer is born.
November 9, 1923
Alice Coachman Davis American athlete specializing in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal was born.
November 13, 1955
Whoopi Goldberg actress and one of sixteen entertainers to win an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Tony Award is born.