Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, American author, professor, feminist, and social activist was born.
Category: Black History
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.
October 29, 1953
Cheryl White the first Black female horse racing jockey was born.
March 24, 2021
Kim M. Janey is the first woman and the first Black mayor in the City’s history.
December 19, 1924
Cicely Tyson American award winning actress and former fashion model is born.