Military service – Air Force
Carroll Napier Langston (1917-1944)
Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. Carroll Napier Langston, Jr. was born on September 25, 1917, in a modest household in St....
New Year’s Day March, Greenville, South Carolina (1960)
The New Year’s Day March, the first major civil rights demonstration in South Carolina, was a 1,000-person march that protested...
Frank S. Greene, Jr. (1938-2009)
Frank S. Greene, Jr. is an inventor, scientist, venture capitalist investor, educator, and the first African American to graduate from...
Edith P. Mitchell, MD (1948- )
Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, was born in 1948, and raised in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee during the time of Racial...
Theresa M. Claiborne (1959- )
Captain Theresa Mae Claiborne was the first African American woman to become a U.S. Air Force pilot. Capt. Claiborne referenced...
Jacob Hudson Carruthers Jr. (1930-2004)
Jacob Hudson Carruthers Jr. was a historian and educator. Carruthers was born on February 15, 1930, to unnamed parents in...
James F. Williams (1963- )
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]James F. Williams serves as the managing partner of the Perkins Coie office in Seattle, Washington, the largest law office...
Club Nouveau (1984- )
Club Nouveau (New Club) is a rhythm and blues group founded by record producer/performer Jay King, born on January 26,...
Johnny Bristol (1939-2004)
Composer, singer, and producer John William “Johnny” Bristol, Sr. was born on February 3, 1939, in Morganton, North Carolina. He...
