Angela Davis
Angela Davis Was Born January 26, 1944, In Birmingham, Alabama.
On June 5, 1972, Angela Davis Was Acquitted Of Complicity In A Plot To Free Three San Quintin Prisoners From A Marin County, California Courthouse.
During The Escape Attempt, Four People Had Been Killed. Because The Guns Were Registered To Davis, The FBI Put Her On Its Ten Most Wanted List.
The FBI Tracked Her Down, Charged Her With Conspiracy, Kidnapping And Murder. She Sat In Jail 16 Months Awaiting Trial.
The Angela Davis Trial Was One Of The Most Infamous Courtroom Dramas In Contemporary American History. The Politically Outspoken, Self-Avowed Communist Had Earlier Been Fired From Her Job As A Professor Of Philosophy At UCLA.
Davis Ran Twice For Vice President As The Communist Party Candidate. She Was Also A Recipient Of The Lenin Peace Prize. Today She Is A Teacher, Lecturer And Writer.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
Barack Obama Being Sworn In As President January 20, 2009
On January 20, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama Was Sworn In As The 44th And First African American President Of The United States Of America.
On June 3, 2008, With 2,118 Delegates In Hand, Obama Became The Out-Right Democratic Nominee For The Office Of President of the United States. In Doing So, He Became The First Black American To Be The Presidential Nominee Of A Major American Political Party.
On November 4, 2008, At Approximately 11pm, EST, Barack Obama Became the First Acknowledged Black American Elected To The Office Of President Of The United States Of America. With Wore Than 300 Electorial Votes, He Defeated Republican Rival, John McCain, In A Political Race That Forever Changed American History.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
Dr. Daniel Hale WilliamsJames Cornsh
Dr. Williams Made Medical History On July 9, 1893, When He Performed The First Successful Open Heart Surgery On Record. He Operated On James Cornish, A Young Black Man Who Had Been Stabbed In The Chest. Cornish Lived For 50 More Years, Following The Procedure.
On November 15, 1894, Williams Founded Freedman's Hospital School Of Nursing. The School Became A Part Of Howard University In 1969 And Had Graduated 1,700 Nurses Before It Closed In 1973.
Three Years Earlier, Dr. Williams Opened Chicago's Provident Hospital. For The First Time There Was A Facility Specifically Established To Formally Train Black Women To Become Nurses. Provident Was Also The Nation's First Interracial Hospital.
Williams Died On August 4, 1931. He Was 75 Years Old.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert C. WeaverOn January 13, 1964, Dr Robert C. Weaver Became The First Black American In History To Serve In A Presidential Cabinet When He Was Appointed By President Lyndon B. Johnson To Head The Newly Created Department Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD).
As Director Of HUD Weaver Oversaw 9,000 Employees And Approximately $4.5 Billion In Annual Expenditures.
Robert Weaver Earned A Ph.D In Economics From Harvard University And Was A Former College Professor. Before Becoming HUD Secretary, He Served As Administrator Of Housing And Home Finance In The Kennedy Administration - The Highest Federal Position Held By A Black American Up To That Time. He Was Also A Former NAACP Board Chairman And Chairman Of The National Committee Against Discrimination In Housing. He Was Awarded The NAACP's Spingarn Medal In 1962, For His Leadership On Housing Issues.
After Leaving His Cabinet Post, Weaver Became President Of Baruch College In 1969. The Following Year He Became A Professor Of Urban Affairs At Hunter College In New York. He Retired From That Position In 1978. Weaver Died July 17, 1997, At Age 89.
In 2000, The HUD Headquarters Building He Had Dedicated In 1968 Was Renamed The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, In His Honor.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." - Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
John SingletonMovie Director/Screenwriter/Producer, John Daniel Singleton, Was Born January 6, 1968, In Los Angeles California.
Following Graduation From The School Of Cinematic Arts At The University Of Southern California, Singleton Made Movie History with "Boyz 'N the Hood," His 1991 Directorial Debut. At Age 24, He Became The Youngest Individual And The First Black American Ever To Be Nominated For A Best Director Academy Award.
John Singleton Went On To Direct And/Or Produce Several More Successful Movies And Videos, Including: "Poetic Justice" (1993), "Higher Learning" (1995), "Rosewood" (1997), "Shaft" (2000), "Baby Boy" (2001) And "Hustle And Flow" (2005). In Addtion To "Boyz 'N The Hood," 1991 Was Also The Year Singleton Directed Michael Jackson's Music Video, "Remember The Time," Which Also Featured Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson And Iman.
Singleton Contunues To Be One Of The Most Influential And Talented Filmmakers In In The Industry.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
"REMEMBER THE TIME" - Directed By John Singleton
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