Coretta Scott King was the widow of Martin Luther King Jr…
Black History
Honoring the lives of Black people who have been making history all around us every day.
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The Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress changed the face of Hollywood in the 1970s.
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Hall also served in the U.S. Air Force in Korea and Vietnam.
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Lumpkin was president of the Los Angeles chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.
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We remember Negro League baseball players and their incredible achievements.
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He was the first Black American to be the U.S. team’s flag bearer at the Olympics.
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Macon retired from Fort Carson military base as head of aircraft maintenance.
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Boynton was the plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case in 1960.
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Dinkins famously described his city’s diversity as a “gorgeous mosaic.”
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Perkins later became the first Black director general of the Foreign Service.