Politics/Law/Military

Robert L. Carter

*Robert Lee Carter was born on this date in 1917. He was an African American Attorney, United States District Judge and Civil Rights activist.

From Caryville, Florida, while still very young, his mother moved north to Newark, New Jersey, where he was raised. Carter graduated from high school at sixteen and earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) and his law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1940, both on scholarship. He also was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Andre Cailloux funeral
Steven Ochs

*The birth of Andre Cailloux in 1825 is celebrated on this date. He was a black businessman and soldier in the Civil War.

Alan Minns

*Allan Minns was born on this date 1858. He was a black British doctor and politician and the first black man to become a mayor in England. He was elected Mayor of Thetford, Norfolk in 1904.

Hazel Johnson
Brown (1979)

*Hazel Johnson Brown was born on this date in 1927. She was an African American nurse and the first black woman General in the United States Army.

Dorsie Willis

*Dorsie Willis was born on this date in 1886.  He was an African-American soldier, and activist.