Sports

Carl Brewer (1957-2020)
Carl Brewer served as the 100th Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, only the second African American elected to that office. Brewer...
October 8th, 2018

Kevin Maurice Johnson (1966- )
Kevin Maurice Johnson served as Mayor of Sacramento, California, from December 2, 2008 to December 13, 2016. Johnson, the son...
October 8th, 2018

Mark Mallory (1962- )
On December 1, 2005, Mark Mallory was sworn in as the first black mayor elected by popular vote in Cincinnati,...
October 7th, 2018

Sylvanus Smith (1831โ1911)
โImage Ownership: Public Domainโ Sylvanus Smith, once described in a city directory as a โhog driver,โ was a free black...
November 2nd, 2015

Ulysses โJuniorโ Bridgeman (1953-2025 )
Entrepreneur businessman Ulysses Bridgeman, better known by his nickname, โJunior,โ was born on September 17, 1953, in East Chicago, Indiana....
September 24th, 2015

Moses Eugene Malone (1955-2015)
Hall of Fame National Basketball Association (NBA) player Moses Eugene Malone was born March 23, 1955, in Petersburg, Virginia, and...
September 22nd, 2015

Benny Scott (1945โ2009)
โImage Ownership: Public Domainโ William Benjamin Scott, known in the racing world as โThe Professorโ because of his other career...
September 1st, 2015

Prentice Herman Polk (1898-1985)
โImage Ownership: Public Domainโ Prentice Herman Polk, acclaimed photographer, was born November 25, 1898 in Bessemer, Alabama, to Jacob Prentice...
August 21st, 2015

DโArmy Bailey (1941-2015)
โImage Ownership: Rollin Riggsโ DโArmy Bailey, founder of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Tennessee, was a political...
July 17th, 2015