Black History Spotlight

If I had a 'crowning jewel,' something I'd recommend people look at on this site, I'd always start with Black History Spotlight. Here is a breakdown of each year's series by category.

2016

 1- G. Van Standifer/Midnight Basketball League

 8- no spotlight

15- no spotlight

22- no spotlight

 2- Henry Ossawa Tanner

 9- Ann Lowe

16- James Van Der Zee

23- L'Tanya Griffin

 3- Alexander Thomas Augusta

10- Charles Hamilton Houston

17- Anthony Benezet

24- Levi Watkins, Jr.

 4- Bert Williams

11- Thomas Dorsey

18- Oscar Micheaux

25- Arthur Mitchell

 5- Paul Robeson

12- Joseph Hayne Rainey

19- Shirley Chisholm

26- Dorothy Height

 6- Jack Johnson

13- Arthur Ashe

20- Isaac Murphy

27- Donna Cheek

 7- Dr. Shirley Jackson

14- Granville T. Woods

21- Benjamin O. Davis Sr.

28- Charles Henry Turner

2017

 1-NAACP

 8-National Council of Negro Women

15-100 Black Men of America

22-National Negro Business League

 2-Thurgood Marshall

 9-Freedmen's Bureau

16-William A. Hinton

23-Mabel Staupers

 3-Mary Church Terrell

10-Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr. 

17-Fannie Lou Hamer

24-Blanche Kelso Bruce

 4-Barbara Brandon

11-Stephen Burrows

18-Jerry Pinkney

25-Elizabeth Keckley

 5-Clara L. Adams-Ender

12-Frederick McKinley Jones

19-Benjamin Banneker

26-Tuskegee Airmen

 6-Miles Davis

13-Nicholas Brothers

20-James DePreist

27-American Negro Theater

 7-Bill Russell

14-Alice Coachman

21-Charlie Sifford

28-Althea Gibson

2018

 1-United Negro College Fund

 8-National Coalition of 100 Black Women

15-National Black Justice Coalition

22-National Black Chamber of Commerce

 2-Elijah McCoy

 9-Buffalo Soldiers

16-Mark Dean

23-Mary Winston-Jackson

 3-Gladys Bentley

10-Buddy Bradley

17-Janet Collins

24-Dean Dixon

 4-Fritz Pollard

11-Willye White

18-George Poage

25-Lucy Diggs Slowe

 5-Henrietta Lacks

12-Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

19-Charles Reason

26-William T. Coleman

 6-Patrick Kelly

13-Richmond Barthe

20-Gwendolyn Brooks

27-Zelda Wynn Valdes

 7-Amelia Boynton Robinson

14-Alexander Twilight

21-Septima Clark

28-Robert Weaver






2019

 1- National Black MBA Association


 8- National Urban League


15- Rainbow Push Coalition


22- US Black Chambers, Inc.

 2- Sister Rosetta Tharpe


 9- Ethel Waters


16- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey


23- August Wilson

 3- Wendell Scott


10- Satchel Paige


17- Don Barksdale


24- Marshall "Major" Taylor

 4- The Harlem Hellfighters


11- Gerald Lawson


18- Marie Maynard Daly


25- Frederick Branch

 5- Gordon Parks


12- Tracey Norman


19- Betye Saar


26- Mildred Blount

 6- Autherine Lucy


13- Constance Baker Motley


20- Charles Drew


27- Marilyn Hughes Gaston

 7- Ralph Bunche


14- Ella Baker


21- Patricia Roberts Harris


28- William Monroe Trotter






2020

 1--National Afro-American Council


 8--Benjamin F. Roberts


15--National Black United Front


22--Frederick Patterson

 2--Willie Thrower

 9--Renee Powell

16--Bill Powell

23--Ora Washington

 3--James Baldwin

10--Donyale Luna

17--Jamel Shabazz

24--Ola Hudson

  4--Mary Jane Patterson


11--Charlotte E. Ray


18--Vivien Thomas


25--William Hastie

 5--The Golden Thirteen


12--David Crosthwait, Jr. 


19--George Alcorn, Jr.



26--Ruth Moore

 6--W. C. Handy

13--George Walker

20--Mamie Smith

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 7--Adam Powell, Jr. 


14--Diane Nash


21--Hiram Revels


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