Pharmacist1991"> Dr. Henry Lewis III is born in Tallahassee, Florida.

UPS executive1991"> Calvin Darden is born in Buffalo, New York.

Author1991"> Bebe Moore Campbell is born on this date in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Journalist1991"> Lena Williams is born on this date in Washington, D.C. Williams was the senior writer at The New York Times.

William1991"> Grayson Mitchell is born in Mobile, Alabama. He will become a journalist and public relations consultant.

Jazz musician Bobby McFerrin, known for his hit1991"> "Don't Worry Be Happy" is born on this date in New York City.

William Warfield, acclaimed vocalist, has his debut recital at New York’s Town Hall. Twenty-five years later, a gala event attended by thousands of his fans and admirers celebrated his triumphant recital at1991"> Carnegie Hall's Duke Ellington Center in New York.

Publisher1991"> 1962">Rosalind Harris is born.

Robert Foster is born on this date in Cashville, South Carolina.

Charles Drew, surgeon, professor, and blood plasma researcher, noted for his pioneering research regarding methods of blood preservation and collection and responsible for revolutionizing medicine by creating two of the world's largest blood banks, dies at the age of forty-six.

Carter G. Woodson, the father of African American history and scholarship, passes away on this date.

Youth organizer1991"> Rev. Eugene F. Rivers, III is born on this date in Boston, Massachusetts.

Thomas W. Dortch Jr., community leader, is born in Toccoa, Georgia.

Attorney1991"> Theodore V. Wells, Jr. is born.

Gwendolyn Brooks, an accomplished poet whose formative works appeared in1991"> The Chicago Defender, becomes the first African American to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Charles1991"> "Chuck" Cooper became the first Black drafted into the NBA on this date by the Boston Celtics.

Oscar DePriest died on this date in1991"> Chicago, Illinois. DePriest became the first Black to win a seat in the House of Representatives in the 20th Century. He was also the first Black to serve in the city council of Chicago as Alderman of the Second Ward.

Multitalented songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder was born on this date in Saginaw, Michigan. His given name was Steveland Judkins Morris. Stevie Wonder began recording music at the age of 12. Some of his hits include1991"> Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Sir Duke, and Higher Ground. He was inducted into the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

Bill Campbell, television personality at1991"> WLS-TV, is born on Chicago’s South Side in Illinois.

Corporate Lawyer1991"> 1971">Cheryl Blackwell Bryson is born.

In1991"> McLaurin v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court rules that the segregation of black students in a school with a racially mixed student body is unconstitutional.

The American Medical Association seats its first Black delegates at its convention on this date.

Athlete, actor, and activist1991"> Paul Robeson called for 0">President Truman to stop sending troops to Korea on this date at a Civil Rights Congress rally. Robeson told Blacks they should fight for freedon here in America, instead of fight a war in Korea.

CEO and company president Ralph Sheldon Tyler is born on this date in Cleveland, Ohio.

Black troops of the 24th Regiment won the first victory for the U.S. in the1991"> Korean War on this date by recapturing Yechon, Korea.

Jazz Pianist1991"> Ghalib Ghallab is born.

President of the Interdenominational Theological Center1991"> Michael Battle is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Fashion Artist1991"> & Painter Glenn Tunstull is born.

President of the University of1991"> Maryland, Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski is born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Judge Edith Sampson was named delegate to the United Nations on this date. She became the first Africa American woman to hold such a position.

Former NFL player and attorney1991"> Eddie Jenkins, Jr. is born on this date in Jacksonville, Florida.

Harvard professor and author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was born on this date in Keyser, West1991"> Virginia.

Ralph Bunche is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his successful mediation of the dispute between1991"> Israel and the Arab States.

Teacher1991"> & Talk Show Host Maureen Forte is born.

Author1991"> Khephra Burns is born on this date.

Journalist1991"> Luther Keith is born on this date in Detroit, Michigan.

Journalist1991"> Iola Johnson is born on this date in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Community Activist1991"> & Newspaper Columnist Jamala Rogers is born.

Astronaut Ronald McNair was born on this date in Lake City, South Carolina. McNair earned a Ph.D. in physics from M.I.T. and joined1991"> NASA several years later. He and all his crew members were killed during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger in January of 1986.

Television Executive1991"> Jocelyn Dorsey is born.

Dr. Alexa Canady was born on this date in Lansing, Michigan. Canaday went on to become the first Black woman neurosurgeon.

Neurosurgeon1991"> Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis is born.

Poet1991"> & Author E. Ethelbert Miller is born.

Lecturer1991"> & Author Dennis Kimbro is born