Darktown Jubilee is released starring Bert Williams and becomes the first film to star a black actor.

Physician and community activist Dr. Muriel Petioni is born in Trinidad.

Fraternal organization Phi Beta Sigma is founded at Howard University.

America's Black Holocaust Museum founder James Cameron was born on this date in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Author Ralph Ellison is born on this day in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He will go on to write the masterpiece Invisible Man.

Radio journalist Wesley South is born in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis was born on this date in Chambers County, Alabama. Louis became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1937 by knocking out James J. Braddock. He held the title until his retirement in 1949.

Jazz musician Herman "Sun Ra" Blount was born on this date in Birmingham, Alabama.

Singer William Clarence "Billy" Eckstine was born on this date in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eckstine performed with such jazz greats as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sarah Vaughan. Some of his hits include Prisoner of Love and That Old Black Magic.

Psychologist and author Dr. Kenneth B. Clark was born on this date in the Panama Canal Zone. Clark was important in the desegregation of public schools in the U.S. One of his books is entitled, Dark Ghetto.

Illinois Juvenile Court Judge and Navy's Golden Thirteen William Sylvester White is born in Chicago, Illinois.

Judge and veteran of the the Navy Golden Thirteen William S. White is born in Chicago.

Jean Blackwell Hutson was born on this date in Summerfield, Florida. Hutson was curator of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.

Legendary tap dancer Fayard Nicholas is born in Mobile, Alabama.

Nurse and former nursing school Director Betty Gross is born in Rock Island, Illinois.

Educational administrator Ruth Brett Quarles is born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Actress and playwright Gertrude Hadley Jeannette was born on this date in Urbana, Arkansas.