Lorraine Hansberry was born May 19, 1930 and was an American playwright and writer. She was the first Black woman to write a play performed on Broadway. She lived for 34 years and inspired Nina Simone to write the song, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black.”
Malcolm X was born May 19, 1925 and was an African-American Muslim minister and a leader of the civil rights movement.
Booker T. Washington, born April 5, 1856, was an African-American educator, author, orator, and adviser to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community.
Colin Powell, born April 5, 1937, is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.
