All Entries in the "Progressive Legacy" Category

Progressive Legacy | Whitney M. Young, Jr.

Whitney Young, Jr.  | Civil Rights Activist & Executive Director National Urban League
July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Whitney Young Jr. was arguably the National Urban League’s most influential executive director. During the decade he served as head of the civil rights organization, Young increased its budget 18-fold, pushed corporate America to [...]

Progressive Legacy | Carl B. Stokes

Carl B. Stokes | First Black Mayor of a major American city
June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996
Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc.
Early Years:

Carl Burton Stokes was born in Cleveland in 1927 the second son of Charles and Louise Stokes. His parents were from Georgia and had come north during the “Great Migration” in pursuit of [...]

Progressive Legacy | Harold Washington

Harold Washington- First Black Mayor of Chicago

April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Harold Washington was born in 1922. He was the last child of Roy and Bertha Washington. His father was a lawyer, a Methodist minister, and an active precinct captain and he instilled in his son a love of education, [...]

Progressive Legacy | Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Stephanie Tubbs Jones- first African American woman to be elected to Congress from Ohio
September 10, 1949–August 20, 2008
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, becoming the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. Congress. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), Jones became the first [...]

Progressive Legacy | Reginald F. Lewis

Reginald F. Lewis – President of the first black-owned company to have more than $1 billion in annual sales.
December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993
Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Reginald F. Lewis was born on December 7, 1942, in [...]