October 2, 1937 Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., lawyer, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Cochran received his B. S. Degree in business administration from the University of California in 1959 and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Marymount University School of Law in 1962. By the late 1970s, Cochran had established his reputation in the Black community […]
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October 2nd in African American History – Frederick August Wilson
October 2, 2005 Frederick August Wilson, playwright, died. Wilson was born Frederick August Kittel on April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He dropped out of high school in the tenth grade and used the Carnegie Library to educate himself. He made such extensive use of the library that they later awarded him a degree, the […]