September 20, 1885 Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (Jelly Roll Morton), ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. The date of his birth is not confirmed because no birth certificate has ever been found, but it is generally believed to be this date. At the age of 14, Morton began playing […]
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September 20th in African American History – Ursula M. Burns
September 20, 1958 Ursula M. Burns, the first African American woman to Chief Executive Officer of an S&P 100 company, was born in a city housing project in New York City. Burns earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 1980 and a Master of Science […]