November 7, 1949 Vertner Woodson Tandy, architect and one of the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, died. Tandy was born May 17, 1885 in Lexington, Kentucky. While attending Cornell University, in 1906 Tandy was one of the seven founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first African American Greek letter fraternity. Tandy earned his […]
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November 7th in African American History – Vertner Woodson Tandy
By Chimsima Zuhri on November 7, 2011 in African American History, Education, Military, November
Tags: National Guard
July 5th in African American History – Henry Lincoln Johnson
By Chimsima Zuhri on July 5, 2011 in African American History, July, Military
Tags: Army, Distinguished Service Cross, National Guard, Purple Heart, World War I
July 5, 1929 Henry Lincoln Johnson, soldier and recipient of several medals, died penniless and without official recognition from the United States government. Johnson was born in 1897 in Alexandria, Virginia and moved to Albany, New York in his early teens. Johnson enlisted in the army in 1917, joining the all-black New York National Guard […]
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