Timeline

A horizontal mosaic of every directory entry with a year on file — people, businesses, landmarks, and events plotted in chronological order, era-banded.

125 of 690 entries placed. 565 need a year — admins can fill those in via the Missing dates queue.

Frederick Douglass1818–1895 Harriet Tubman1822–1913 Beale Street1841–Booker T. Washington1856–1915 Daniel Hale Williams1856–1931 Ida B. Wells1862–1931 George Washington Carver1864–1943 Hampton University1868–Jackson Ward1871–James Weldon Johnson1871–1938 16th Street Baptist Church1873–Carter G. Woodson1875–1950 Garrett Morgan1877–1963 Frederick Douglass National Historic Site1877–Hayti / Black Wall Street Durham1880–Booker T. Washington Memorial — Tuskegee1881–Ebenezer Baptist Church1886–Eatonville Historic District1887–Lewis H. Latimer House1889–A. Philip Randolph1889–1979 Bessie Coleman1892–1926 Charles Hamilton Houston1895–1950 Charles Hamilton Houston1895–1950 Duke Ellington1899–1974 Ella Baker1903–1986 Boley Historic District1903–Charles Drew1904–1950 Greenwood District1906–1921 Greenwood District (Black Wall Street)1906–1921 Josephine Baker1906–1975 Allensworth Historic State Park1908–Adam Clayton Powell Jr.1908–1972 Howard Theatre1910–Bayard Rustin1912–1987 Jesse Owens1913–1980 Lyric Theater (Overtown)1913–Joe Louis1914–1981 Fannie Lou Hamer1917–1977 Henrietta Lacks1920–1951 Lincoln Theatre (U Street)1922–Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site1922–Cicely Tyson1924–2021 James Baldwin1924–1987 BB King1925–2015 Hosea Williams1926–2000 John Coltrane1926–1967 Chuck Berry1926–2017 Coretta Scott King1927–2006 Leimert Park1928–L. Douglas Wilder1931–Andrew Young1932–James Meredith1933–James Brown1933–2006 Apollo Theater1934–Hank Aaron1934–2021 Eddie Bernice Johnson1935–2023 Jim Brown1936–2023 Eleanor Holmes Norton1937–Diane Nash1938–Edmund Pettus Bridge1940–John Lewis1940–2020 Curtis Mayfield1942–1999 Aretha Franklin1942–2018 Arthur Ashe1943–1993 Alice Walker1944–Joe Frazier1944–2011 Al Green1946–Henry Louis Gates Jr.1950–bell hooks1952–2021 Cornel West1953–Lee Roy Selmon1954–2011 Denzel Washington1954–Doug Williams1955–Booker T. Washington National Monument1956–Ben's Chili Bowl1958–Byron Allen1961–DuSable Black History Museum1961–Bo Jackson1962–Kamala Harris1964–Dr. Dre1965–Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History1965–John Hope Bryant1966–Anacostia Community Museum1967–Emmitt Smith1969–Jay-Z1969–Black Enterprise1970–Erykah Badu1971–Erykah Badu1971–Imani Perry1972–Derrick Brooks1973–Kiese Laymon1974–Big Boi1975–Allen Iverson1975–Killer Mike1975–André 30001975–Lecrae1979–Remy Ma1980–California African American Museum1981–Beyoncé1981–Lil Wayne1982–KevOnStage1983–Kelvin Spencer1986–Kendrick Lamar1987–Cam Newton1989–Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia1991–Birmingham Civil Rights Institute1992–Amy Ruth's1998–GloRilla1999–Kai Cenat2001–International Civil Rights Center & Museum2010–Beauty Bakerie2011–Blavity Inc2014–Atlanta Civil and Human Rights Center2014–Backstage Capital2015–Black Wall Street Memorial2018–Black Tech Pipeline2019–Black Lives Matter Plaza2020–Black News Channel (legacy)2020–2022 DomoINK2020–Adwoa Beauty2021–2022 Atlantucky Brewing2022–Remy Network2025–Funny Thing About Love (ALLBLK Original)2026–Brown Toy Box2026–Black Romance Book Festival2027–

Early Diaspora

Atlantic Slavery

Reconstruction

Jim Crow

Civil Rights

Black Power

Hip-Hop Era

Modern

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