All of these U.S. Black Heritage Project Notables, born in the month of January, need to be connected to the Global Family Tree. Can you help by adding profiles of family members until a connection to the Global Tree is made?
The current tree size as of 24 Dec and CC7* as of 31 Dec is shown for each profile. During the month of January we will update the sizes weekly for those still unconnected so we can all see any progress made. [Updates in Red are as 23 Jan] Even if a connection is not made, adding even a single profile to a family is helpful and appreciated!
The ten notables selected for this month, in order of their birthdays, are:
1 Jan: Norvell Stoudmire, Tuskegee Airman pilot, KIA, CC7: 13 29, tree: 14 30
4 Jan: Alonzo Clayton, youngest jockey to win Kentucky Derby, CC7: 2, tree: 3 CONNECTED!!
4 Jan: Floyd Patterson, Pro boxer, Olympic Gold medal winner, CC7: 3 18 , tree: 4 19
10 Jan: Afeni Shakur, political activist and mother of Tupac Shakur, CC7: 91 93, tree: 104 110
10 Jan: Della Hayden Raney, WWII Chief Nurse, CC7: 6 17, tree: 7 18 CONNECTED!!
10 Jan: Jim Vance, Washington DC news anchor, CC7: 2 36, tree: 3 37
20 Jan: Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter, Folk blues singer, CC7: 5 43, tree: 6 44
21 Jan: Leonard Roy Harmon, WWII Navy Cross, Navy ship namesake, CC7: 2 42 tree: 3 191
22 Jan: Sam Cooke, singer, songwriter, “Father of Soul”, CC7: 78, tree: 67
25 Jan: Etta James, famous singer of many genres, CC7: 3, tree: 4
Bonus (unknown birthday): Beebe Steven Lynk, Chemist, Medical School Dean, CC7:43 , tree: 88
If you want to add family to a living Notable, please create the family profile first and send me a request to link the two profiles.
As always, please add the {{African-American Sticker}} to any profiles of African-American people, and if you add photographs, make sure they're in the public domain.
For more unconnected USBH Notables profiles, and up-to-date links to this post and the current USBH Connection Challenge, check out the US Black Heritage Connectors Page.
