All of these U.S. Black Heritage Project Notables, born in the month of May, 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 25 April and CC7* as of 29 April is shown for each profile.[Tree sizes as of 28 May and CC7 as of 30 May updated in red] During the month of May we will update the tree and CC7 sizes weekly for those still unconnected so we can all see any progress made. 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:
- 7 May Mary Eliza Mahoney, first Black nursing school grad, tree size: 22 CC7: 24 CONNECTED!!
- 9 May Weldon Groves, WWII Tuskegee Airman, tree size: 27 CC7: 64 CONNECTED!!
- 11 May Ewart Abner, Jr, President of Motown Records, tree size: 131 162 CC7: 108 132
- 15 May Daddy-O Daylie Chicago radio personality and Black Ski Club founder, tree size:18 81 CC7: 17 38
- 24 May Patti LaBelle, Singer, songwriter and actress, tree size: 11 18 CC7: 11 19
- 27 May Lou Gossett Jr., Academy-award winning actor, tree size: 8 148 CC7: 7 114
- 28 May Mary Lou Williams, Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, tree size: 20 28 CC7: 44
- 28 May “Papa John” Creach, Blues violinist, tree size: 16 61 CC7: 36 57
- 30 May Dr Claudia Alexander, Space plasma physicist, tree size: 10 , CC7: 9 CONNECTED!!
- 31 May Patricia Harris, U.S. Cabinet member and diplomat, tree size: 13 13 CC7: 12 20 CONNECTED!!
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.
*Tree sizes do not include private profiles or profiles connected thru the private profile and are only recalculated by WT+ once a week. The CC7 does include private profiles, but may not include all profiles for those with extended tree; the CC7 is calculated with close to real-time data.