| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1886, July 7 | Born, Greenville, Miss. |
| 1905 | Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. |
| 1906-circa 1914 | Public school teacher, Greenville, Miss. |
| 1916 | Married Swan Marshall Kendrick (died 1923) |
| circa 1927-circa 1974 | Active with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs as executive, secretary, director of public relations, and historian |
| 1942 | B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1986, Oct. 30 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1894, Nov. 28 | Born, Duncan, Miss. |
| circa 1914 | Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. |
| circa 1915-circa 1920 | Public school teacher, Clarksdale, Miss. |
| circa 1920-1953 | Teacher, Cairo, Ill. |
| 1943 | Filed suit against Cairo, Ill., board of education seeking pay equity; suit won by Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP in 1946. |
| 1967-circa 1969 | Teacher, Illinois Migrant School Eight, Cairo, Ill. |
| 1973 | Filed class action suit against city of Cairo, Ill., challenging electoral system; consent degree granted 1980. |
| 1989, June 11 | Died, Carbondale, Ill. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1885, Dec. 17 | Born, Asbury Park, N.J. |
| 1907 | Joined Cole & Johnson vaudeville troupe as a singer and actor |
| 1912 | Married Antoinette Brooks |
| 1913-1914 | Managed Southern Symphony Quintette and played bandoline and drums, Beaux Arts Café, New York, N.Y. |
| 1914 | Played Piccadilly Restaurant, London, England |
| 1914-1915 | Toured United States with Clef Club orchestra, directed by James Reese Europe |
| 1915 | Toured England as part of the Jordan and Mitchell duo
Drummer, London Hippodrome, London, England |
| 1917-1918 | Organized and directed ragtime and jazz band Seven Spades on tour in England and France |
| circa 1919-circa 1924 | Organized and directed Mitchell's Jazz Kings, Casino de Paris, Paris, France |
| 1924-1930 | Owned and managed several nightclubs and restaurants in Paris, France |
| 1930-1957 | Worked in advertising, public relations, newspaper circulation, beer distribution, and nightclubs, New York, N.Y., Newark, N.J., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Washington, D.C. |
| 1957, Sept. 12 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1918, June 5 | Born, Washington, D.C., to Ruby Moyse Kendrick |
| 1939 | B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Married Walter H. Brooks (1916- ) |
| 1941-1961 | Teacher, Washington D.C., public schools |
| 1961-1973 | Assistant director and director, English department, Washington, D.C., public schools |
| 1975-1976 | President, National Council of Teachers of English |
| 1998, Dec. 7 | Died, Washington D.C. |
