Eva Gore-Booth, Harvey Milk, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay
Born: Eva Gore-Booth (1870), Harvey Milk (1930)
Died: Langston Hughes (1967), Claude McKay (1948)
Born on this day
22MayBorn 1870156th birthday
Eva Gore-Booth
An Irish aristocrat who fought for working women’s votes and wages – and lived for thirty years with her companion Esther Roper.
22MayBorn 193096th birthdayHarvey Milk
A San Francisco politician whose election and speeches made openly gay public life a source of hope.
Died on this day
22MayDied 196759th anniversary of death
Langston Hughes
The poet of the Harlem Renaissance gave Black America a voice – his own private life remains a subject of debate.
22MayDied 194878th anniversary of deathClaude McKay
His poetry of resistance and fiction about Black life made him a central voice of the Harlem Renaissance.