The individuals featured here have contributed? their brilliance to a wide range of disciplines. From Walt Carr, a political cartoonist whose work has? been featured in ?The Washington Informer?, Playboy,? Ebony, Jet, and more, to Belle da Costa Greene,? personal librarian to J. P. Morgan and the inaugural? director of The Morgan Library & Museum. These? 12 profiles highlight people whose impact on society? continues to inform and shape how we live today.? Each month, explore more of what history has to? offer with a featured image and brief biography, a list? of birthdays for other notable names in Black history,? and milestones marking all 365 days of the year.