First African Lodge established by Prince Hall (1784). Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas (1918). US merchant ship Booker T. Washington gets its first Black captain, Hugh Mulzac (1940). President John F. Kennedy sends federal troops in to aid the integration of University of Mississippi (1962). Lt. Gov. […]
African American abolitionist David Walker born in Wilmington, North Carolina (1785). The Opelousas Massacre occurred in Louisiana in which an estimated 200 to 300 black Americans were killed (1868). “Purlie Victorious”, a farce by playwright Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway (1961). Governor Barnett found guilty of civil contempt of the federal court. United States Court […]
Take a Giant Step, a play by Louis Peterson, opened on Broadway (1953). Patrick Kelly, an African-American designer who became famous in Paris, born (1954). President Eisenhower orders federal troops to Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. to prevent interference with school integration of nine Black students (1957). U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered […]
Mary Church Terrell, one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, was born. (1863) J.W. Reed patents dough kneader and roller. (1884)
President Lincoln warns the South that he would free slaves in all states in rebellion on January 1 of the following year. (1862) Mary Church Terrell, the first Black person to Serve on the DC board of education, was born. (1863) Race riot in New Orleans. (1868) Race Riot in Atlanta results in 10 Black […]
Andrew Jackson issued his Proclamation at Mobile, Ala., urging free Blacks “to rally around the standard of the eagle” in the War of 1812. (1814) Blacks fought in the land and water battles of the War of 1812. (1812) John Henry Conyers of South Carolina became the first Black student at Annapolis Naval Academy. (1872) […]
Alfre Woodard wins her second Emmy for outstanding guest performance in the dramatic series L.A. Law. (1987) The Cosby Show premieres on NBC. (1984) Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged Black woman while he was autographing books in a Harlem department store. Woman was placed under mental observation. (1958) Pianist Ferdinand […]
