Daniel Alexander Payne

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May

10

1919

Gantt, Harvey Bernard (1943- ) - Birthday

Gantt, architect and politician, was born January 14, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina to Christopher and Wilhelmenia Gantt.

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Source: Black Past

Jan

14

1943

America Is Currently Obsessed With Placing Band-Aid Solutions Over The Open Wound Of Systemic Oppression

In the wake of the repeated state sanctioned deaths of Black people across America, corporations and individuals who say they are vested in allyship have taken certain steps to appear locked into making America what it has the potential to

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Source: MadameNoire

54th Massachusetts Regiment - 2nd Picture

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was the first Black unit organized in the North during the Civil War. Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, member of a prominent white abolitionist family, this unit displayed heroism unsurpassed by any fighting group, North or South, most notably during the assault of

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Meharry Medical College (1876- )

Meharry Medical College, founded in 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee, is the second oldest medical school for African Americans in the nation. The college was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1876 when Samuel Meharry, a Scots-Irish immigrant salt trader

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Source: Black Past

Phillips Chapel CME Church, Las Cruces, New Mexico (1911- )

In 1911 a group of African Americans and Hispanics joined to build a small chapel, one of the first for the town of Las Cruces, New Mexico Territory. Their church, Phillips Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal (now Christian Methodist Episcopal) CME Church is located in the Mesquite Historic District

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Source: Black Past

May

10

2013

Wilberforce University (1856- )

Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Named after 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce, it was the first private, historically black university in the United

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Source: Black Past

Edward Thomas Demby

Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

29

1918

Magufuli: Our economy comes first

President John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday said that Tanzania’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is in such a way that the country’s economy comes first and above everything

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Kenya: Pastor Kathy Kiuna Celebrates 27 Years of Marriage, Recalls Humble Beginnings

Mrs Kiuna, in celebration of their 27 years anniversary as a married couple, revealed how in the beginning they did not have much and had to be housed by

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Source: allAfrica.com

Harris, Barbara C. (1930- )

Religious leader Barbara Clementine Harris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Walter and Beatrice (Price) Harris on June 12, 1930. After graduating from the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism, she joined Joseph V. Baker Associates, Inc., a black-owned public relations

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Source: Black Past

Darius Rucker - Birthday

Rucker was born on May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Source: Black History Resources

May

13

1966

After the Underground Railroad: Finding the African North Americans who Returned from Canada

The Underground Railroad which fugitive slaves followed from the antebellum South to Canada is now a well-known story. But what of those who returned? In his ongoing research, University of Texas at El Paso historian Adam Arenson explores this little-known aspect of nineteenth- century African

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Source: Black Past

Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church [Harlem] (1796- )

Mother African MethodistEpiscopal Zion (AME) Church, founded in 1796, is currently located in Harlem, New York. It is the oldest African American church inthe state of New York and was established when black parishioners left JohnStreet Methodist Church in that city. Thegroup, under the leadership

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Source: Black Past

Scrubbing California Landmarks of Racist Symbols — and the Word “Negro”

Renaming CA State Park Negro Bar, Formerly “Ni**er

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Claflin University [South Carolina] (1869 - )

Claflin University, located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was founded in 1869 by Alonzo Webster (1818-1887), a Vermont minister. Webster came to South Carolina to teach at the Baker Bible Institute in Charleston training African American ministers for the Methodist Episcopal Church (today the

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Source: Black Past

Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was a self-proclaimed nation of 11 secessionist slave-holding states of the United States, existing from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy was originally formed by seven states – South

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Freeman, Harry Lawrence (1869-1954)

Composer, performer, musical critic/essayist, advocate, and teacher H. Lawrence Freeman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1869 to Lemuel Freeman and Agnes Sims-Freeman. Initially self-taught, Freeman’s musical abilities were apparent at a young age. At 12, he started and performed in a boy’s vocal

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Source: Black Past

54th Massachusetts Regiment - 3rd Picture

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was the first Black unit organized in the North during the Civil War. Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, member of a prominent white abolitionist family, this unit displayed heroism unsurpassed by any fighting group, North or South, most notably during the assault of

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Breaking the Cycle

I believe God has decided that it’s time for me to find new battles for folks that will appreciate my

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

Michael Jordan’s Big GIVE

Friday, June 12, the basketball icon Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand committed $100 million

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Source: Post News Group | PNG-0

Penn's 1996 Baccalaureate Speaker is The Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harri

Penns 1996 Baccalaureate Speaker is The Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris, a Philadelphian who was the first woman ever to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion. Bishop Harris entered the priesthood after a long and successful career in public and community relations in Philadelphia

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

11

1989

Rev. Vernon Carter's Vigil

In 1965 Rev. Vernon Carter, minister of the All Saints Lutheran Church in Boston's South End in the 1950s and 1960s, conducted a personal 114-day vigil/march in front of the Boston School Committee Headquarters to protest racial imbalance in the Boston schools.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Meet School Board District 7 candidates

These include Eckerd Community Alternative, Circuit 6, board of directors, the A Baseball Coalition group, vice-chair of the City of St. Petersburg Charter Review Commission and Chair St. Petersburg Housing

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

Will America Fix the Race Problem?

Systemic changes must come to our institutions and the way we think about

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Definition of Abolitionist

An abolitionist was a dedicated opponent to slavery in the early 19th century

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Source: ThoughtCo

Guyana in historic submission to World Court over Venezuela border controversy

Sir Shridath Ramphal, with support from several international lawyers, yesterday morning argued at a historic hearing before the World Court that it has the jurisdiction to decide that the Paris Award which settled the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela is valid and

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Absalom Jones ordained a priest

Absalom Jones ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

5

1804

54th Massachusetts Infantry (1863-1865)

The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry was the first Northern black volunteer regiment enlisted to fight in the Civil War. Its accomplished combat record led to the general recruitment of African-Americans as soldiers. They ultimately comprised ten percent of Union Army and Navy. The

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Source: Black Past

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer, regiment composed of free Blacks of North, made famous charge on Fort Wagner in the Charleston, S.C., harbor.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

18

1863

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