Howard University was founded, 1865

Henry E

Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state, accepted as a student at the University of South Carolina. Scores of Blacks attended the university in 1874 and 1875.

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Oct

7

1873

Stokely Carmichael

Born: 6/29/1941 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoDied: 11/15/1998 Conakry, Guinealso known as Kwame Turé, was a Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of eleven, he

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The Freeman's Bureau.

The Freemans Bureau was established by Congress on March 3, 1865. The bureau was designed to protect the interests of former slaves. This included helping them to find new employment and to improve educational and health facilities. In the year that followed the bureau spent $17,000,000

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Mar

3

1865

Rhode Island College is founded; later renamed BrownUniversity, after the Brow

Rhode Island College is founded; later renamed BrownUniversity, after the Brown brothers, who were wealthyNew England shippers who made a substantial profitfrom the African slave trade, Providence, RI.

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Jan

0

1764

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. founded

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Howard University. Among the founders were Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse and C.I. Brown. Special charter members included William F. Vincent, I.C. Scruggs and Walter F. Tebles.

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Jan

9

1914

Michael Griffith

Michael Griffith is struck by an automobile and killed while escaping from a mob of whites who were beating him, in Howard Beach (Queens), NY.

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Dec

21

1986

Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S.

Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach attempt to register at the University of Alabama. Governor George Wallace bodily blocks their entrance. When National Guardsmen return later in the day with Malone and Hood, Wallace steps aside.

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Jun

11

1963

Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist

Born: August 14, 1914

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Aug

14

1914

Sorority Founded

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, founded at Howard University in 1913, incorporated.

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Dec

19

1930

Marlene Nourbese Philip

Marlene Nourbese Philip is the winner of the 1988 Casa de las Americas prize for poetry. She is a writer, poet, university lecturer and lawyer who lives in Canada but who hails from Tobago. Her published works include the novel Harriets Daughter and three collections of poetry including

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Feb

3

1947

Roy Wilkins

Born: 8/30/1901 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 9/8/1981 New York City, New YorkRoy Wilkins was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.Business

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1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of

1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of the National Urban Leagues Opportunity magazine and professor and President of Fisk University, born

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Jul

24

1893

Branch Normal College opens in Pine Bluff, Ark., A segregated unit of the state

Branch Normal College opens in Pine Bluff, Ark., A segregated unit of the state university, the college is established by Joseph C. Corbin

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Sep

27

1875

Guion S. Bluford, Jr---Astronaut (birthday)

Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D. (Colonel, U.S. Air Force - Retired): First African-American in Space

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Nov

22

1942

Charlotte Ray graduates from Howard Law School.

Charlotte Ray graduates from Howard Law School. She is the first African American lawyer in the U.S.

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Feb

27

1872

Spingarn Award: Mordecai W. Johnson

Mordecai W. Johnson received Spingarn Medal for his work as the first Black president of Howard University.

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Dec

30

1929

Nikki Giovanni Born

Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee. A leading poet of the Black Arts Movement, Giovannis graduated from Fisk University and published her first poetry collection, Black Feeling.

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Jun

7

1943

President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mi

President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi, 1962

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Sep

29

1962

Charles Henry Turner

Born: 2/3/1867 Cincinnati, OhioDied: 2/14/1923 Chicago, IllinoisCharles Henry Turner was an American research biologist, educator, zoologist, and comparative psychologist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1892, Turner became the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of

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Clarence Thomas

Born: 6/23/948 Pin Point, GeorgiaClarence Thomas is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Succeeding Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court.Business / Schooling:

Conception Seminary College

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Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I

Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former

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Jan

4

1958

First Black College Founded in Tennesee

The first Black college founded in Tennesee was Fisk University. Although work on the school was started in October 1865, it did not become incorporated under Tennesee law until this day.

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Aug

22

1867

James H. Meredith Denied Admission to University

Governor Barnett personally denied James H. Meredith admission to the University of Mississippi.

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Sep

20

1962

Howard Thurman, theologian and first black to hold a full time teachingpositio

Howard Thurman, theologian and first black to hold a full time teaching position at Boston University, is born.

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Nov

18

1900

South Carolina General Assembly met in Columbia

South Carolina General Assembly met in Columbia Stephen A. Swails was elected president pro tem of the senate, and Samuel J. Lee was elected Speaker of the house. The Assembly named four Blacks to the seven-man governing board of the University of South Carolina: Samuel J. Lee, J.A. Bowley, Stephen

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Nov

26

1872

Richard Theodore Greener

Richard Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate from Harvard University

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Jan

30

1844

Progressive party convention

Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former

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Jul

23

1948

Dr

Dr. John E. W. Thompson, graduate of the Yale University Medical School, named minister to Haiti.

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May

7

1885

Ntozke Shange is born

Born Paulette Williams, she graduated from Barnard College in 1970, and later earned an MA from the University of Southern California. It was there she changed her name to the Zulu “Ntozke” meaning “she who comes with her own things” and “Shange” meaning

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Oct

18

1948

Marian Anderson's Town Hall Debut

Marian Anderson made her Town Hall debut in New York. Her performance was described by Howard Taubman, the New York Times reviewer, as music making that probed too deep for words.

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Dec

31

1935

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