You may also like
Samuel David Ferguson
Samuel David Ferguson consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and named bishop of Liberia. He was the first Black American with full membership in the House of Bishops.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
24
1885
Scottsboro Boys Falsely Accused
The Scottsboro Boys, nine young African Americans, were falsely charged with rape and collectively served more than 100 years in prison. The right of African Americans to serve on juries was established by their case.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
25
1931
WGPR BECOMES THE 1ST TELEVISION station owned by African Americans- given a pe
WGPR BECOMES THE 1ST TELEVISION station owned by African Americans- given a permit to operate.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
1
1973
Bacon's Rebellion
African Americans fought in the first armed rebellion against British authority in the colonies, Bacons Rebellion, in 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the rising generation of colonial planters who resented British rule and, particularly, the British protection of Indian lands that lay just
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
26
2002
South Africa banned from Olympic Games
South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games because of its apartheid policies.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
18
1964
Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist
Born: August 14, 1914
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Aug
14
1914
Selma Demonstration Ends in 700 Arrests
More than seven hundred demonstrators, including Martin Luther King Jr., arrested in Selma.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Feb
1
1965
Death of George Washington Williams
Death of George Washington Williams (41), Blackpool, England. Williams served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881, during the 64th session of the General Assembly. He was the first African-American to serve in the Ohio Legislature.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
4
1891
Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested
Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested by United States Deputy marshals in Boston. Two thousand United States troops escorted him through the streets of Boston when he was returned to the South on June 3.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
May
24
1854
Selma March completed
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with other notable civil rights leaders and thousands of supporters reach Montgomery Alabama after marching 4 days from Selma.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
25
1965
Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia
Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Nov
6
1989
Samuel L. Gravely is born
Samuel Gravely was appointed captain of the Navy Destroyer Escort, U.S.S. Falgout, the first African American to command a United States warship. He later received the rand of Rear Admiral, a first for an African American navyman.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
4
1922
August 27, 1998, civil rights marchers gathered in Washington D.C. on the eve of
August 27, 1998, civil rights marchers gathered in Washington D.C. on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
27
1998
Bernard Harris, astronaut
Bernard Harris, African-American astronaut, takes space walk.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Feb
9
1995
Singer Roberta Flack born
b. 10 February 1937, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Born into a musical family, Flack graduated from Howard University with a BA in music. She was discovered singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub by pianist Les McCann, who recommended her talents to Atlantic Records. Two classy
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Feb
10
1940
The Black Fashion Museum is opened in Harlem by Lois Alexander to highlight the
The Black Fashion Museum is opened in Harlem by Lois Alexander to highlight the achievements and contributions of African Americans to fashion.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by BARBinc
Oct
21
1979
Alabama Educational Television Commission
Alabama Educational Television Commission has its application for license renewal denied by the Federal Communications Commission because of racial discrimination against African Americans in employment and programming.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
8
1975
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
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jul
23
1948
Charles Chesnutt Born
Charles Chesnutt, one of the first African-Americans to gain a national audience, is born in Cleveland Ohio.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
20
1858
Katherine Dunham, dancer/anthropologist born
Katherine Dunham
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
22
1912
George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer
Patent # 4,618,380
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Oct
21
1986
Martin Luther King Jr
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.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Sep
20
1958
A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives
A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Dr. Charles Richard Drew set up and ran the pioneer blood plasma bank in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. This bank served as one of the models for the system of banks operated later by the American Red Cross. On October
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Oct
1
1940
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy born
The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Southern Christian Leadership Conference figure, was born in Linden, Alabama.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Intellitech
Mar
11
1926
Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris, the first African American U.S. Ambassador is named permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention. She will later be appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Housing and Urban development
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
27
1972
Richard Parsons
Richard Parsons, CEO of Dime Savings Bank, the first African American CEO of a large non minority U.S. savings institution, born.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
4
1942
Howard Beach Incident
White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
7
1986
Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Nov
28
1961
storm of 28
More than 3000 African Americans died when Lake Okeechobee fooded Western Palm Beach County, Florida, with a 10-15 foot tidal wave. There are at least 3 mass graves containing the bodies of negroes interned without coffins or identification
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Sep
16
1928
First Black American woman aviator
First Black American woman aviator, Bessie Coleman was born, 1893
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
26
1893
More from South Florida Times
Deep-sea ‘cockroach’ discovered off Java
A couch potato at 6, 500 feet
Illinois top Democrat lawmaker linked to bribes
Zenger book review: ‘She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man’s World’
US accuses Chinese hackers of targeting Covid-19 research, defense secrets
Brawl at the Brooklyn Bridge: March takes a bloody turn
Chinese woman falls off scooter, gets head stuck in fence
Rare red panda born at Dutch zoo
U. S. shuts down Chinese consulate in Houston
Top Ohio Republican arrested in $60 million bribery case
Mexican police and soldiers in hot pursuit of escaped piglet
Greyhound survives being beaten, tossed in river in a sack in Spain
Suspected drug dealer allegedly throws dog to the dogs
Squid brain could boost new technologies
Mexican women protest rising female murder rate
Argentine pastor shot, killed in front of his family
Boat busts in Costa Rica turn up 3 tons of cocaine
Who was buried with 1, 100-year-old Viking ship? Researchers seek clues in new excavation | South Florida Times
Trump Fed nominees head to Senate confirmation
Couple names 4 sons for tractor makes starting with ‘C’
‘I. AM. BACK.’: Mike Tyson announces return to the ring
Pompeo calls for countries to band together against Chinese Communist Party
Black kids die more often after surgery
Roger Stone calls Black radio host ‘Negro’ in interview
Obituaries
Obituaries
How the BLM generation remembers John Lewis
Religious faith was lifelong constant for John Lewis
How to treat common skin issues
CORONA-NNOUNCEMENTS
A change is gonna come some day
BARACK OBAMA’S STATEMENT On the passing of Congressman John Lewis
Elderly Taiwanese couple tops the fashion world with clothes left at their laundry
DeLorean dreams: Movie replica cars seized in federal case up for auction
Churches vandalized across the US
No takers for Dutch woman’s ‘pop art style’ mini ‘love hotel’
Spanish architect recreates the ‘Running of the Bulls’ with Playmobil
WATCH: Militia groups face off in Louisville
Zenger movie review: ‘The Old Guard’
A coast-to-coast protest | Sout
$2M baby: Russian tot gets pricey shot
Body-cam clip shows rioters attacking cops with explosives
Girls miss school as free maxi pads go missing
Mexican researchers decode the names of 9 Mayan rulers
Support grows for professor accused of racism
Stranded tourists exit cable cars after power outage
Police say Chinese hubby cut up wife, dumped pieces into septic tank
News readership slips from its pandemic peak
No joint base access in India-Australia pact, but bigger shift in Asian geopolitics
As SEC relaxes rules, small businesses raise money

Cuisine Facts

Facts About Women

Arts Facts

Literature Facts

The Green Book Pt I