You may also like

Black Orphanage Destroyed by Angry Whites
Working class Irish in New York City, angered by the Conscription Act that allowed exemptions from military service for $300, burned a provost marshals office and the Colored Orphan Asylum. The act triggered a three-day anti-black race riot.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jul
13
1863
First Black Elected Officials
Rev. K.L. Buford and Dr. Stanley Smith were elected to Tuskegee City Council and became first Black elected officials in Alabama in twentieth century.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Sep
15
1964
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials, December 20. At two mass meetings Montgomery Blacks called off year-long bus
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Nov
13
1956
Shirley Franklin is sworn in
Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Jan
7
2002
Death of singer Billie Holiday
Death of singer Billie Holiday (44) New York City.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jul
17
1959
Black Magazine Published
Mirror of Liberty, Pioneer Black magazine, published in New York City by abolitionist David Ruggles.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Dec
25
1837
Arthur Mitchell, dancer
Arthur Mitchell, first African American principal of the New York City Ballet Company and founder, Dance Theatre of Harlem, born
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by New York University
Mar
27
1934
Bus Companies Hire Blacks
Bus companies of New York City agreed to hire Black drivers and mechanics. This agreement ended a four-week boycott.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
18
1941
Rebel Troops take Kisangani, Zaire
Rebel troops in Zaire take the major city of Kisangani in an effort to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
16
1997
Cooperman, Hillel
Hillel Cooperman is currently continuing a twenty-five-plus year career as a thought leader and executor in the technology industry. Hillel spent almost a decade at Microsoft rising to be the Product Unit Manager for the Windows User Experience team, responsible for the user interface of Windows
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Singer Al Green born
Rhythm and Blues singer Al Green was born in Forest City, Arkansas
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
13
1946
San Antonio, Texas, became first major Southern
San Antonio, Texas, became first major Southern city to integrate lunch counters.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
1
1960
Namibia
Namibia nämĭb´ēə [key], officially Republic of Namibia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,031,000), c.318,000 sq mi (823,620 sq km), SW Africa. It is bordered by Angola in the north, by Zambia in the northeast, by Botswana in the east, by South Africa in the southeast and south, and by the Atlantic Ocean
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
First Black to Play In Organized Hockey
Signing with the Atlantic City Seagulls of the Eastern Amateur League on this day made Arthur Dorrington the first Black to play organized hockey.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by BARBinc
Nov
15
1950
Asa Philip Randoplh born
Asa Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was born in Crescent City, Florida.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
15
1899
African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church formally organized at meeting in New York City.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Jun
21
1821
Portsmouth (Ohio) Blacks forcibly deported
Portsmouth (Ohio) Blacks forcibly deported by order of city officials.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
21
1830
Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis in heavyweight championship fight in New York City.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sep
27
1950
More than 160 activists jailed after demonstration
More than 160 activists jailed after demonstration in Albany. By August almost one thousand demonstrators had been arrested in the Georgia city.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Jul
21
1962
Youth from the NAACP Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma City,
Youth from the NAACP Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma City, 1963
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
19
1963
Exibition of African American Art
William A. Harper organized the first large scale exibition of African American art in New York City in 1862.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
0
1862
Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two
Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two Blacks representatives, James E. OHara, North Carolina; Robert Smalls, South Carolina. George L. Ruffin appointed city judge in Boston. Fifty-three Blacks reported lynched in 1883.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Dec
3
1883
Aha- First Dynastic King of Egypt
Ka Ma Ma ha, or Narmer Mena (Menes of the Greeks), was born to a petty king of Upper Egypt (Southern Egypt) around 3200BC. Not much is known of Ahas father other than he was ruler in Egypts southern lands where the totemic symbol of the Horus-falcon was prevalent. Most probably Ahas family bore
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Jan
0
1998
Conakry, Guinea (1884- )
Conakry is the largest city and the capital of Guinea. Located on coastal islands and a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, it is also the nation’s chief port.   In 2011 its population was estimated at approximately 1,786,000
Read more
Source: Black Past
BLACK NAMED CHIEF SWEEPER
COLUMBUS, OHIO,--a BLACK MAN, Mr. Everette Spurlock, has been named superintendent of this citys street cleaning department. The negroe community is overjoyed that the city has finally recognized the dependability of its colored
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Mar
0
1910
Windhoek, Namibia (1840- )
Windhoek, also known by its more traditional names—|Ai||Gams (in the Khoekhoe language) and Otjiomuise or Otjoherero, all of which mean “place by streams”—is the capital and largest city of Namibia, as well as its cultural and economic center.  Though likely named for the mountain
Read more
Source: Black Past
Betty Shabazz dies at 61, in NeW York City 3 weeks aftwerreceiving burns ovet
Betty Shabazz dies at 61, in NeW York City 3 weeks aftwer receiving burns ovet 80% of her body.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
23
1997
Jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker was born in Kansas City, 1920
Jazz musician, Charlie Bird Parker was born in Kansas City, 1920
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
29
1920
Birth of Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable
Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable was a black pioneer, trader and founder of the settlement that later became the city of Chicago.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Nov
4
1750
Civil Rights
New York Slave Revolt. April 7, 1712 Nine whites were killed in a slave revolt in New York City. Planned by 27 slaves, the rebellion was begun by setting fire to an outhouse; as whites came to put the fire out, there were shot. The state militia was called out to capture the rebels and the city of
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
7
1712
More from Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Open letter: African writers in solidarity with African Americans
If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they would easily qualify
'White Lives Matter' painted on African American monument
US voter suppression: Analysts say African Americans targeted
Obituary: Remembering US civil rights icon John Lewis
Obama aims criticism at Trump in eulogy for civil rights leader
Black lives will not matter until the economy does
African Americans return home to escape racism
The hidden racism of the Muslim marriage market
US elections live updates: Trump and Biden campaigns ramp up
Why do Black Lives Matter protesters still take to the streets?
White professor who pretended to be Black resigns from GWU
US elections news: Trump promises jobs in Michigan, slams Biden
Biden battles Trump, lack of enthusiasm among Black voters
Blind US voters sue over lack of accessible, mail-in ballots
US judges question Asian-American bias claims against Harvard
Key US Senate races put Republican majority control at risk
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy of empathy and courage
Fed, Treasury chiefs: economy needs more COVID help from Congress
Data v spin: The truth about Trump and the US economy
American Voter: Sarita McCoy Gregory
Jared Kushner: African Americans must ‘want to be successful’
Jared Kushner: African Americans must ‘want to be successful’
Trump or Biden, whoever wins has a deeply unequal economy to fix
What will Biden’s US win mean for Africa? Experts weigh in
Universal healthcare ‘critical’ in COVID-19 pandemic: Experts
Pandemic in Chicago: Why are more Black people dying of COVID-19?
Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as US secretary of state
Pope Francis appoints first African American cardinal
‘They were afraid of us’: The legacy of Britain’s Black Panthers
Georgia heads to runoff polls with Senate majority at stake
From lynchings to the Capitol: Racism and the violence of revelry
Fed’s Powell: US economic recovery hinges on vaccination drives
Biden convenes first meeting with Cabinet, the most diverse ever
US added 916,000 jobs in March, but COVID uptick may offset gains
Murdering minorities in America: ‘The white man’s burden’
How the US, world reacted to Derek Chauvin conviction
Minnesota’s racial divide: Will land bridge right Rondo’s wrongs?
Remembering the history of ‘Black Wall Street’
Amid hesitancy, VP Harris urges Black Americans to get COVID jabs
WWE pushing diversity at Las Vegas mega event SummerSlam
Getting jabbed in New York: Vaccines for a sick system?
Archives of beauty and pain: A century of African women in photos
The prospects of a post-democratic world
Nearly a quarter of US adults were worse off financially in 2020
Biden tells Congress US ‘moving forward’ amid pandemic
In wake of George Floyd, Minneapolis votes on replacing police
Hollywood Orientalism is not about the Arab world
Why are white elites afraid of Black babies?

Cuisine Facts

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Arts Facts

Recent Facts

Popular Topics