1968: Kerner Commission Documents a Divided Society More >>
1942: Detroit Rebellion an Omen of Deadly Riots More >>
1988: Debi Thomas Medals at Winter Olympics More >>
1870: Political Deal Brings End to Reconstruction More >>
1870: Hiram Revels Becomes First Black U.S. Senator More >>
1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Becomes a Physician More >>
1868: W.E.B DuBois Born in Massachusetts More >>
1988: First Grammy Awarded in Rap Category More >>
1965: Malcolm X Assassinated in New York City More >>
1895: Anti-Slavery Crusader Frederick Douglass Dies More >>
1942: Tuskegee Airmen Take to the Skies More >>
1688: First Protest Against Slavery in Colonial America More >>
1973: First U.S. Navy Ship Named for an African-American More >>
1904: Birthday of James Baskett, Disney's First Live Actor More >>
1848: Boston Public Schools Bar Sarah Roberts More >>
1867: Morehouse College Established in Georgia More >>
1970: New York Stock Exchange Admits First Black Member More >>
1909: NAACP is Established in New York City More >>
1990: Nelson Mandela Released from Prison More >>
1992: 'Roots' Author Alex Haley Dies at Age 70 More >>
1971: Satchel Paige Named to Baseball Hall of Fame More >>
1968: 3 Students Die in "Orangeburg Massacre" More >>
1862: Freedman's Aid Society Established in Boston More >>
1820: "Mayflower of Liberia" Sets Sail from N.Y.C. More >>
1958: Clifton Wharton Sr. Named Minister to Romania More >>
1913: Rosa Parks is Born in Alabama More >>
1870: 15th Amendment Guarantees the Right to Vote More >>
1897: Black Inventor Patents Ice Cream Scoop More >>
1865: President Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment More >>
