On July 4, 1881 Booker T. Washington opened the Tuskegee Institute.
Category Archives: Today in History
Calvin Smith sets the 100m record
On July 3, 1983, Calvin Smith set the 100m record.
The First Black Columnist at the Boston Globe dies at 91
On July 2, 2015, Dexter D. Eure Sr., the first black columnist at the Boston Globe, died.
Maryland State College was renamed the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
On July 1, 1970, Maryland State College was renamed the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Georg Olden | First Black Person to Design a U.S Postage Stamp
Georg Olden became the first African American to design a U.S. postage stamp in 1963, when the Emancipation Proclamation stamp was issued.
National Negro Convention of 1843
Seventy-five delegates from twelve states gathered at the National Negro Convention of 1843 held in Buffalo, New York to discuss anti-slavery.
Victoria Jackson Gray-Adams | Mississippi Civil Rights Activist
Civil rights activist Victoria Jackson Gray-Adams died on August 12, 2006 at 79. Gray-Adams was a prominent civil rights activist in Mississippi.
PUSH Coca-Cola Boycott of 1987 | Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson and his coalition started the boycott against Coca-Cola in 1987 due to lack of black presentation on their staff and no support towards black owned businesses.
Alex Haley | Famous Writer
Famous African American writer Alex Haley was born on August 11, 1921.
Alex Haley is the author behind Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC turned the book into a television series which aired on January 23rd, 1977.
Michael Brown
On August 9, 2014 Police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year old unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
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