Charles Lenox Remond, an antislavery activist and one of the first lecturers in the antislavery movement, was born in Salem, MA, on this date in 1810.
Frances Louis Cardoza, South Carolina's first Black Secretary of State, was born in Charleston, SC, on this date in 1837.
John S. Rock became the first Black lawyer admitted to practice before the Supreme Court on this date in 1865.
Jonathan Jasper Wright became the first Black judge when he was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court on this date in 1870.
Jefferson Franklin Long (Georgia) became the first Black Congressman to speak in the House on this date in 1871.
1902: Langston Hughes, poet and author, was born.
1926: Carter G Woodson (the Father of Black History) initiates "Negro History Week"
Azie Taylor Morton was born on this date in 1936.
1938: Sherman Hemsley is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is remembered for his roles in the TV
James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., who would later become known as Rick James was born on this date in 1948. (queue "Super Freak")
1960: Black college students from NC A&T staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, N. C.
On this date we celebrate the beginning of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
1965, More than seven hundred demonstrators, including Dr. Martin
1965: Ruby Dee becomes the first African American thespian to play a
1990: Ida B Wells (reformer who first gathered statistical records on lynchings in the US) is commemorated on a postage stamp.
1992: Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract to
I know this list is not exhaustive by any means, feel free to share your knowledge about what happened on this day in black history. Consider the comment section your platform.
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