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Barbara C. Harris On February 11, 1989, At The Age Of 58, The Reverend Barbara C. Harris Was Ordained As Bishop Of The Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts And Became The First Female Bishop Of The

Alex Haley Author, Alexander Murray Palmer Haley Died In Seattle, Washington, February 10, 1992, Of A Heart Attack. He Was Buried Beside His Childhood Home In Henning, Tennessee. Born August 1

Paul Lawrence Dunbar On This Day In 1872, Paul Dunbar Died At The Age Of 34, From Tuberculosis. His Home, Located At 219 Summit Street In Dayton, Remains Very Much The Same As It Was At The Time Of

Debi Thomas On February 8, 1986, 18 Year-Old Debi Thomas Won The Woman's Senior Singles U.S. Figure Skating Championship, Becoming The First Black American To Win The Title.In March Of That Same

Medgar Evers, Byron De La Beckwith On February 5, 1994, Ku Klux Klan Member, Byron De La Beckwith Was Finally Convicted For The Murder Of Civil Rights Leader, Medgar Evers, Who He Killed 31 Years

Solourner Truth Activist Isabella Baumfree, AKA Sojourner Truth, Was Commemorated On A U.S. Postage Stamp, On February 4, 1986.On The First Day Of June, 1843, She Set Out From New York, On A Histor

Jack Johnson Boxer, Jack Johnson Won His First Title On February 3, 1903, Beating "Denver" Ed Martin Over 20 Rounds For The World Colored Heavyweight Championship. His Efforts To Win The Full Ti

James Weldon Johnson On February 2, 1988, A Commemorative Stamp Of James Weldon Johnson Was Issued By The United States Postal Service As Part Of Its Black Heritage USA Series. James Weldon

The Greensboro 4 On Monday, February 4, 1960, At 4:30PM, Four Freshmen From North Carolina Agricultural And Technical College (North Carolina A&T) -- Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, Joseph

Viotette N. Anderson On January 29, 1926, Violette Neatly Anderson Became The First Black Woman To Practice Law Before The United States Supreme Court.Anderson Graduated From The University Of Ch

Matthew Henson On January 28, 1944 Explorer, Matthew Alexander Henson Received A Congressional Medal For His Work On A History-Making Expedition With Admiral Robert E. Peary, In 1909. Henson W

Mahalia Jackson On January 27, 1972, The Woman Known As The "Queen Of Gospel Song," Died At Age 60, In Evergreen Park, Illinois. Mahalia Jackson Was Gospel Musc's First International Superstar.

Angela Davis Angela Davis Was Born January 26, 1944, In Birmingham, Alabama. On June 5, 1972, Angela Davis Was Acquitted Of Complicity In A Plot To Free Three San Quintin Prisoners From A Marin

Constance Baker Motley On January 25, 1966, Constance Baker Motley Became America's First Black Female Federal Judge, After Being Appointed To The U.S. District Court For Southern New York, By

Sam Cooke Sam Cooke, The Man Many Consider The Greatest Soul Singer Ever, And One Of The Founders Of The Soul Music Genre, Was Born January 22, 1931, In Clarksdale Mississippi. His Family Moved T

Jackie Wilson On September 29, 1975, While Performing At The Latin Casino In Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Jackie Wilson Suffered A Heart Attack. He Would Linger In A Brain-Dead State For The Next Nine

Barack Obama Sworn In As The 44th And First African American President On January 20, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama Was Sworn In As The 44th And First African American President Of The United States

John H. Johnson John Harold Johnson, Founder Of The Johnson Publishing Company, Was Born January 19, 1918, In Arkansas City, Arkansas. Johnson's Family Moved To Chicago During The 1930s And Wh

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Was Born January 18, 1856. Dr. Williams Made Medical History On July 9, 1893, When He Performed The First Successful Open Heart Surgery On Rec

Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15 Marks The 8Ist Birthday Of America's Most Recognized Civil Rights Activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please CLICK HERE Watch The 47-Minute Document

Julian Bond Civil Rights Activist And Politician, Horace Julian Bond, Was Born, January 14, 1940, In Nashville, Tennessee.His Family Moved To Pennsylvania When He Was Five, After Bond's Father, H

Robert C. Weaver On January 13, 1964, Dr Robert C. Weaver Became The First Black American In History To Serve In A Presidential Cabinet When He Was Appointed By President Lyndon B. Johnson To Hea

James L. Farmer, Jr. Civil Rights Activist, James Leonard Farmer, Jr. Was Born January 12, 1920, In Marshall, Texas. Known As One Of The Civil Rights Movement's "Big 4," -- Along With Martin

Henry Aaron On January 11. 1976, Hall Of Fame Baseball Player, Henry "Hank" Aaron, Received The 60th Annual NAACP Spingarn Medal For His Accomplishments On And Off The Baseball Diamond.In Atl

Reconstruction Congress On January 8, 1867, During The First Year Of The Reconstruction Era, Congress Passed A Bill To Allow Blacks In Washington, DC To Vote, Despite A Veto By President Andrew