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Nat Turner On August 21, 1831, In Southhampton, Virginia, A Small Band Of Slaves, Led By Nat Turner, Began Killing All Slave Owners In Their Path --- Men, Women And Children Alike. According To T

First Africans Arrive In Jamestown Virginia, 1619 On August 20, 1619, The First 20 African Settlers Arrived In The United States As Indentured Servants, Landing In Jamestown Colony, Virginia.

Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker Was A Noted Mathematician, Surveyor And Astronomer, And The Most Famous African American Of The Colonial Era. While In His 20's Banneker Built The First Clo

James Meredith James Meredith, The First Black Student Admitted To "Ole Miss", Graduated from That University On August 18, 1963 At Age 30. Meredith Was Born In Kosciusko, Mississippi. June 25

Marcus Garvey Black Nationalist, Publisher, Journalist, Orator And Entrepreneur, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Was Born On August 17, 1887, In St. Ann's Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. In 1916 Marcus

Halle Berry Award-Winning Actress And Producer, Halle Berry, Was Born August 14, 1968, In Cleveland, Ohio. Before Becoming An Actress Berry Entered Several Beauty Contests And Had A String Of

Elijah Muhammad A New York Times Article Dated August 13, 1962, Read: "Elijah Muhammad, a 64-year-old Georgia Negro, told a crowd at Kiel Auditorium {that} the United States should say: 'I'll

Alex Haley Author, Alexander Murray Palmer Haley Was Born In Ithaca, New York, On August 11, 1921. He Is Best Known As The Author Of Roots: The Saga of an American Family And The Autobiography O

Ralph W. Cooper, Sr. (With Lena Horne) On August 10, 1992, Thousands Of Mourners Passed Through The Lobby Of Harlem's Apollo Theater, To View The Body Of Ralph W.Cooper, Sr. Ralph Cooper Was

Mickey Leland United States Congressman, George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Died On August 7, 1989. Born In Lubbock, Texas, On November 27, 1944, Leland Was Elected To The Texas State Legislature I

Mickey Leland United States Congressman, George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Died On August 7, 1989. Born In Lubbock, Texas, On November 27, 1944, Leland Was Elected To The Texas State Legislature I

William Alexander Leidesdorff On August 6, 1847, The Star Newspaper Reported That In June Of That Year, There Were 459 Residents In San Francisco, California, Ten Of Whom Were Of African Ancestry

Harriet Tubman On August 5, 1892, Harriet Tubman Received A Pension From The United States Congress For Her Work As A Nurse, Spy, And Scout During The Civil War. During The Civil War, Tubman S

Schwerner, Chaney And Goodman On August 4, 1964, FBI Agents Found The Bodies Of Three Young Civil Rights Workers In An Earthen Dam At Old Jolly Farm,They Had Been Murdered And Buried For 44 Days.

Jesse Owens On August 3, 1936, At The Olympic Games In Berlin. Germany, Jesse Owens Won The 100-Meter Sprint, Capturing The First Of His Four Gold Medals. Over The Next Six Days, Owens Also Wo

Martin Luther King, Jr. And Malcolm X The Following Letter Was Written By Minister Malcolm X To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On July 31, 1963, Less Than A Month Before The Historic March On Washin

Laurence Fishburne Oscar- Nominated, Emmy And Tony Award-Winning Actor/Producer/Playwright, Laurence Fishburne Was Born July 30, 1961, In Augusta, GA. He Was Reared In Brooklyn New York, Followin

Leonidas Dyer The National Liberty Congress Of Colored Americans Petitioned Congress To Make Lynching A Federal Crime On July 29, 1918. The Following Year There Were 83 Reported Lynchings,

The Booker T. Washington National Monument The Booker T. Washington National Monument Was Founded On July 28 1957, Though It Wasn't Opened To The Public Until 1963. The Site Is The Birthplace

William Wells Brown On July 27, 1853, Clotel; or the President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States, Was Published In London, England, By Author And Historian, William Wells

Kenneth B. Clark Psychologist, Educator And Social Activist, Kenneth Bancroft Clark Was Born July 24, 1914. A Native Of Harlem, Clark Attended Howard University And Columbia University. He B

Helen Martin Actress, Helen Martin, Was Born Dorothy Martin, On July, 23, 1909, In St. Louis Missouri. She Was Reared In Nashville, Tennessee. She Is Best Known As A Character Actress For Her

J. Matilda Bolin On July 22, 1939, Jane Matilda Bolin Was Sworn In As The First Black Female Judge In The United States. Mayor Fionello La Guardia Appointed Her Judge Of The Court Of Domestic R

Mary Church Terrell On July 21, 1896, At The 19th Street Baptist Church In Washington, DC, The National Association Of Colored Women Was Formed By A Merger Of The National Federation Of Afro-Am

Stokely Carmichael aka Kwame Ture On July 20 - 23, 1967, The First Black Power Conference Was Held In Newark, New Jersey. In His 1967 Book, Black Power: The Politics Of Liberation In America,