April 29
Lincoln University (LU) is the United States’ first degree-granting historically black university. Founded as a…
Monthly Archives: May, 2017
April 30
April 30, 1926 Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman, civil aviator, died when her airplane crashed. Coleman was…
May 1
May 1, 1866 The Memphis Riots of 1866 began after a shooting altercation between white…
May 2
May 2, 1843 Elijah J. McCoy, engineer and inventor, was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada.…
May 3
May 3, 1999 Ed Davis, the first African American to win a franchise to sell…
May 4
May 4, 1969 The play “No Place to Be Somebody” premiered in New York City.…
May 5
May 5, 1905 The Chicago Defender was founded by Robert Sengstacke Abbott with a press…
May 6
May 6, 1812 Martin Robinson Delany, abolitionist and the first African American field officer in…
May 7
May 7, 1890 George Jordan received the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration…
May 8
Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958) is an American football coach. He is the…