August 27
August 27, 1909 Lester Willis Young, hall of fame jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, was…
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August 28
August 28, 1955 Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi for allegedly whistling…
August 29
August 29, 2011 David “Honeyboy” Edwards, hall of fame blues guitarist and singer, died. Edwards…
August 30
August 30, 1948 Fred Hampton, Sr., activist and assassinated Black Panther leader, was born in…
August 31
August 31, 1907 Augustus Freeman Hawkins, the first African American to represent California in Congress,…
September 1
September 1, 1948 William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. became the first African American to serve as…
September 2
September 2, 1766 James Forten, abolitionist and businessman, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the…
September 3
September 3, 1864 Patrick Francis Healy became the first Jesuit priest of African descent. Healy…
September 4
September 4, 1908 Richard Nathaniel Wright, author, was born in Roxie, Mississippi. At the…
September 5
Larry Neal or Lawrence Neal, September 5, 1937 – January 6, 1981, was a…