September 16, 1846 George Franklin Grant, pioneering dentist and inventor of the golf tee, was…

September 17, 1932, Joseph W. Hatchett, the first African American Supreme Court justice in the…

September 18, 1905 Edmund Lincoln “Rochester” Anderson, hall of fame radio, television and film actor,…

September 19, 1965 Katrina McClain Johnson, hall of fame basketball player, was born in Charleston,…

September 20, 1664 Maryland enacted the first Anti-Amalgamation Law to specifically outlaw marriage between black…

September 21, 1933 Clifford Leopold Alexander, Jr., lawyer, businessman and the first African American…

September 22, 1891 Alma Woodsey Thomas, painter and art educator, was born in Columbus, Georgia.…

September 23, 1923 Nancy Green, storyteller, cook, and one of the first African Americans hired…

September 24, 1965 Executive Order 11246 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson requiring equal…

September 25, 1957 The Little Rock Nine successfully entered Central High School in Little Rock,…