January 29
January 29, 1954 Oprah Gail Winfrey, television host, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist, was born in…
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January30
January 30, 1944 Sharon Pratt Kelly, the first African American woman to serve as mayor…
January 31
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th…
February 1
February 1, 2003 , NASA astronaut, Michael P. Anderson was killed along with the rest…
February 2
February 2, 1935 Pete Brown, the first African American to win a Professional Golfers Association…
February 3
February 3, 1910 Robert Earl Jones, stage and film actor and father of James Earl…
February 4
February 4, 2007 Two African American professional football head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith,…
February 5
In 1990, Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama becomes the first…
February 6
February 6, 1945 Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, singer and songwriter, was born in Saint Ann…
February 7
February 7, 1926 The first day of Negro History Week, originated by historian Carter G.…