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September 2, 1766 James Forten, abolitionist and businessman, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the…

September 3, 1864 Patrick Francis Healy became the first Jesuit priest of African descent. Healy…

September 4, 1908 Richard Nathaniel Wright, author, was born in Roxie, Mississippi. At the…

Larry Neal or Lawrence Neal, September 5, 1937 – January 6, 1981, was a…

September 6, 1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company was founded by Alonzo F. Herndon, a prosperous…

September 7, 1854 Free Frank McWorter, the first African American to incorporate a municipality in…

September 8, 1954 Ruby Nell Bridges Hall, the first African American child to attend an…

September 9, 1806 Sarah Mapps Douglass, abolitionist, teacher and lecturer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…

September 10, 1847 John Roy Lynch, the first African American Speaker of the House in…

September 11, 1922 James Charles Evers, the first African American elected mayor of a Mississippi…