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February 20,1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstrations at Alcorn A&M College. This was the first black land…
February 21, 1965 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), Muslim minister and human rights leader, was assassinated. Malcolm X was born…
February 22, 1950 Julius Winfield “Dr. J” Erving, Jr., hall of fame basketball player, was born in Roosevelt, New York.…
February 23, 1925 Louis Stokes, former member of the United States House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes…
February 24, 1811 Daniel Alexander Payne, clergyman, educator, college administrator, and author, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. While studying…
February 25, 1837 Cheyney University, the oldest institution of higher learning for African Americans, was founded in Cheyney, Pennsylvania west…
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the “right of…
February 27, 1890 Mabel Keaton Stauper, a leader in breaking down racial barriers in nursing, was born in Barbados, West…