365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 1 April 1, 1950 Charles Richard Drew, physician and medical researcher, died from injuries suffered in a car accident. Drew was… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 2 April 2, 1932 Willie M. “Bill” Pickett, cowboy and rodeo performer, died after being kicked in the head by a… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 3 April 3, 1944 The Supreme Court of the United States in Smith v. Allwright overturned the Democratic Party’s use of… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 4 April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., clergyman, activist, and leader of the Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated in Memphis,… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 5 April 5, 1839 Robert Smalls, businessman and politician, was born enslaved in Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1862, while serving as… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 6 April 6, 1712 The New York Slave Revolt started when 23 enslaved Africans killed nine whites and injured six. As… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 7 April 7, 1842 Allen Allensworth, minister, educator, and town founder, was born enslaved in Louisville, Kentucky. Allensworth escaped slavery by… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 8 April 8, 1993 Marian Anderson, contralto, died. Anderson was born February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of… Read More
