365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 9 April 9, 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed by the United States Congress. The act provided that… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 10 April 10, 1957 Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the wealthiest black person in the world, was born in Kano, Nigeria. After graduating… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 11 April 11, 1933 William Anthony “Tony” Brown, journalist, talk show host, and author, was born in Charleston, West Virginia. Brown… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 12 April 12, 1882 James “Jimmy” Winkfield, jockey, horse trainer, and the last African American to ride a winner in the… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 13 April 13, 1873 The Colfax Massacre occurred in Colfax, Louisiana when whites armed with rifles and a small canon overpowered… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 14 April 14, 1816 The Bussa Rebellion, the first of three large-scale rebellions in the British West Indies that shook public… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 15 April 15, 1928 Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first African American woman to be licensed as an architect in the United… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 16 April 16, 1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison, novelist, literary critic, and scholar, died. Ellison was born March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma… Read More
