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September 1, 1948 William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. became the first African American to serve as a United States Supreme Court…
September 2, 1766 James Forten, abolitionist and businessman, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 15, Forten served…
September 3, 1864 Patrick Francis Healy became the first Jesuit priest of African descent. Healy was born enslaved on February…
September 4, 1908 Richard Nathaniel Wright, author, was born in Roxie, Mississippi. At the age of 15, Wright penned…
Larry Neal or Lawrence Neal, September 5, 1937 – January 6, 1981, was a scholar of African American theater. …
September 6, 1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company was founded by Alonzo F. Herndon, a prosperous black barber and entrepreneur. Atlanta…
September 7, 1854 Free Frank McWorter, the first African American to incorporate a municipality in the United States, died. McWorter…