365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
January 1, 1808 The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 went into effect. Specifically,…
January 2, 1884 Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, author and film director, was born in Metropolis, Illinois.…
January 3, 1966 Samuel Leamon Younge, Jr. was shot to death after he tried to…
January 4, 1935 Floyd Patterson, hall of fame boxer, was born in Waco, North Carolina.…
January 5, 1931 Alvin Ailey, Jr., choreographer and activist, was born in Rogers, Texas. Ailey…
January 6, 1968 John Daniel Singleton, film director, screenwriter, and producer, was born in Los…
January 7, 1941 Frederick Drew Gregory, the first African American to pilot a space shuttle,…
January 8, 1811 The German Coast Uprising, a slave revolt that took place in…
January 9, 1923 of Fort Bragg, California received patent number 1,441,383 for a brake…
January 10, 1949 George Edward Foreman, hall of fame boxer, was born in Marshall, Texas.…