365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
May 1, 1866 The Memphis Riots of 1866 began after a shooting altercation between white…
May 2, 1843 Elijah J. McCoy, engineer and inventor, was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada.…
May 3, 1999 Ed Davis, the first African American to win a franchise to sell…
May 4, 1969 The play “No Place to Be Somebody” premiered in New York City.…
May 5, 1905 The Chicago Defender was founded by Robert Sengstacke Abbott with a press…
May 6, 1812 Martin Robinson Delany, abolitionist and the first African American field officer in…
May 7, 1890 George Jordan received the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration…
Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958) is an American football coach. He is the…
May 9, Canada Lee, pioneering stage, died. Lee was born Lionel Cornelius Canegata on March…
Henry Walton Bibb (May 10, 1815 in Cantalonia, Kentucky – 1854) was an American author…