365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
August 9, 1883 Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin, suffragette and civil rights activist, was born in…
August 10, 1880 Clarence Cameron White, violinist, educator, and composer, was born in Clarkville, Tennessee.…
August 11, 1777 Free Frank McWorter, the first African American to incorporate a municipality in…
August 12, 1988 Jean-Michel Basquiat, the first painter of African descent to become an international…
August 13, 1906 The Brownsville Affair started when a white bartender was killed and a…
August 14, 1876 Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest state sponsored institution of higher…
August 15, 1818 Bridget “Biddy” Mason, nurse, real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born enslaved…
August 16, 1922 Louis E. Lomax, author and the first African American television journalist, was…
Archibald Henry Grimké (August 17, 1849 – February 25, 1930) was an American lawyer, intellectual,…
August 18, 1935 Gail Fisher, the first African American to win an Emmy Award, was…