365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th…
February 1, 2003 , NASA astronaut, Michael P. Anderson was killed along with the rest…
February 2, 1935 Pete Brown, the first African American to win a Professional Golfers Association…
February 3, 1910 Robert Earl Jones, stage and film actor and father of James Earl…
February 4, 2007 Two African American professional football head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith,…
In 1990, Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama becomes the first…
February 6, 1945 Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, singer and songwriter, was born in Saint Ann…
February 7, 1926 The first day of Negro History Week, originated by historian Carter G.…
Henry R. Smith Samuel Hammond, Jr Delano B. Middleton February 8, 1968 The Orangeburg massacre…
February 9, 1944 Alice Malsenior Walker, author, was born in Eatonton, Georgia. Walker earned her…