Modern Listing Example
August 31
August 31, 1907 Augustus Freeman Hawkins, the first African American to represent California in Congress,…
September 1
September 1, 1948 William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. became the first African American to serve as…
September 2
September 2, 1766 James Forten, abolitionist and businessman, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the…
September 3
September 3, 1864 Patrick Francis Healy became the first Jesuit priest of African descent. Healy…
September 4
September 4, 1908 Richard Nathaniel Wright, author, was born in Roxie, Mississippi. At the…
September 5
Larry Neal or Lawrence Neal, September 5, 1937 – January 6, 1981, was a…
September 6
September 6, 1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company was founded by Alonzo F. Herndon, a prosperous…
September 7
September 7, 1854 Free Frank McWorter, the first African American to incorporate a municipality in…