Modern Listing Example
October 26
October 26, 1911 Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel Music, was born in New Orleans,…
October 27
October 27, 1924 Ruby Ann Wallace (Ruby Dee), actress, playwright, poet, and activist, was born…
October 28
October 28, 1937 Leonard Randolph “Lenny” Wilkins, hall of fame basketball player and coach, was…
October 29
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which…
October 30
October 30, 1989 Frank L. Mingo, advertising executive, died. Mingo was born December 13, 1939…
October 31
October 31, 1928 Jose de la Caridad Mendez, Negro League baseball pitcher and manager, died.…
November 1
November 1, 1869 The 24th Infantry Regiment (the “Deuce Four”), an all-black United States military…
November 2
November 2, 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation creating a federal Martin Luther King,…