March 31
Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey cast the first vote by an African…
April 1
Southern University and A&M College was chartered by the Louisiana General Assembly “for the education…
April 2
Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915] – April 2, 2012) was an African-American graphic artist and…
April 3
April 3, 1944 The Supreme Court of the United States in Smith v. Allwright overturned…
April 4
Muddy Waters, blues musician and “the Father of Chicago Blues,” was born McKinley Morganfield in…
April 5
Charles W. Follis, a.k.a. “The Black Cyclone,” (February 3, 1879 – April 5, 1910) was…
April 6
James Pierson Beckwourth, mountain man, fur trader, and explorer, was born enslaved in Frederick County,…
April 7
Allen Allensworth, minister, educator, and town founder, was born enslaved in Louisville, Kentucky. Allensworth escaped…
April 8
Kofi Atta Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, was born in Kumasi, Gold…
April 9
Mary Winston Jackson (April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an African American mathematician…