April 5
April 5, 1839 Robert Smalls, businessman and politician, was born enslaved in Beaufort, South Carolina.…
April 6
April 6, 1712 The New York Slave Revolt started when 23 enslaved Africans killed nine…
April 7
April 7, 1842 Allen Allensworth, minister, educator, and town founder, was born enslaved in Louisville,…
April 8
April 8, 1993 Marian Anderson, contralto, died. Anderson was born February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia,…
April 9
April 9, 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed by the United States…
April 10
April 10, 1957 Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the wealthiest black person in the world, was born…
April 11
April 11, 1933 William Anthony “Tony” Brown, journalist, talk show host, and author, was born…
April 12
April 12, 1882 James “Jimmy” Winkfield, jockey, horse trainer, and the last African American to…
April 13
April 13, 1873 The Colfax Massacre occurred in Colfax, Louisiana when whites armed with rifles…
April 14
April 14, 1816 The Bussa Rebellion, the first of three large-scale rebellions in the British…