January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation assure the freedom for nearly 4 million enslaved people of African descent. Slavery was one of the major factors in the Civil War, So throughout the …
When Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond sat down at a "whites-only" Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Woolworth's official policy was to refuse service to anyone but whites, after being denied servic…
January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born. He was an professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in MLB for the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 15, 1947. In 1941, Branch Rickey had also begun investig…
January 26, 1944, Angela Yvonne Davis was born. Angela Davis is a black activist, professor and author, Who has authored over 10 books on race, class and feminism Davis rose to prominence during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charge…
January 25, 1972, Shirley Chisholm announced her presidential bid. She became the first African American to run for a major party's nomination for President of the United States. "I am not the candidate of black America, although I am…
January 24, 1993, Thurgood Marshall passed away at the age of 83. He was a lawyer and civil rights activist, who later served as a Supreme Court Justice from October 1967 until October 1991. His most famous Cases was argued before the…
January. 20, 1838, The free Black neighborhood of Weeksville was founded in Brooklyn in what is now Crown Heights. Named after a man named James Weeks. In 1838 slavery was abolished in New York State. Later Weeks would buy a plot of l…
January 15, 1929 is Martin Luther King Jr Day, Martin Luther King was an activist and Baptist minister who played a major role in the civil rights movement from the 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King was the leader and spokesm…
January 17, 1942, Muhammad Ali was born. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, he was professional boxer, entertainer, and activist. He is widely regarded the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time and named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrate…
January 12th 1865, "40 acres and a Mule" was created. With the Civil War coming to a close Union General William Tecumseh Sherman met with 20 black leaders in a Savannah mansion on Macon Street to put together the plans for "40 acres and a mule&rd…