People, Locations, Episodes

Today’s Stories

• Gloria Randle Scott, Youth Administrator born.
• The Bussa Rebellion begins
• Voodoo Macbeth Debuts on Stage
• A Black Man Receives a Valve Patent
• Jericho Brown, Poet, and Educator born
• The Emancipation Memorial is Erected
• A Black Slave Is Freed In A California Court Room
• Flournoy Miller, Vaudeville Playwright born
• Pigford v. Glickman is Decided
• Capers Funnye, Rabbi born
• The Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society is Formed
• Ellis Gray Loring, Attorney born
• Francis Collins, Physician-Geneticist born
• Charles B. Purvis, Physician born
• Rosanell Eaton, Educator, and Public Policy Advocate born
• Ella Robinson Madison, Actress, and Singer born
• Cornelius Eady, Poet, and Publisher born
• The Supreme Court Rules On The Slaughterhouse Cases
• Tiger Woods Wins His Third Masters Golf Title
• Gene Ammons, Saxophonist born
• The First Black Man Plays Baseball For The New York Yankees