Norman Hill was born on this date in 1933. He is an African American administrator, activist and labor leader.
learn more*The first issue of the Los Angeles Sentinel, published on this date in 1933, is one of the oldest Black-owned and operated newspapers in America. The Sentinel emphasizes issues concerning the African American community and its readers. It’s a highly regarded paper that significantly influences its readership’s perceptions, attitudes, and buying decisions. Col. Leon H. […]
learn more*Rod Paige was born on this date in 1933. He is a Black educator and administrator. Roderick Raynor Paige was born in Monticello, Mississippi, and is the son of public school educators. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University. He earned a master’s degree and a Doctor of Education degree in Physical Education […]
learn more*This date celebrates the opening of The Apollo Theater in 1933.
learn more*Richard Loving was born on this date in 1933. He was a white-American construction worker. Born in Central Point, Virginia, part of Caroline County, Richard Perry Loving was the son of Lola (Allen) Loving and Twillie Loving. His grandfather, T. P. Farmer, fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. The ancestor, Lewis Loving, was marked […]
learn more*William Lucy was born on this date in 1933. He was a Black engineer and trade union leader. William Lucy was born to Susie and Joseph Lucy in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Richmond, California. In the early 1950s, he studied civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked for Contra Costa […]
learn more*Gil Noble was born on this date in 1932. He was an African American television broadcaster and journalist.
learn more*Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, one of the oldest running jazz clubs in America, was established on this date in 1934. In Detroit, MI, Chris Baker originally opened it as a beer and sandwich restaurant. His son Clarence Baker began to work for him at 15. In 1939, the elder Baker suffered a stroke, and Clarence took […]
learn more*On this date in 1934, redlining began as American public policy. Redlining is the systematic denial of several services by federal government agencies, local governments, and the private sector, either directly or through the selective raising of prices. Although informal discrimination and segregation existed in the United States, the specific practice called “redlining” began […]
learn moreThe Federal Housing Act was enacted on this date in 1934. This American legislation began the modern involvement of the federal government in the American housing market. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was created from this legislation. It represented the early New Deal’s most important attempt at short-term pump priming of the economy. Still, it also […]
learn more*Willie Davis was born on this date in 1934. He was a Black professional football player and businessman. William Delford Davis was from Lisbon, La. He was 8 when his parents separated, and he moved with his mother and two younger siblings to Texarkana, Ark. His mother was a cook at a country club. Young Davis earned a scholarship […]
learn more*On this date in 1934 the first issue of The Minnesota Spokesman Recorder was sold to the public.
learn more*On December 20, 1934, we celebrate Grace’s Little Belmont. This was a jazz music bar and lounge in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Located at 37 North Kentucky Avenue, it was one of the four popular Black nightclubs between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s. The Little Belmont was located across the street from Club Harlem, where it […]
learn more*The birth of Carolyn Bryant is affirmed on this date in 1934. She was a white-American store clerk, eyewitness, and plaintiff in the Emmett Till trial. From Indianola, Mississippi, Carolyn Bryant Donham’s father was a plantation manager, and her mother was a nurse. A high school dropout, she won two beauty contests and married […]
learn more*On this date in 1935, Earl G. Graves was born. He is an African American businessman, entrepreneur and activist.
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