People, Locations, Episodes

Today’s Stories

• Samuel W. Allen, Author, Educator, and Lawyer born
• Sarah Elizabeth Wright, Author born
• Massacre at Ebenezer Creek, a story
• James H. Holmes, Minister born
• Cleveland Abbott, Athlete, and Teacher born
• Angie Lena Turner King, Chemist born
• Stacey Abrams, Politician, Lawyer, and Activist born
• Duke Slater, Athlete, and Judge born
• Tina Allen, Sculptor born
• The Sukuma People, a story
• Tanzania Gains Independence From Britain
• Tippu Tip, Slave Trader born
• Deacon Jones, Football Player born
• Donald Byrd, Jazz Musician and Professor born
• St. Martin de Porres, The First Black Saint in the Americas
• The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society is Founded
• Roy DeCarava, Photographer born
• ‘Speedy’ Huggins, Dancer, and Musician born
• Redd Foxx, Comedian, and Actor born
• A Black Man Patents the Soil Pulverizer
• Joel Chandler Harris, Writer born
• Tim Moore, Actor born