People, Locations, Episodes

Today’s Stories

• The Contraband Relief Association is formed
• The Black People’s Convention is formed.
• Bettie Mae Fikes, Singer and Activist born
• James McLurkin, Engineer born
• Robert W. Johnson, Doctor, and Tennis Mentor born
• Tracy K. Smith, Poet, and Educator born
• The First Hip Hop Artist Wins The Pulitzer Prize for Music
• Yvonne Walker Taylor, Educator born
• Peter Westbrook, Sabre Fencer born
• Marie M. Daly, Biochemist born
• The Exhaust Purifier is Patented by a Black Man
• Ed Townsend, Lyricist born
• Martin Luther King Jr. Writes the “Letter Frome a Birmingham Jail”
• Carol Brice, Contralto Vocalist born
• Flora Batson, Concert Singer born
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Player, and Author born
• Isaac Burns Murphy, Horse Jockey born
• Slavery is Abolished in Washington D.C.
• America’s First Black Woman Mayor is Elected
• Georgia Patton Washington, Doctor born