People, Locations, Episodes

Today’s Stories

• The Freedman’s Savings Bank Opens
• Nadine P. Winter, Activist and Politician born.
• Lawrence Reddick, Professor and Activist born
• The Emancipation Reform of Russia is Enacted
• Frederick Douglass Jr., Abolitionist, and Editor born
• Sarah Rector, Entrepreneur born
• Ludie Clay Andrews, Nurse, and Nursing Advocate born
• Ariel Hedges Bowen, Educator born
• Angola, Florida is Founded
• The Cherokee Nation Rejects Tribal Citizenship to their former Black Slaves
• The Normal School for Colored Girls, (Washington D.C.) Opens
• Ariel Williams Holloway, Poet, and Teacher born
• The Sydenham Hospital Opens
• William Lambert, Abolitionist born
• Moddie Taylor, Manhattan Project Chemist born
• ‘The Weeping Time’ Episode Occurs
• Paul Hornung Makes Academic Racial Comment
• The Freedmen’s Bureau Is Formed
• Henry Clay Bruce, Writer born
• John Baxter Taylor, Olympian and Veterinarian born
• Elizabeth City State University is Founded
• Rodney King is Beaten by Three White Police Officers
• Margaret Bonds, Teacher, and Composer born
• Alex Crummell, Nationalist, and Missionary born
• The Missouri Compromise Is Ratified