Birthday of singer, Beyonce Knowles.
On this date in 1963, Katherine Dunham (1909-2006). With the “Aida” production in 1963, Katherine Dunham becomes the first Black choreographer for the Metropolitan Opera.
On this date in 1960, Comedian and television actor, Damon Wayans was born.
On this date in 1957, Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas Governor Oval Faubus who calls out the National Guard.
On this date in 1949, a Riot prevented Paul Robeson concert at Peekskill, New York.
On this date in 1923, George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest award, for distinguished research in agricultural chemistry.
On this date in 1875, 20 to 30 blacks were killed during the Clinton Massacre in Clinton, Mississippi.
On this date in 1965, Bowie State College was established in Bowie, MD
On this date in 1848, Inventor and engineer, Louis Latimer was born.
On this date in 1781, Los Angeles, California, was founded by forty-four settlers of whom at least twenty-six were descendants of Africans.
