Three-time Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes is born in Siver Spring, Maryland. She will win an Olympic gold medal and two bronze medal. She will also win more national titles than any other gymnast-male or female.
On this date in 1962, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order 11063, which mandates an end to discrimination in housing. Executive Order 11063, prohibited federally funded housing agencies from denying housing or funding for housing to anyone based on their race, color, creed or national origin.
On this date in 1962, Economist and Government Official Robert C. Weaver,one of the least known of the civil rights pioneers, was awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership in the movement for open housing.
ON this date in 1938, Morgan State College was established. Morgan State University is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland’s designated public urban university and the largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in Maryland. In 1890 the university, known as the Centenary Biblical Institute, changed its name to Morgan State College to honor Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its Board of Trustees who had donated land to the college. In 1975, Morgan State became a university.
On this date in 1923, the U.S. Patent Office grants Garret T. Morgan Patent No. 14755024 for his three-position traffic signal. Although, Morgan’s was not the first traffic signal it was a very important innovation. By having a third position besides just “Stop” and “Go,” it regulated crossing vehicles more safely than earlier signals had.
On this date in 1922, 1922 Louisiana governor conferred with president on KKK violence in his state.
On this date in 1922, Mary B. Talbert, former president of the National Association of Colored Women (NAACP), for service to Black women and for restoration of the Frederick Douglas home was awarded the highest honor by the NAACP, the Spingarn Medal.
On this dated in 1865, blacks held acolored peoples convention in the Zion Church in Charleston and demanded equal rights and repeal of the Black Codes.
On this date in 1866, 10 members of the First Congregational Society of Washington, D.C., gathered for a missionary meeting. They decided to establish a seminary for the training of African American preachers. By early 1867, the founders had broadened their mission to include a liberal arts college and university. The university was named for Major General Oliver O. Howard, a Civil War hero and Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, a U.S. government agency established in 1865 to aid freed blacks.
