Death of Jack Roosevelt (“Jackie”) Robinson (53), first Black in major leagues in twentieth century, in Stamford, Connecticut.
On this date in 1994, William Jefferson Clinton presented her with the Charles Frankel Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities
On this date in 1964, Zambia proclaimed independent.
On this date in 1948, Rep. Kweisi Mfume who was born Frizzell Gray in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1996 Mfume became president of the NAACP.
Ot this date in 1935, the first Black-authored play to become a long-run Broadway hit, Langston Hughes’ “Mulatto” opens, 1935
On this date in 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia. American Blacks held mass meetings of protest and raised funds for the Ethiopian defenders.
On this date in 1923, Department of Labor said some 500,000 Blacks had left the South in the preceding twelve months.
On this date in 1892, In New Orleans, 25,000 Black workers strike.
