Congressman Clayton Powell, Jr., politician and civil rights activist was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
On this date in 1961, Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in McComb, Miss., November 29-December 2.
ON this date in 1955, Alice Childress becomes the first African American woman to receive an Obie Award for her play, “Trouble in Mind”.
On this date in 1919, Pearl Primus is born. Blending African and Caribbean sources with American traditions of blues, jazz, and jitterbug, Pearl Primus created new and vibrant forms of dance.
On this date after the winter of Valley Forge, Black slaves and free men were welcomed into the American Army. There were Black soldiers in the Revolutionary army from all of the original thirteen colonies.
On this date in 1758, England John Wesley Baptized the first two known Black converts to the Methodism movement.
