M.KathleenOn Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long..
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What happened on February 2nd in Black history?
On February 2: Feb. 2, 1862 – District of Columbia abolishes slavery.
What happened on February 9th in black history?
On this day in 1995, Bernard Harris became the first African-American to take a “spacewalk”. Harris was a mission specialist who has been to space on two different missions. His second one, STS-63, aboard the space shuttle Discovery, saw Harris make his history spacewalk.
What happened on February 3rd in black history?
Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature.
What happened on February 24th in black history?
24, 1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Becomes First Black Woman to Receive M.D.
What happened on February 13th in black history?
13, 1923: The First Black Professional Basketball Team Is Organized. The Renaissance (or the New York Rens), the nation’s first Black professional basketball team, was formed by Robert “Bob” Douglas (pictured in the middle of the top row in this photo).
What happened on February 21st in black history?
This Day in History: February 21
Malcolm X, who articulated concepts of racial pride and black nationalism in the United States, was assassinated this day in 1965 and became an ideological hero after the posthumous release of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
What happened on February 4th in black history?
J.C. Watts becomes the first Black selected to respond to a state of the union address. Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born on this day.
What happened on February 19th in black history? The Tuskegee Airmen were initiated into the armed forces on Feb. 19, 1942. The Tuskegee Airmen blazed their way into history as the first African-American pilots who fought in World War II in the 1940s and maintaining the aircrafts.
What happened February 22 in black history?
Feb. 22, 1989: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Win First Best Rap Performance Grammy. The hip-hop duo’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand” was the first hip-hop song to ever get nominated for a Grammy.
What happened on February 27th in black history?
27, 1872: Charlotte E. Ray Becomes First Black Female Lawyer. Born in N.Y.C. in 1850, Ray became the first African-American lawyer in the U.S. and the first practicing female lawyer in Washington, D.C., according to The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights.
What happened on February 28th in black history?
Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island (N.Y.). Seven whites killed. Two Black male slaves and an Indian slave were hanged, and a Black woman was burned alive.
What happened on February 24th in black history?
24, 1864. Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes first African-American woman to receive an M.D. degree. On this day in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler earned a doctoral degree from New England Female Medical College in Massachusetts, the first African-American woman to do so.
What happened on February 21st in Black history?
This Day in History: February 21
Malcolm X, who articulated concepts of racial pride and black nationalism in the United States, was assassinated this day in 1965 and became an ideological hero after the posthumous release of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
What happened on February 11th in Black history? February 11, Robert Weaver sworn in as administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, highest federal post to date by a Black American. Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army.
What happened on February 4th in Black history? J.C. Watts becomes the first Black selected to respond to a state of the union address. Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born on this day.
What happened on February 16th in black history?
16, 1951: N.Y.C. Council Passes Bill that Prohibits Housing Racial Discrimination. On this day, a bill that prohibited racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments in New York City was passed.
What happened on February 27th in black history?
Figure skater Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win a medal (bronze) at the winter Olympic Games. Rajo Jack died in California on February 27, 1956 from heart failure suffered while on Highway 395 near Inyokern.
What happened on February 11th in black history?
February 11, Robert Weaver sworn in as administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, highest federal post to date by a Black American. Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army.
What happened in black history on February 25th?
Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. Edward Daniel Nixon, former president of the Georgia NAACP, died at age 87. Seminoles and their Black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the West. Nat King Cole, the singer with the Golden Voice, dies.
What happened in Black history on February 25th?
Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. Edward Daniel Nixon, former president of the Georgia NAACP, died at age 87. Seminoles and their Black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the West. Nat King Cole, the singer with the Golden Voice, dies.
What happened on February 6th in Black history?
The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.
What happened on February 8th in Black history?
Feb. 8, 1986: Debi Thomas Becomes First Black Woman to Win a National Figure Skating Title. On this day 34 years ago, Thomas was the first Black figure skater to win the U.S. National Figure Skating Championship in Women’s Singles.
What happened on February 15th in black history? On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States. Nat King Cole (45), singer and pianist, died in Santa Monica, California.
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