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On This Day in Black History: January 3 1621 William Tucker was
On This Day in Black History: January 3 1621 William Tucker was the first African-American to be born in America. 1848 Joseph Jenkins Roberts was swor...

On This Day in Black History: December 31 1767 Denmark Vesey,
On This Day in Black History: December 31 1767 Denmark Vesey, who planned a large scale slave revolt only to be betrayed by a house slave, was born in...

• November 20, 1910 Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray, lawyer,
• November 20, 1910 Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray, lawyer, teacher, writer, priest and civil and women’s rights activist, was born in Baltimore,...

• November 19, 1958 Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African
• November 19, 1958 Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for History, was born in segregated east Texas. Gordon...

ON THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY: November 14th 1770 James Bruce, a
ON THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY: November 14th 1770 James Bruce, a Scottish explorer, discovered the source of the Blue Nile at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. 19...

ON THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY: November 13th 354 St. Augustine,
ON THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY: November 13th 354 St. Augustine, one of the most influential thinkers in the development of Western Christianity, was bo...

• October 30, 1895 Ossian Haven Sweet, physician, was born in
• October 30, 1895 Ossian Haven Sweet, physician, was born in Orlando, Florida. At the age of six, Sweet witnessed the lynching and burning of a nei...