The Brown Foundation of Nokesville and Stafford, Virginia presents Today September 7 in Afro-American History: The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church of New York was dedicated on this date in 1800. John Merrick, co-organizer of North Carolina Mutual and Provident Life Insurance Company, was born a slave in Clinton, NC, on this date in 1859. Jacob Lawrence, artist, was born in Atlantic City, NJ, on this date in 1917. Lawrence became interested in painting at age 13. He is widely known for his "series" style of painting. This style consists of a group of paintings on a subject. Blacks in Atlanta, GA, voted in a democratic mayoral primary for the first time on this date in 1949. Massive desegregation began in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD, public schools on this date in 1954. Jocelyn Minnie Elders became the first Black U.S. Surgeon General on this date in 1993. Elders was also the first woman to hold this position
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