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TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY July 12, 1849 William Hooper Councill,
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY July 12, 1849 William Hooper Councill, educator, author, and first principal of what is now Alabama A&M University, was born ...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Joseph Cinque and slaves who seized
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Joseph Cinque and slaves who seized the slave ship Amistad and killed its captain and most of its crew, were taken into cust...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Slavery was outlawed in the Northwest
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Slavery was outlawed in the Northwest Territory (area northwest of the Ohio River) by the Continental Congress on this date ...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Nat Turner, revolutionary
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Nat Turner, revolutionary freedom-fighter and leader of a slave revolt in Southampton County, VA, in which 60 white men, wom...

TODAY IN OUT HISTORICITY The Rev. Jesse Jackson, activist and
TODAY IN OUT HISTORICITY The Rev. Jesse Jackson, activist and 1988 presidential candidate, was born in Greenville, SC, on this date in 1941. Jackson...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Father Patrick Francis Healy, the first
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Father Patrick Francis Healy, the first Black man to receive a Ph.D., was named President of Georgetown University, on this ...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, civil
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, civil rights leader, and founder of Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of Negro...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC on this date in 1920. James Baldwin, powerful author, was born ...

TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY The African Methodist Episcopal (AME)
TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church of New York was dedicated on this date in 1800. John Merrick, co-organize...