1874 Patrick Francis Healy inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1760 Jupiter Hammon becomes first published Black poet with his poem, " An Evening Thought".
1992 Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first African American woman to travel in space.
1731 Mathematician, urban planner and inventor Benjamin Banneker was born.
1957 Federal troops enforc court-ordered Integration as nine children integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.
1981 Pam Johnson name publisher of the Ithaca (NY) Journal, becoming the first African American woman to head a daily newspaper,
1988 Eugene Antonio Marino, first Black archbishop, assigned to Atlanta.Ga
1965 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leads March from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for voting rights.
1965 Montgomery bus boycott ends when municipal bus service is desegregated.
1984 Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy awards.
1965 Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics honored as NBA most valuable player for fourth time in five years.

1770 Crispus Attucks becomes one of the first casualties of the American Revolution.
1857 U.S. Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision.
1965 U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
1998 J.W. Smith patents lawn sprinkler.
1873 Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico
1837 Canada give African American citizens the right to vote
1966 Wendell Scott become The First African American To Drive And Win in Nascar Stock Car Racing
1965 U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
1932 Andrew Young, former U.N. ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, born.
1898 Paul Robeson, actor, singer, activist, born.
1988 Debbi Thomas becomes first Black to win an Olympic medal in figure skating.
1922 Jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus born.
1870 Jonathan S. Wright becomes First Black state Supreme Court justice in South Carolina
1898 W.J.Ballow patents combined hat rack and table
1988 Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer prize for Beloved
1870 Fifteenth Amendment ratified, guaranteeing voting rights rights to African Americans
1950 Charles R. Drew, who developed techniques for processing and preserving blood, died.
1984 Georgetown coach John Thompson becomes first Black coach to win NCAA basketball tournament
1826 Poet-orator James Madison Bell, author of the Emancipation Day poem "The Day and the War", born.
1974 Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron hits 715 home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as that game's all-time leader.
1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated. BLACK HISTORY ALL YEAR LONG PART 1
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