33. 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes first Black umpire in the major leagues.
35. 1947 Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play major league baseball.
36.1918 Ella Fitzgerald, "First Lady of Song", born.
37.1924 James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It OnThe Mountain, The Fire Next Time, and Another Country, born
38.1800 Gabriel Prosser leads slave revolt in Richmond, VA,
39.1810 Abolitionist Robert Purvis born
40.1867 First four students enter Howard University.
41.1920 Indianapolis ABCs defeat Chicago Giants in first Negro National League Game.
44. 1964 Frederick O'Neal becomes first Black president of the Actor's Equity Assoc.
42. 1964 Frederick O'Neal becomes first Black president of the Actor's Equity Assoc.
43.1872 Elijah McCoy patents his first self-lubricating locomotive engine. The quality of his inventions helped coin the phrase " Real McCoy" .
45.1688 The Quakers in Germantown, Pa., make the first formal protest against slavery.
46.1958 Frederick M. Jones patents control Device for internal combustion engine.
47.1924 James Baldwin ,author of Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Fire Next Time ,and Another Country, born
48.1500 Gabriel Prosser leads slave revolt in Richmond, Va
49.1810 Abolitionist Robert Purvis was born
34.1935 Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Counsel of Negro Women
51.1888 Granville T. Woods patents railway telegraphy.
52.1920 Saxophonist Charlie" Bird" Parker born.
53. 1979 Robert Maynard editor-publisher of the Oakland (California) Tribune, becoming the first African American to head a daily newspaper.
54. New Orleans Z1920 Saxophonist Charlie" Bird" Parker born Catholic schools integrated.
55.1968 Arthur Ashe Jr. win the first U.S. Open Tennis championship
56.1959 Edward Kennedy "Duke " Ellington win Springarm Medal for his achievements in music.
57.1992 Dr. Mae C. Jemisson becomed first African American woman to travel in space.
58. 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated.
59.1940 Charles Drew named supervisor of the" Plasma for Great Britain " project.
60.1986 President Ronald Reagan appoints Edward J. Perkins ambassador to South Africa.
61.1956 Nat King Cole becomes first Black Performer to host his own TV show.
62.1964 First Black Daily Newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, founded.
63.1957 Federal troops enforce court-ordered integration as nine children integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.
64.1974 Barbara Hancock becomes first African American woman named a white House Fellow.
BLACK HISTORY ALL YEAR LONG PART 2
50.1921 Shuffle Along, a musical featuring a score by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, opens on Broadway.
