1968: Kerner Commission Documents a Divided Society
1942: Detroit Rebellion an Omen of Deadly Riots
1988: Debi Thomas Medals at Winter Olympics
1870: Political Deal Brings End to Reconstruction
1870: Hiram Revels Becomes First Black U.S. Senator
1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Becomes a Physician
1868: W.E.B DuBois Born in Massachusetts
1988: First Grammy Awarded in Rap Category
1965: Malcolm X Assassinated in New York City
1895: Anti-Slavery Crusader Frederick Douglass Dies
1942: Tuskegee Airmen Take to the Skies
1688: First Protest Against Slavery in Colonial America
1973: First U.S. Navy Ship Named for an African-American
1904: Birthday of James Baskett, Disney's First Live Actor
1848: Boston Public Schools Bar Sarah Roberts
1867: Morehouse College Established in Georgia
1970: New York Stock Exchange Admits First Black Member
1909: NAACP is Established in New York City
1990: Nelson Mandela Released from Prison
1992: 'Roots' Author Alex Haley Dies at Age 70
1971: Satchel Paige Named to Baseball Hall of Fame
1968: 3 Students Die in "Orangeburg Massacre"
1862: Freedman's Aid Society Established in Boston
1820: "Mayflower of Liberia" Sets Sail from N.Y.C.
1958: Clifton Wharton Sr. Named Minister to Romania
1913: Rosa Parks is Born in Alabama
1870: 15th Amendment Guarantees the Right to Vote
1897: Black Inventor Patents Ice Cream Scoop
1865: President Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment
