TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/25/10
February 25 - 1826 – Alexander G. Clark was born in Washington county, PA
1839 – Seminoles and their Black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the West.
1867 – Tennessee Gov. William Gannaway Brownlow issues a proclamation warning that the unlawful events of the Ku Klux Klan ”must and SHALL cease” and that militia would be immediately organized against the organization. This is in response to Ku Klux Klan activities in a nine county area. The KKK was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee on December 15, 1865)
1870 – Hiram Rhoades Revels of Mississippi becomes the first African American Senator. Read more »
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/13/10
February 13 - 1818 – Absalom Jones passes away in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1882 – Henry Highland Garnet passes away in Monrovia, Liberia at the age of 66.
1892 – The first African-American performers, the World’s Fair Colored Opera Company, appear at New York City’s Carnegie Hall less than one year after the hall’s opening.
1907 – Wendell P. Dabney establishes “The Union.” The Cincinnati, Ohio paper’s motto is “For no people can become great without being united, for in union, there is strength.”
1919 – Eddie Robinson is born in Jackson, Louisiana.
1920 – The National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs is founded by Andrew “Rube” Foster. They become the Negro National League.
1923 – The first African American professional basketball team Read more »
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/12/10
February 12 - 1793 – Congress makes it a crime to hide or protect a runaway slave by passing the first fugitive slave law.
1865 – Henry Highland Garnet, preacher and abolitionist, becomes the first African-American to preach in the rotunda of the Capitol to the House of Representatives. It is on the occasion of a Lincoln birthday memorial.
1896 – Isaac Burns Murphy, considered the greatest American jockey
1900 – For a Lincoln birthday celebration, James Weldon Johnson writes the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” With music by his brother, J. Rosamond, the song is first sung by 500 children in Jacksonville, Florida. It will beco Read more »
Chicago Gallery added
Well it’s finally up. I finished it today because I’ve got other galleries to build and this one was next. Sorry it took so long. Make sure you subscribe to the blog by clicking the ” sign me up” button above my photo on the right so that you’ll get up to the minute notification when updates are posted. It’s absolutely free and will insure you know when to check back.
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