Ralph David Abernathy, SCLC President ,died in Atlanta,GA,on April 17,1990. (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Antoine Dubuclet of Louisiana was elected as the first Black State Treasurer on April 16, 1868. (1810 – 1887) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Roy Wilkins succeeded Walter Francis White as the third NAACP Excutive Director on April 11,1955. (Aug. 30, 1901 – Sept. 8, 1981) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Lee Elder became the first Black to play in golf’s Master’s Championship on April 10, 1975. (July 14, 1934 – ) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Paul Robeson, actor ,singer, athlete, minister, and activist, was born in Princeton, NJ, on April 9,1898.The famous actor graduated from Rutgers University, became a Presbyterian minister, and obtained a law degree from Columbia University. (April 9,1898 – January 23,1976) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Booker T. Washington, educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute, was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp on this date in 1956.Washington became the first Black to be honored twice on a postage stamp. (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr.,Baptist minister and civil rights activist, was assassinated in Memphis, TN, on this date in 1968. James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder.
Alexa Irene Canady, the first Black woman neurosurgeon, born in Lansing, MI, on November 7,1950.Canady has also served as National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Macon B.Allen, the first Black licensed to practice law in the United States died in Washington,DC, October 10,1894. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first Black U.S. Senator (Mississippi),was born in Fayetteville, NC, on September 27 ,1822. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.