Honoring those we lost on October 1 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Mary Logan Reddick Born December 31, 1914 — died October 1, 1966 Neuroembryologist and biology professor Reddick earned her PhD at Radcliffe College, Harvard University, in 1944, with a dissertation on chick embryos, and did tissue-culture […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 1 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1851 — Syracuse abolitionists freed William “Jerry” Henry in the Jerry Rescue On October 1, 1851, William Henry, a freedom seeker known as Jerry, was arrested in Syracuse under the Fugitive Slave Act. The same […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 1 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. John Brown Russwurm Born October 1, 1799 — died June 9, 1851 Abolitionist, educator, newspaper editor, and Pan-African political figure. Russwurm co-founded Freedom’s Journal, the first Black-owned and operated newspaper […]
George Washington Carver “I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” — George Washington Carver Carver saw nature as divine inspiration. His curiosity turned science into a spiritual dialogue with creation.