What happened on this day. These are the October 20 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1870 — South Carolina Representative Wade Perrin was assassinated a day after his reelection On October 20, 1870, Wade Perrin, a Black member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Laurens County and a […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 19 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1870 — Joseph Rainey won election to the U.S. House On October 19, 1870, Joseph Rainey won election to a full term in the U.S. House for the Forty-second Congress, defeating Democrat C. W. Dudley […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 18 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1933 — A white mob lynched George Armwood in Princess Anne, Maryland On October 18, 1933, a mob of at least 2,000 white residents of Princess Anne, Maryland, seized George Armwood from jail and beat, […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 17 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1787 — Prince Hall petitioned Massachusetts for equal education On October 17, 1787, Prince Hall and other Black Bostonians petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to provide public education for their children, arguing that Black taxpayers were […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 16 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1859 — John Brown’s interracial force began its raid on Harpers Ferry On the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and eighteen of his men moved into Harpers Ferry and seized the federal armory, […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 15 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1883 — The Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 On October 15, 1883, the Supreme Court decided the consolidated Civil Rights Cases, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment did not authorize Congress […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 14 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1834 — Henry Blair received a patent for his seed planter Letters Patent No. X8447 were issued to Henry Blair on October 14, 1834, for a corn planter, a machine that opened the soil, deposited […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 13 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1914 — Garrett Morgan received a patent for his safety hood U.S. Patent No. 1,113,675, the second of Garrett Morgan’s two 1914 ‘Breathing Device’ patents (the first, No. 1,090,936, was issued March 24, 1914), was […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 12 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1967 — Bob Gibson won his third game of the World Series to clinch the title for the St. Louis Cardinals On October 12, 1967, Bob Gibson pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-2 […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 11 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1887 — Alexander Miles received a patent for an automatic elevator-door mechanism U.S. Patent No. 371,207 was issued to Alexander Miles on October 11, 1887, for improvements that allowed elevator-shaft doors to open and close […]