What happened on this day. These are the November 9 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1898 — Election violence kills at least nine Black people in Phoenix, South Carolina On November 9, 1898, a white mob of as many as 1,000 people attacked Black residents of Phoenix, in Greenwood County, […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 8 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1892 — Black and white workers begin the New Orleans general strike On November 8, 1892, tens of thousands of New Orleans workers, Black and white, walked off the job in support of the ‘Triple […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 7 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1775 — Lord Dunmore offers freedom to enslaved men who fight for the British On November 7, 1775, Virginia’s royal governor, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, signed a proclamation declaring martial law and promising freedom […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 6 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1888 — Henry P. Cheatham is elected to Congress from North Carolina On November 6, 1888, Henry Plummer Cheatham, a Shaw University graduate and former principal of a state normal school for Black students, was […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 5 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1868 — Howard University’s medical department holds its first opening exercise On November 5, 1868, Howard University’s Medical Department held its first opening exercise at the First Congregational Church in Washington, D.C., with an address […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 4 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1879 — Thomas Elkins patents a refrigerating apparatus On November 4, 1879, Thomas Elkins of Albany, New York, received patent No. 221,222 for a refrigerating apparatus that chilled food and other perishable items with a […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 3 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1868 — John Willis Menard becomes the first Black man elected to Congress On November 3, 1868, John Willis Menard, an Illinois-born newspaper editor and Republican activist, won a special election for a New Orleans-based […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 2 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1903 — Maggie Lena Walker opens the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank Maggie Lena Walker opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia, on November 2, 1903, and served as its first president. […]
What happened on this day. These are the November 1 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1864 — Maryland’s new constitution ends slavery in the state Maryland’s 1864 constitution, approved by voters in October, took effect on November 1, 1864, and abolished slavery in the state. Because Maryland had stayed in […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 31 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1901 — A white mob lynched Silas Esters in Hodgenville, Kentucky In the early morning of October 31, 1901, a white mob of more than 50 men took 18-year-old Silas Esters from the LaRue County […]