What happened on this day. These are the October 30 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1831 — Nat Turner was captured After evading capture for more than two months following the Southampton rebellion, Nat Turner was found hiding near the residence of his late owner and captured by Benjamin Phipps […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 29 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1862 — Black Union soldiers fought at the Battle of Island Mound On October 29, 1862, detachments of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry fought pro-Confederate guerrillas at Island Mound. The engagement is widely recognized […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 28 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1830 — Josiah Henson reached freedom in Upper Canada After escaping slavery in Kentucky in September 1830 and crossing the Ohio River into Indiana with his wife and four children, Josiah Henson reached Upper Canada […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 27 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1891 — Philip B. Downing received patents for a street letter box U.S. Patent No. 462,092, for a street letter box designed so that mail could be collected more rapidly and easily, was issued to […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 26 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1866 — Texas passed a law limiting Black testimony in court On October 26, 1866, the Texas legislature passed a law stating that “persons of color shall not testify” except in cases where the prosecution […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 25 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1940 — Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the U.S. Army’s first Black general Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was promoted to brigadier general on October 25, 1940, becoming the first Black general officer in the U.S. […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 24 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1882 — A white mob lynched Charles Thurber in Grand Forks, Dakota Territory On October 24, 1882, a white mob broke Charles Thurber, a Black man in his 30s, out of the Grand Forks courthouse […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 23 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1775 — A conference with Washington agreed to reject Black men from the new Continental Army enlistment On October 23, 1775, delegates of the Continental Congress conferring with George Washington at Cambridge considered whether ‘Negroes’ […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 22 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1945 — Black tobacco workers launched a major Charleston strike On October 22, 1945, unionized workers at the American Tobacco Company’s Cigar Factory in Charleston walked off their jobs, beginning a strike that lasted about […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 21 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1916 — A white mob lynched landowner Anthony Crawford in Abbeville, South Carolina On October 21, 1916, Anthony Crawford, a 56-year-old Black planter who owned 427 acres, was arrested after he argued with a white […]