Honoring those we lost on October 3 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. Skip James Born June 9, 1902 — died October 3, 1969 Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and minister James developed the eerie falsetto, minor-key tunings, and intricate fingerpicking associated with the Bentonia school of blues. […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 3 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1904 — Mary McLeod Bethune opened her school for Black girls in Daytona Beach On October 3, 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training Institute for Negro Girls with minimal resources. […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 3 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. James Theodore Holly Full name: James Theodore Augustus Holly Born October 3, 1829 — died March 13, 1911 Episcopal bishop, missionary and emigration advocate. Episcopal bishop, missionary and emigration advocate […]
Angela Davis “Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings.” — Angela Davis Davis exposes the moral cost of incarceration. Her quote challenges us to confront the roots of inequality, not hide them.
Honoring those we lost on October 2 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. R. Nathaniel Dett Born October 11, 1882 — died October 2, 1943 Composer, pianist, organist, choral director, and music professor Born in Canada and raised in the United States from age eleven, Dett built choral and […]
What happened on this day. These are the October 2 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1864 — Black Union cavalrymen were murdered after the First Battle of Saltville On October 2, 1864, Union troops including the 5th United States Colored Cavalry fought at Saltville. Afterward, Confederate soldiers, mostly militia irregulars, […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 2 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Nat Turner Born October 2, 1800 — died November 11, 1831 Enslaved preacher and leader of the 1831 Southampton County rebellion. Turner led the best-known sustained uprising against slavery in […]
Thurgood Marshall “The legal system can force open doors, and sometimes even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me.” — Thurgood Marshall Marshall’s work changed law and lives. His words remind us that justice needs empathy to endure.
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 […]