This Day in History
On October 4, 1988 The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building was dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the...
Hi, what are you looking for?
Texas Metro News
This Day in History
On October 3, 1949 First Black Radio Station, WERD, began operating in Atlanta, GA.
This Day in History
On October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. Thurgood Marshall had already transformed American law....
This Day in History
On October 1, 2001 President George W. Bush nominated Mattie R. Sharpless as the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. After...
This Day in History
On August 10, 1944, a Race riot in Athens, Alabama started when a fistfight between two white war veterans and a Negro touched off...
This Day in History
On August 9, 1961, James B. Parsons became the first Black appointed to the Federal District Court in the continental United States.
This Day in History
On August 8, 1968, a riot in Miami, Florida. National Guard mobilized to put down the rioting which erupted while Republicans were holding a...
This Day in History
August 7, 1954, Charles H. Mahoney was confirmed by the Senate and became the first Black to serve as a full delegate to the...
This Day in History
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Bill, which authorized the suspension of literacy tests and the sending of federal...
This Day in History
On August 5, 1984, Evelyn Ashford won a gold medal in the 100-meter race, and Edwin Moses won a gold medal in the 400-meter...
This Day in History
On August 4, 1865, the Loyal Creek Council formally declared that African Creeks would be considered full citizens of the Creek Nation. August 4th...
This Day in History
On August 3. 1928, the Atlanta Daily World was founded by William A. Scott III. The Atlanta Daily World was the first Black daily...
This Day in History
On August 2, 1982 Jackie Robinson is honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a commemorative stamp, the fifth in its Black Heritage USA...
This Day in History
On August 1, 1993, Barbara Ross-Lee, a practicing family physician, Naval officer, and medical educator, assumed the position of dean of Ohio University College...
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT