1831. Nat Turner confessed to leadership in the slave revolt of the past August. Turner was hanged the following day.
Read his confession
1891. Granville T Woods obtained a U.S. patent for the electric railway.
1898. Whites riot in Wilmington, North Carolina. This highly controversial event resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Blacks, although the press reported eight, and the coroner eventually announced 14.
1930. Clarence McClane Pendleton Jr. was born in Louisville, KY. After graduating Howard University, he worked with several government programs. After working on Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign, he was appointed the first black chairman of the Civil Rights Commission by Reagan. Pendleton vigorously opposed affirmative action and busing to desegregate schools, strongly advocating Reagan’s “color-blind” attitude to civil rights.
1957. Charlie Sifford wins the Long Beach Open, becoming the first Black person to win a major professional golf tournament
1960 Andrew Hatcher was named associate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy. This made him the highest-ranking Black ever appointed to the executive branch.
2007. Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D. Illinois,) announces his candidacy for the presidency of the United States.
Actually, it took some getting use to, but i am starting to like it. The graphics are much sharper and the additional links for more info are a great help. The info is more outstanding but i am going to read them regardless. lol. As alway very informative and will be shared in my room but Black history is all year long. As always, a great job, winston.
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