Thomas Andrew Dorsey
Thomas Andrew Dorsey Father of the gospel song

Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed
Civil Rights Act passed Civil Rights Act passed

Charles Clinton Spaulding
Charles Clinton Spaulding Businessman

William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison The liberator

Georgia Blanche Douglas
Georgia Blanche Douglas Writer

Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference .

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin addresses 1st Nat’l Conference of Colored Women
First National Convention for black women First National Convention for Black Women

First States to Abolish Slavery
Vermont Vermont became the first US territory to abolish slavery

Slavery declared unlawful in British Empire
Slavery declared unlawful in British Empire Slavery declared unlawful in British Empire

Selma Freedom March
A march to protest at the intimidation which prevented blacks from voting in Dallas County, Alabama. Selma, a city of 29,000, had 15,000 blacks of voting age, of whom only 355 were registered to vote. Martin Luther king chose Selma as he thought whites would resist violently and that this (through television) would draw attention […]

Sheridan Broadcasting Corp.
Sheridan Broadcasting Corp. Sheridan Broadcasting Corp.

16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Birmingham Church Bombing Klu Klux Klan member convicted

National Negro Business League
National Negro Business League National Negro Business league

Kelly Miller – 1st Black Math Grad
Kelly Miller First African American to study graduate mathematics at Johns Hopkins

Philemon T. Reid
(July 1, 1945 – June 9, 2009) Philemon Timothy Reid was an African American Artist and recipient of a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from North Portland’s Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Reid’s love for blues and jazz, particularly musicians John Coltrane, Miles Davis and singers Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson, was reflected in his colorful paintings […]