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17. On September 7, 1960, Wilma Rudolph made Olympic history by becoming the first woman, and the first African American woman, to win three gold medals. She became known as the fastest woman in ...
Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. A scholar and teacher, Woodson was the second Black American to receive a Ph.D. from ...
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.
In 1920, Fritz Pollard and Bobby Marshall became the first Black athletes to play in the NFL. Pollard was also the league’s first Black coach. George Coleman Poage became the first Black person ...
Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month and was formerly known as Negro History Month before 1976. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month ...
1996 February 1 Sweet Home Baptist Church in Baker, Louisiana, was burned. 1996 February 21 Glorious Church of God in Christ of Richmond, Virginia, was burned. 1996 February 28 New Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Alabama, was burned and an arrest was made. 1996 March 5 St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Hatley, Mississippi, was burned.
8. Civil rights activist and campaigner Septima Poinsette Clark (1898–1987) helped to found nearly 1,000 citizenship schools, which contributed to helping Blacks register to vote. 9. Described ...
t. e. The Azusa Street Revival was a historic series of revival meetings that took place in Los Angeles, California. [1] It was led by William J. Seymour, an African-American preacher. The revival began on April 9, 1906, and continued until roughly 1915. Seymour was invited to Los Angeles for a one-month engagement at a local church, but found ...