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This is a timeline of African-American history, the part of history that deals with African Americans. Europeans arrived in what would become the present day United States of America on August 9, 1526. With them, they brought families from Africa that they had captured and enslaved with intentions of establishing themselves and future ...
Six years later, Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions, centers of Black culture, and community centers, both great and small, when President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month in 1976, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. He urged Americans to "seize the ...
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9. W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) Dr William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 – 1963), 82-year old anthropologist and publicist, co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of ...
The following are African-American federal holidays in the United States: Date. Name. First celebrated. Remarks. third Monday of January. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 1986. The birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. [1]
t. e. The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative umbrella council composed of historically African American fraternities and sororities, commonly called the Divine Nine, and also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs). The NPHC was formed as a permanent organization on May 10, 1930, on the campus of Howard ...
As the Civil War was ending, the major issues facing President Abraham Lincoln were the status of the ex-slaves (called "Freedmen"), the loyalty and civil rights of ex-rebels, the status of the 11 ex-Confederate states, the powers of the federal government needed to prevent a future civil war, and the question of whether Congress or the President would make the major decisions.
Peter Randolph. Charles Bennett Ray. Charlotte B. Ray. Charles L. Reason. Hetty Reckless. Charles Lenox Remond. John Swett Rock. David Ruggles. John Brown Russwurm (October 1, 1799 – June 9, 1851)