Nation of Islam’s Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for “A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation”. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families.
On this date in 1984, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, African activist.
On this date in 1973, Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta.
ON this date in 1968, John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power demonstration on victory stand after winning 200-meter event at Olympics in Mexico City. Carlos and Smith said they were protesting racism in America.
ON this date in 1940, Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. named the first Black general in the regular army.
On this date in 1922, Leon Howard Sullivan was born on this day.
On this date in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was born.
On this date in 1901, Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South.
On this date in 1895, National Medical Association founded in Atlanta.
On this date in 1876, Race riot, Cainhoy, South Carolina. Five whites and one Black killed.
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