On This Day In Black History...

• 1881 ~ Blanche Kelso Bruce, 1st Black to serve a full term in the US Senate, was appointed Register of Treasury by President Garfield


• 1925 ~ On this day we give SPECIAL thanks for the life and contributions of Malcolm X who was born in Omaha, NE. Happy Birthday Malcolm!!!


• 1930 ~ Lorraine Hansberry, Author & Playwright, was born in Chicago. Her play "Raisin in the Sun" was the 1st play written by a Black woman to be performed on Broadway


• 1948 ~ Grace "Pull Up To The Bumper" Jones was born in Spanishtown, Jamaica


• 1965 ~ Patricia Roberts Harris, Howard University Law Professor, became 1st Black woman named to an Ambassador position, Luxemburg


• 1968 ~ The Last Poets, a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s Black civil rights movement, was born. Originators of the "Spoken Word"...


• 1991 ~ Willy T. Ribbs became the 1st Black driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500