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This Week in Black History

August 22nd

In 1867, Fisk University was established.

In 1950, Althea Gibson was the first black to play in the U.S. Champioships.

August 23rd

In 1900, National Negro Business League was founded.

August 24th

In 1950, Edith Sampson, first Black delegate to United Nations appointed by Harry S. Truman.

August 25th

In 1908, the National Association of Colored Nurses was founded.

August 26th

In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution ratified giving women the right to vote.

August 27th

In 1963, W.E.B. Dubois, editor, author and Civil Rights leader died in Accra, Ghana.

August 28th

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.