Pierre Toussaint, a former enslaved person from the Caribbean, who became a philanthropist in the United States was born in Haiti on this day in 1766. Clay Cane January 28, 2022
Arthur Schomburg, the historian, writer, activist and collector of research, was born on this day in 1871 Clay Cane January 25, 2022
On this day in 1978 Toni Morrison received the National Book Critics Circle Award Clay Cane January 11, 2022
Robert Clifton Weaver, the first Black member of a presidential cabinet, was born on this day in 1934 Clay Cane December 29, 2021
On this day in 2000, former President George W. Bush nominated Gen. Colin Powell as his Secretary of State. Clay Cane December 16, 2021
On this day in 1833, a group of 60 Black and whites founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Clay Cane December 9, 2021