1968: Kerner Commission Documents a Divided Society 1942: Detroit Rebellion an Omen of Deadly Riots 1988: Debi Thomas Medals at Winter Olympics 1870: Political Deal Brings End to Reconstruction 1870: Hiram Revels Becomes First Black U.S. Senator 1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Becomes a Physician 1868: W.E.B DuBois Born in Massachusetts 1988: First Grammy Awarded in Rap Category 1965: Malcolm X Assassinated in New York City 1895: Anti-Slavery Crusader Frederick Douglass Dies 1942: Tuskegee Airmen Take to the Skies 1688: First Protest Against Slavery in Colonial America 1973: First U.S. Navy Ship Named for an African-American 1904: Birthday of James Baskett, Disney's First Live Actor 1848: Boston Public Schools Bar Sarah Roberts 1867: Morehouse College Established in Georgia 1970: New York Stock Exchange Admits First Black Member 1909: NAACP is Established in New York City 1990: Nelson Mandela Released from Prison 1992: 'Roots' Author Alex Haley Dies at Age 70 1971: Satchel Paige Named to Baseball Hall of Fame 1968: 3 Students Die in "Orangeburg Massacre" 1862: Freedman's Aid Society Established in Boston 1820: "Mayflower of Liberia" Sets Sail from N.Y.C. 1958: Clifton Wharton Sr. Named Minister to Romania 1913: Rosa Parks is Born in Alabama 1870: 15th Amendment Guarantees the Right to Vote 1897: Black Inventor Patents Ice Cream Scoop 1865: President Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment
