This Day in Black History: Feb. 8th

Did you know... February 8, 1915: The film, "The Birth of a Nation" which depicts Blacks in extreme demeaning portrayals and sparks the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, is released.

This Day in Black History: Feb. 7th

Did you know... February 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson creates Negro History Week; in 1976 it became Black History Month.

This Day in Black History: Feb. 6th

Did you know... February 6, 1820: The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.

This Day in Black History: Feb. 5th

Did you know... February 5, 1866: Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen's Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. Read more. He was truly a man before his time! Psst! It's also my brother, Kylyn L. Woods, Sr.'s Birthday, Happy Birthday Baby-brother...and many more!

This Day in Black History: Feb. 3rd

Did you know on... February 3, 1870:The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.

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This Day in Black History: Feb. 1st

Did you know... February 1, 1960: In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. (Greensboro, N.C.) Four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the South. Six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter. Student sit-ins would be effective throughout the Deep South in integrating parks, swimming pools, theaters, libraries, and other public facilities. Courtesy of Infoplease.com.