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MAY May 1, 1867 - First four students enter Howard University. May 2, 1920 - Indianapolis ABCs defeat Chicago Giants in first Negro National League Game. May 3, 1964 - Frederick O'Neal becomes first Black president of the Actor's Equity Association. May
4, 1961 - "Freedom Riders"
begin protesting segregation of May 5, 1988 - Eugene Marino becomes first African American installed as a Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. May 6, 1991 - The Smithsonian Institution approves the creation of the National African American Museum. May 7, 1878 - Joseph R. Winters patents first fire escape ladder. May 8, 1983 - Lena Horne awarded the Springarm Medal for distinguished career in the field of entertainment. May 9, 1899 - John Albert Burr patents lawn. May 10, 1950 - Boston Celtics select Chuck Cooper first Black player drafted to play in the NBA. May 11, 1895 - Composer William Grant Still, the first African American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, born. May 12, 1820 - The New York African Free School population reaches 500. May 13, 1872 - Matilda Arabella Evans, first African American woman to practice medicine in South Carolina, born. May 14, 1888 - Slavery abolished in Brazil. May 15, 1820 - U.S. Congress declares foreign slave trade an act of piracy, punishable by death. May 16, 1927 - William Harry Barnes becomes first African American certified by any American surgical board. May 17, 1954 - U.S. Supreme Court declares segregation in public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education decision. May 18, 1896 - Plessy vs. Ferguson, Supreme Court upholds the doctrine of "separate but equal" education and public accommodations. May 19, 1925 - Malcolm X born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. May 20, 1961 - U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy dispatches U.S. Marshals to Montgomery, Ala., to restore order in the "Freedom Rider" disturbance. May
21, 1833 - African Americans enroll
for the first time at Oberlin May 22, 1921 - Shuffle Along, a musical featuring a score by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, opens on Broadway. May
23, 1900 - Sgt. William H. Carney
becomes the first African May 24, 1854 - Lincoln University (Pa.), the first black college, is founded. May 25, 1926 - Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis born. May 26, 1961 - Marvin Cook named ambassador to Niger Republic; first Black envoy named by Kennedy Administration to an African nation. May 27, 1919 - Madame C.J. Walker, cosmetics manufacturer and first Black female millionaire, died. May 28, 1948 - National Party wins Whites-only election in South Africa and begins to institute policy of apartheid. May 29, 1901 - Granville T. Woods patents overhead conducting system for the electric railway. May 30 1965 - Vivian Malone becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Alabama. May 31, 1870 - Congress passes the first Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for those who deprive others of their civil rights.  |
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