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We’re now officially in the middle of the month of February and still rolling along with more African-American History Artifacts!
Let’s take a trek back together and find out what happened with Black History, today!
Black History Today for February 15th:
1804- The New Jersey Legislature approved a law calling for “gradual” emancipation of African-Americans. In so doing, New Jersey became the last Northern state to outlaw slavery.
1848- Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston, MA. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.
1851- Black abolitionists invaded Boston courtroom and rescued a fugitive slave.
1961- U.S. and African nationalist protesting the slaying of Congo Premire Patrice Lumumba distrupts U.N. sessions.
1964- Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly” recording becomes his first and only number one record.
1965- Nathaniel Adams “King” Cole (45), singer and pianist, died in Santa Monica, CA. on this day
1968- On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African-American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.
1970- Nationalists disrupted UN session on Congo with demonstration for slain Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba.
(Information courtesy of blackfacts.com)
