Black - African American History Facts

T. J. Byrd, inventor, patented a device used to detach horses from their carriages on this date in 1872. Patent # 124,790.

Jackie "Moms" Mabley, famed comedienne, was born in Brevard, NC, on this date in 1894.

Langston Hughes founded the New Negro Theater in Los Angeles, CA, on this date in 1939.

In protest for a curriculum that strongly reflected black culture, Howard University students seized the school's administration building on this date in 1968. This action served as a national catalyst for others demanding a black-oriented curriculum.