Black - African American History Facts

The New Orleans Tribune, the first daily black newspaper, was published in English and French on this date in 1864.

Hubert G. (H. Rap) Brown, writer, activist, and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Chairman, was born in Baton Rouge, LA, on this date in 1943. Brown has changed his name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.

The African nation of Lesotho gained its independence on this date in 1966.

Herman Marion Sweatt, the plaintiff in the infamous Sweatt v. Painter separate-but-equal decision, died in Atlanta, GA, on this date in 1982.

The Harold Washington Library was dedicated in a ceremony remembering Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, IL, on this date in 1991.