Black - African American History Facts

The First Kansas Colored Volunteers put down a force of Rebels at the Battle of Toothman's Mound (Island Mound, MO) that began on this date in 1862. This was the first engagement for black troops in the Civil War.

The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, originally founded at Howard University in 1911, was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on this date in 1914.

William "Bill" Cosby, critical of the portrayal of black images, made a bid to buy NBC on this date in 1992.