Today In History

• In 1900- African-American painter Henry O Tanner was one of the 6,916 American exhibitors at the Paris Exposition, winning a silver medal for his entry
• In 1922- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority founded at Butler University
• In 1941- Madame Lillian Evanti founds the National Negro Opera Company
• In 1977- Springarn Medal awarded to Alexander P. Haley (author of ROOTS) for his unsurpassed effectiveness in portraying the legendary story of an American of African descent.
• In 2019- Steven Reed is sworn-in as the first African American mayor of the City of Montgomery, AL in it's 200 year history

To Inspire You

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose

Frederick Douglass