Today In History

• In 1839- Liberty Party, first anti-slavery political party, organized at Warsaw, NY
• In 1894- A.C. Richardson patents the casket lowering device
• In 1913- Daniel Hale Williams becomes first black elected to American College of Surgeons. Was also first person to perform open heart surgery
• In 1940- Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites can't bar African Americans from white neighborhoods
• In 1951- Ballerina Janet Collins becomes first black dancer to appear with the Metropolitan Opera Company
• In 1956- Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, AL
• In 1985- New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins Cy Young Award, making him youngest pitcher ever to win this prestigious award

To Inspire You

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity

Martin Luther King Jr