Black History On This Day April 16th

Washington D.C. abolishes slavery (1862) President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill ending...

First African American diplomat (1869) Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett is appointed...

Singer Roy Hamilton born (1929 - 1969) Singer Roy Hamilton born in Leesburg, Georgia. He...

NBA Start Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born (1947) Basketball great Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. who...

First Black woman mayor of a major US city elected (1973) Leila Smith Foley elected Mayor of Taft, Oklahoma...