Black History On This Day August 9th

First African American representative from Pennsylvania born (1898 - 2003) Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Jr. born in...

Jesse Owens wins 4 Olympic Gold medals in one Olympic meet (1936) Jesse Owens wins his fourth Olypmic Gold medals in...

1st black appointed to Federal District Court (1961) James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal...

First black federal judge appointed (1961) James B Parsons becomes the first African American...

Grammy winning Singer / Actress Whitney Houston born (1963) Whitney Houston born in East Orange, New Jersey....