Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States (November 4th, 2008)

Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Haiti Becomes First Free Black Republic (1804)

Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of...

International Slave Trade (1808)

Edmonia Lewis, First Internationally Acclaimed African American Sculptor Born (1840 - 1907)

Born as Mary Lewis to a Haitian father and Native...

President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

President Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation...

Reggae singer Alpha Blondy born (1953)

Reggae singer Alpha Blondy born Seydou Koné in...