Black History On This Day October 10th

African American inventor patents his bicycle frame. (1899) African American inventor Isaac R.Johnson patents...

Founder of the United Negro College Fund, born (1901 - 1988) Frederick Douglass Patterson, veterinarian and...

Singer Ivory Joe Hunter born (1914 - 1974) Ivory Joe Hunter born in Kirbyville, Texas. He is...

Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk born (1917 - 1982) Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk born in...

First African-American mayor of New York City born (1927) David N. Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey.