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October 17, 2021
Capital Savings Bank

On this day in 1888, Capital Savings Bank in Washington, DC became the first bank organized and operated by African Americans.
Also on this day

Mae Jemison
On this day in 1956, Mae Jemison was born in Alabama. She eventually became a physician and the first African American woman to travel in space.

Lerone Bennet, Jr.
Historian Lerone Bennet, Jr. was born on this day in 1928.

South Carolina
Ku Klux Klan activity began after the Civil War. On this day in 1871, Klan activity became so widespread that President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial law in some counties in South Carolina.

Jupiter Hammon
African American Jupiter Hammon, perhaps the first Black poet published in the United States, was born into slavery.
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