September 12, 2021
Dr. Mae Jemison
Dr Mae Jemison on this day in 1992 made history as the first Black woman in space.
Also on this day
The National Council of Negro Women on this day in 1986 began a tradition of ‘Black Family Reunion’ at the National Mall in Washington, DC.
On this day in 1913, Olympic Games great Jesse Owens was born in Alabama.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I was overthrown by his military in a coup d’état on this day in 1974. He had been on the throne for fifty-eight years.
Bantu Stephen Biko, at the time the unquestioned leader of the Black Consciousness Movement and an anti-apartheid leader, was murdered while detained by the apartheid regime on this day in 1977.
On this day in 1924, Amilcar Lopez Cabral the leader of a liberated Guinea Bissau, was born.