Louis Latimer received a patent for the Electric lamp on this day in 1881.
Alain Leroy Locke, philosopher and educator, was born on this day in 1886. He was the first Black person to win the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
While resistance to slavery was constant, the first significant rebellion in colonial America comprising African, English, Irish and First nation indentured servants occurred in Gloucester, Virginia on this day in 1663.
Tyler Perry, actor, producer and director and movie studio owner, was born on this day in 1969.
On this day in 1962, James Meredith’s path to the University of Mississippi was cleared when a lower court’s order against his enrollment was set aside by Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. The case had been in court for over a year.
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