MOMENTS IN BLACK HISTORY

September 24, 1957 – Nine African American students integrated Little Rock High School.

September 15, 1963 – The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

August 22, 1963 – Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights petition Human Rights Board to desegregate.

September 8, 1957 – Althea Gibson became the first African American athlete to win a U. S. national tennis championship

September 24, 1974 – Barbara W. Hancock became the first African American woman named a White House Fellow.

September 9, 1915 – Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

September 15, 1992 – Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African American female astronaut in space.

September 2, 1966 – Frank Robinson, professional baseball player, named MVP of the American League.

September 1, 1975 – General Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr. named Commander-in-Chief of North American Air Defense Command in1975.

September 29, 1942 – Hugh Mulzac, first African American captain of a U.S. merchant ship, launched the ‘Booker T. Washington.’

September 7, 1954 – Integration in public schools began in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.

August 27, 1962 – Birmingham Chamber of Commerce forms interracial Senior Citizens Committee to prevent demonstrations

Jackie Robinson was the first Black baseball player in the major leagues.

August 28, 1963 – Martin Luther Kings, Jr. leads “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom“ deliver “I Have A Dream” speech

September 18, 2006 – State ferry service reopens, after 44 years in Gees Bend, Alabama

September 20, 1984 – First episode of “The Cosby Show’ aired