September 13: Inventor and electrical engineer, Lewis Latimer, received a patented for the “Electric lamp” (light bulb), 1881
September 12: Mae C. Jemison became the first African American woman in space, 1992
September 11: Simon, a dentist, became the first African American reported on in a U.S. newspaper, 1740
September 9: Carter G. Woodson founded The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in Chicago, 1915
August 31: Adrian Dove, former White House Staff member and current CEO of the Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles, was born, 1934
August 30: Guion “Guy” Bluford became the first African American to experience space travel, 1983
August 29: Mal Goode became the first African American news correspondent on t.v., 1962
August 28: The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, was originally published in eighteen parts, 1844
August 27: W.E.B. Du Bois, Pan Africanist, author, historian, & Harvard grad, passed away in Ghana, where he was a citizen, 1963
August 26: Artist Hale Woodruff, whose famous works include, Amistad Mutiny murals and The Negro in California History, was born in Cairo, IL, 1900
August 25: Nurse Mary Mahoney co-founded The National Association of Negro Nurses was formed in 1908
August 24: LA City Councilman Herb Wesson Jr. announced that a portion of Figueroa St would be renamed Kobe Bryant Blvd, 2020
August 23: Philanthropist, NBA legend, and businessman, Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1978
August 22: Abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet made a “Call to Rebellion” to all enslaved Africans to strike, 1843
August 21: Revolutionary, Nat Turner, led a two day African revolt in VA, which resulted in the deaths of sixty whites, 1831