September 26: The first public statue in Philadelphia to honor a specific African American was dedicated to Octavius Catto, 2017
September 25: Willard Carroll Smith Jr., aka Will Smith, was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1968
September 24: The National Museum of African American History and Culture was opened to the public, 2016
September 23: Dr. Mary Church Terrell, one of the first African American women to receive a degree, was born in Memphis, TN, 1863
September 22: The International Council on Monuments and Sites recommended that Haiti’s Citadel and Sans Souci Palace become World Heritage sites, 1981
September 21: FIRST PRIME MINISTER / PRESIDENT OF GHANA BORN
George Holliday, a plumber who gained local and national fame 30 years ago when he used his videocamera to tape the infamous Los Angeles police beating of motorist Rodney King in Lake View Terrace, has died from COVID-19, it was reported today.
September 20: Actress and director, Regina King, won an Emmy Award for her role in the series the Watchmen, 2020
September 19: Tuskegee Institute, known today as Tuskegee University, opened with a total of thirty students, 1881
September 18: The classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston was originally published, 1937
September 17: Dr.’s Robert Tanner and George F. Grant entered the inaugural class of Harvard’s School of Dentistry, 1867
September 16: Jan Matzeliger, inventor of the shoe lasting machine, was born in Dutch Guiana, 1852
September 15: “Y’all Hiring?: The Black Teen’s Guide to Navigating Employment” was published by author Albert Phillips Jr. (Twitter) , 2020
September 14: The sitcom 227, starring Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Jackée Harry, and Regina King, debuted, 1985
September 13: Inventor and electrical engineer, Lewis Latimer, received a patented for the “Electric lamp” (light bulb), 1881