August 20

1942- Composer, songwriter, musician and singer Isaac Hayes was born in Covington, Tennessee.

August 21

1943- Harriet M. West became the first Black woman major in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC).

August 22

1989- Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton was gunned down by a member of the Black Guerrilla Family drug ring in Oakland, California.

August 23

1954- Computer scientist, geologist and engineer Philip Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria.

August 24

1950- Chicago attorney Edith Sampson was named the first Black representative in the U.S. delegation to the United Nations.

August 25

1925- The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organized a mass meeting in Hall at Elks Hall. The union became one of the most successful organized efforts for railroad porters and attendants who worked with small wages and benefits.