Elberta Bellinger

April 3

On this day in history:

2012 US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination

1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White So

1950 Carter G. Woodson dies.

1961 Eddie Murphy is born.

Charles Harely, Sr.

April 3

On this day in history:

Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox

Cristal Harley

April 6

On this day in history:

Matthew A Henson ~ (explorer and first to reach the North Pole) leads expedition of six to the North Pole

Jeffrey Jones

April 6

On this day in history:

1722 Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards.

Justus Lawrence

April 9

On this date in history: 

Paul Robeson ~ (actor, singer, athelete and activist) born 1898

Charles Harley, Jr.

April 11

On this date in history: 

Jackie Robinson ~ signs a professional baseball contract and becomes the first professional Black player in the sport

Spelman College ~ founded 1881

Zoie Little

April 15

On this day in history:  

1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams

1889 A. Phillip Randolph is born

1896 Booker T. Washington receives an honorary degree from Harvard University.

Chantz Harley

April 16

On this day in history:

Kareem Abdul Jabbar ~ (basketball star) born 1947

Slavery in Washington DC ended, 1862

Lisa Jones

April 28

On this day in history:

Muhammad Ali ~ (boxing champion) stripped of his title for refusing to enter the armed forces in 1967

Samuel L Gravely ~ becomes first Black admiral in the US Navy in 1962