Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States (November 4th, 2008)

Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Blues artist Muddy Waters is born (1915 - 1983)

Blues musician Muddy Waters born in Rolling Fork,...

Poet and author Maya Angelou born (1928)

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis,...

Martin Luther King Jr assasinated (1968)

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis,...

Senegal gains independence (1968)

Adam Clayton Powell Jr passes away. (1972)

Former civil rights leader and congressman Adam...