Black History On This Day July 2nd

First American colony to abolish slavery (1777) Vermont became the first American colony to...

Denmark Vesey and aides executed (1822) Slave rebellion leader Denmark Vesey and five of...

African American inventor patents steam engine lubricator (1872) E. McCoy received Patent No. 129,843 for the...

First African American Supreme Court Justice born (1908 - 1993) Thurgood Marshall born in Baltimore, Maryland....

Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers born (1925 - 1963) Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers born in...