March Black History Calendar
- Mar 1, 1994
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. elected president of the National Baseball League.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 2, 1867
U.S. Congress enacts charter to establish Howard University.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 3, 1865
Freeman’s Bureau established by federal government to aid newly freed slaves.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 4, 1965
Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics honored as NBA most valuable player for fourth time in five years.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 5, 1770
Crispus Attucks becomes one of the first casualties of the American Revolution.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 6, 1857
U.S. Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 7, 1965
U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .
Search Library of Congress - Mar 8, 1977
Henry L. Marsh III becomes first African American elected mayor of Richmond, Va.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 9, 1941
Amistad mutineers freed by U.S. Supreme Court.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 10, 1913
Harriet Tubman dies.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 11, 1959
Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin In the Sun” opens at Barrymore Theater, New York, the first play by a Black woman to premier on Broadway.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 12, 1932
Andrew Young , former U.N. ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, born.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 13, 1773
Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable , black pioneer and explorer, founded Chicago.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 14, 1965
Montgomery bus boycott ends when municipal bus service is desegregated.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 15, 1988
Eugene Antonio Marino , first Black archbishop, assigned to Atlanta.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 16, 1846
Rebecca Cole, second Black female physician in America, born.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 17, 1885
William F. Cosgrove patents automatic stop plug for gas and oil pipes. 1890 – Charles B. Brooks patents street sweeper.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 18, 1822
The Phoenix Society, a literary and educational group, founded by Blacks in New York City.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 19, 1971
Rev. Leon Sullivan elected to board of directors of General Motors.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 20, 1883
Jan. E. Matzeliger patents shoe-making machine 1912 – Carter Woodson receives doctorate from Harvard University.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 21, 1965
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for voting rights.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 22, 1898
J.W. Smith patents lawn sprinkler.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 23, 1873
Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 24, 1837
Canada gives African American citizens the right to vote.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 25, 1843
Explorer Jacob Dodson sets out in Search of the Northwest Passage.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 26, 1872
Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher. 1911 – William H. Lewis becomes U.S. assistant attorney general.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 27, 1930
Of the 116,000 African Americans in professional positions, more than two-thirds were teachers or ministers.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 28, 1870
Jonathan S. Wright becomes first Black state Supreme Court justice in South Carolina.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 29, 1898
W.J. Ballow patents combined hat rack and table.
Search Library of Congress - Mar 30, 1870
Fifteenth Amendment ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to African Americans
Search Library of Congress - Mar 31, 1988
Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer Prize for Beloved.
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