September Black History Calendar
- Sep 1, 1891
Halle T.D. Johnson becomes first woman of any race to practice medicine in Alabama.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 2, 1958
Frederick M. Jones patents control device for internal combustion engine.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 3, 1979
Robert Maynard editor-publisher of the Oakland (California) Tribune, becoming the first African American to head a daily newspaper.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 4, 1962
New Orleans Catholic schools integrated.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 5, 1960
Leopold Sedar Senghor elected president of Senegal.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 6, 1848
Frederick Douglass elected president of National Black Political Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 7, 1954
Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Md., public schools integrated.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 8, 1907
Negro Leagues baseball star Buck Leonard born.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 9, 1968
Arthur Ashe Jr . wins the first U.S. Open Tennis Championship.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 10, 1855
John Mercer Langston elected township clerk of Brownhelm, Ohio, becoming first black to hold elective office in the U.S.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 11, 1959
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington wins Springarm Medal for his achievements in music.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 12, 1992
Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first African American woman to travel in space.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 13, 1886
Literary critic Alain Locke , first African American Rhodes Scholar, born.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 14, 1921
Constance Baker Motley, first African American appointed federal judge, born.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 15, 1963
Four African American girls killed in Birmingham church bombing .
Search Library of Congress - Sep 16, 1923
First Catholic seminary for Black priests dedicated in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 17, 1983
Vanessa Williams becomes first African American woman named Miss America.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 18, 1895
Booker T. Washington delivers famous Atlanta Exposition speech.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 19, 1893
Elbert R. Robinson patents electric highway trolley.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 20, 1830
First National Convention for Free Men agrees to boycott slave-produced goods.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 21, 1815
General Andrew Jackson honors courage of Black troops who fought in Battle of New Orleans.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 22, 1862
Emancipation Proclamation announced.
Read on BlackPast - Sep 23, 1863
Civil and women’s rights advocate Mary Church Terrell born.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 24, 1957
Federal troops enforce court-ordered integration as nine children integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 25, 1974
Barbara Hancock becomes first African American woman named a White House Fellow.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 26, 1962
Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to win heavyweight boxing championship.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 27, 1912
W.C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 28, 1895
National Baptist Convention organized.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 29, 1910
The National Urban League founded in New York City.
Search Library of Congress - Sep 30, 1962
Under the protection of federal marshals, James Meredith enrolls as the first African American student at University of Mississippi.
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