Moments in Black History Pt 5
Submitted by Style News Wire on Friday, 26 February 2010No Comment
February officially became known as Black History Month because of Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He made sure the African American story was told with the establishment of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now called the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History) in 1915. He also founded the Journal of Negro History and launched Negro History Week in 1926. This later became Black History Month.
Hirman R. Revels
Hirman R. Revels of Mississippi sworn in as first Black U.S. senator and first Black representative in Congress.
February 26, 1869
Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote sent to the states for ratification.
Debi Thomas
Figure skater Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win a medal (bronze) at the winter Olympic Games.
Richard Spikes
Richard Spikes invented the automatic gearshift.
March 1, 1960
San Antonio, Texas, became first major Southern city to integrate lunch counters.
Wilt the Stilt\
March 2, 1962
On this day in 1962, “Wilt the Stilt” Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single basketball game-a professional record that still stands today. He sunk 36 field goals and 28 foul shots. Chamberlain, who played for the Philadelphia Warriors and 76ers and then the Los Angeles Lakers, was the best scorer and rebounder in the history of the sport, and the first player to score 30,000 points. At seven-feet-one-inch tall, Chamberlain was the first professional player over seven feet, changing basketball into a tall man’s game. Chamberlain retired from basketball in October 1974 and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979.
Thomas L. Jennings
Thomas L. Jennings is the first black to be granted a patent in the United States for his technique to “dry-scour” clothes.
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