Frederic Ellis Davison was the first African American United States Army Major General and division commander, who served as commander of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War. Continue reading Profile: Frederic E. Davison(1917-1999)
Alice Walker Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Continue reading April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
On April 13, 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field (1963). Continue reading Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for “Lilies of the Field”
First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first American society dedicated to the cause of abolition, is founded in Philadelphia on April 14, 1775. Continue reading First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia
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