This Week In Black History

March 24, 1837

Canada gives African American citizens the right to vote.

March 25, 1843

Explorer Jacob Dodson sets out in search of the Northwest Passage.

March 26, 1872

Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher. 1911 – William H. Lewis becomes U.S. assistant attorney general.

March 27, 1930

Of the 116,000 African Americans in professional positions, more than two-thirds were teachers or ministers.

March 28, 1870

Jonathan S. Wright becomes first Black state Supreme Court justice in South Carolina.

March 29, 1898

W.J. Ballow patents combined hat rack and table.

March 30, 1870

Fifteenth Amendment ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to African Americans