This Week In Black History

February 23, 1868 – W.E.B. Dubois, scholar, activist and author of the Souls of Black Folk, born.

February 24, 1922 – The home of Frederick Douglass made a national shrine.

February 25, 1853 – First black YMCA organized in Washington, DC.

February 26, 1965 – Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson died after being shot by state police in Marion, AL.

February 27, 1988 – Debi Thomas becomes first black to win an Olympic medal in figure skating.

February 28, 1984 – Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy awards.

March 1, 1994 – Leonard S. Coleman, Jr., elected president of the National Baseball League.