This Week In Black History

April 20, 1894 – Dr. Lloyd A. Hall, pioneering food chemist, born.

April 21, 1966 – Pvt. Milton L. Olive, III, awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for valor in Vietnam.

April 22, 1922 – Jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus born.

April 23, 1895 – Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus patents photographic print wash.

April 24, 1944 – United Negro College Fund was incorporated.

April 25, 1918 – Ella Fitzgerald, “First Lady of Song,” was born.

April 26, 1888 – Sarah Boone patents ironing board.