This Week In Black History – April 4, 2024

April 4, 1968 – Martin Luther King assassinated.

April 5, 1951 – Washington, D.C. Municipal Court of Appeals outlawed segregation in restaurants.

April 6, 1909 – Matthew A. Henson reaches the North Pole, 45 minutes before Commandeer Peary.

April 7, 1885 – Granville T. Woods patents an apparatus for transmission of messages by electricity.

April 8, 1974 – Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron hits 715 home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as the game’s all-time home-run leader.

April 9, 1898 – Paul Robeson, actor, singer, activist, born.

April 10, 1947 – Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play major league baseball.