This Week In Black History – April 18, 2024
April 18, 1864 – More than 200 black Union troops massacred by Confederate forces at Ft. Pillow, TN.
April 19, 1972 – Stationed in Germany, Major Gen. Frederic E. Davidson became first black to lead an Army division.
April 20, 1894 – Dr. Lloyd A. Hall, pioneering food chemist was born.
April 21, 1966 – Pvt. Milton L. Olive, III, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in Vietnam.
April 22, 1922 – Jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus was born.
April 23, 1895 – Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus patented photographic print wash.
April 24, 1944 – United Negro College Fund was incorporated