This Week In Black History – September 19, 2024

September 19, 1893 – Elbert R. Robinson patented the electric highway trolley.

September 20, 1830 – First National Convention for Free Men agreed to boycott slave produced goods.

September 21, 1815 – General Andrew Jackson honored courage of black troops who fought in Battle of New Orleans.

September 22, 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation announced.

September 23, 1863 – Civil and women’s rights advocate Mary Church Terrell was born.

September 24, 1957 – Federal troops enforced court-ordered integration as nine children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR.

September 25, 1974 – Barbara Hancock became first African American woman named a White House Fellow.