This Week In Black History – November 14, 2024

November 14, 1915 – Booker T. Washington, educator and writer, died.

November 15, 1881 – Payton Johnson patented swinging chair.

November 16, 1981 – Pam Johnson named publisher of the Ithaca (NY) Journal, becoming the first African American woman to head a daily newspaper.

November 17, 1980 – WHHM, the first African American- operated radio station, went on the air at Howard University.

November 18, 1787 – Abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth was born.

November 19, 1953 – Roy Campanella named Most Valuable Player in National League Baseball for the second time..

November 20, 1865 – Howard Seminary (later Howard University) founded in Washington, DC.