This Week In Black History – January 9, 2025

January 9, 1866 – Fisk University was founded in Nashville, TN.

January 10, 1864 – George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist, was born.

January 11, 1985 – Reuben V. Anderson, first African American appointed to Mississippi Supreme Court.

January 12, 1948 – U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans have the right to study law at state institutions.

January 13, 1990 – L. Douglas Wilder became first African American U.S. governor (Virginia) since Reconstruction.

January 13, 1913 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated became the 2nd black Greek Letter Organization.

January 14, 1975 – William T. Coleman was named U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

January 15, 1908 – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., first African American sorority, is founded at Howard University.