[wp_ad_camp_1] 1868 – Dr.William Edward Burghardt DuBois On this day Dr.William Edward Burghardt DuBois, educator and civil rights advocate, is born in Great Barrington, Mass. [wp_ad_camp_2]1915 – Death of Robert Smalls Death of Robert Smalls (75), Reconstruction congressman, in...

[wp_ad_camp_1] 1964 – Carl T. Rowan named director of the United States Information Agency. 1906 – Willam Brown-Chappell was born Pioneer aviator, Willam Brown-Chappell was born, 1906 [wp_ad_camp_2]1773 – Phillis Wheatley freed Poet Phillis Wheatley, born a slave in...

[wp_ad_camp_1] Jan. 19th – 1918 – John H Johnson born. John H Johnson, publisher of “Ebony Magazine” and “Jet” was born, 1918 [wp_ad_camp_2]1969 – UCLA names building after Ralph Bunche January 19, 1969 – UCLA renames its social...