On This Day in Black History: February 8
1734
In New France (Quebec), Intendant Gilles Hocquart issued an ordinance to curb slave escapes, directing the militia to recover a runaway and imposing fines on those who aided him.
1884
Cetshwayo, king of the Zulus, died.
1894
Congress repealed the Enforcement Act of 1870, thus facilitating the disenfranchisement of blacks.
1915
D.W. Griffiths' controversial film The Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles.
1925
Marcus Garvey was taken to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and incarcerated for his conviction of mail fraud.
1964
Malcolm X founded the Organization for African American Unity.
1968
The Orangeburg Massacre occurred on the campus of South Carolina State University. Three students were killed and twenty-seven were injured.
1974
Lieutenant-Colonel Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), ousted the prime minister, dissolved the parliament and suspended the 1970 constitution.
1986
Debi Thomas was the first African-American to win the women's singles U.S. National Figure Skating championship.
Today's Featured Page
Cetshwayo
In 1873, Cetshwayo succeeded his father Mpande and the Zulu nation resurfaced as a powerful force in Southern Africa. Like his predecessors, he wanted to avoid conflict with the white settlers but he was obstructing the imperial endeavour. More...
In 1873, Cetshwayo succeeded his father Mpande and the Zulu nation resurfaced as a powerful force in Southern Africa. Like his predecessors, he wanted to avoid conflict with the white settlers but he was obstructing the imperial endeavour. More...
Previously Featured Pages
The Golden Stool of the Asante
The Golden Stool of the Asante contains the soul or sunsum of the nation. It is considered to be so sacred that no one is allowed to sit on it. More...
Dr. George Carruthers
Dr. Carruthers is an astrophysicist of international renown. He was the principal inventor of the first moon-based observatory, the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph—a combination spectograph and camera, with an electron intensifier—used for the Apollo 16 mission to the moon in 1972. More...
Fannie Lou Hamer
Refusing to yield to the position designated to her by society, Fannie Lou Hamer eventually became the embodiment of the changes incited by the civil rights movement of the 1960s. More...
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks sat down so that we could all stand up for our rights. More...
Frederick McKinley Jones
Growing up as an orphan and not attending school beyond grade eight, Frederick McKinley Jones was ultimately to become one of the most prolific black inventors. More...
Elijah McCoy
Eventually, no heavy duty machinery was without Elijah McCoy's automatic oiling devices and the term the "real McCoy" became linked with his pioneering achievement. More...
The Golden Stool of the Asante contains the soul or sunsum of the nation. It is considered to be so sacred that no one is allowed to sit on it. More...
Dr. George Carruthers
Dr. Carruthers is an astrophysicist of international renown. He was the principal inventor of the first moon-based observatory, the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph—a combination spectograph and camera, with an electron intensifier—used for the Apollo 16 mission to the moon in 1972. More...
Fannie Lou Hamer
Refusing to yield to the position designated to her by society, Fannie Lou Hamer eventually became the embodiment of the changes incited by the civil rights movement of the 1960s. More...
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks sat down so that we could all stand up for our rights. More...
Frederick McKinley Jones
Growing up as an orphan and not attending school beyond grade eight, Frederick McKinley Jones was ultimately to become one of the most prolific black inventors. More...
Elijah McCoy
Eventually, no heavy duty machinery was without Elijah McCoy's automatic oiling devices and the term the "real McCoy" became linked with his pioneering achievement. More...
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