April Sims

Today In Black History February 22 1832 - Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem formed In February 1832, a group of “females of color” in Salem, Massachusetts organized the first women’s antislavery society in the United States.  Like most free black antislavery societies, ...

Do Foundation Bowl-A-Rama Saturday, February 25, 2012 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Garden Bowl 4120 Woodward Ave. Detroit 48201 For directions to The Garden Bowl click here Tickets: $20.00 All proceeds will directly benefit homeless people and help address their immediate needs.

Today In Black History February 21 1936 - Barbara Jordan first black to give keynote address and national convention is born Barbara Jordan was born in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas to a Black Baptist minister, Benjamin Jordan, and a domestic ...

Today In Black History February 20 1895 - Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, later known as Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, later known as Frederick Douglass. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20--Frederick Douglass dropped dead in the hallway of his residence on Anacostia ...

Today In Black History February 19 1919 - W.E.B. Dubois organized first Pan African Congress in Africa Racist treatment reinforced a sense of solidarity within the Diaspora. This found expression in a series of Pan-African meetings. In 1909 the first Pan African ...

Today In Black History February 18 1688 - Quakers of Germantown, Pennsylvania passed the first formal anti-slavery resolution The history of the movement to abolish slavery is virtually coeval with the establishment of racial slavery in the New World. In the Western ...

Today In Black History February 17 1918 - Charles Arthur Hayes is born in Cairo (Representative, 1983–1993, Democrat from Illinois) Born in Cairo, Illinois, on February 17, 1918, Charles Arthur Hayes graduated from Cairo’s Sumner High School in 1935. After high school, ...