Black History Everyday

Hank Aaron is best known for being the first MLB player, of any race, to break Babe Ruth’s record of 714 career home…

Hubert Harrison, in 1917, established the 1st organization (The Liberty League) and the first newspaper (The Voice) of the New Negro Movement.

Scotia Seminary (now Barber-Scotia College) was the 1st historically black female institution of higher education, 1867; Concord, North Carolina.

Rebecca Lee Crumpler, was the 1st black woman to become a physician in the United States after becoming a Doctor of Medicine is 1864;…

Autherine Juanita Lucy was the 1st black student to attend the University of Alabama, 1956.