March 01, 1803
Ohio Joins the Union
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March 28, 1804
Ohio Passes Law on Slave Codes
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March 17, 1806
Norbert Rillieux Born
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March 02, 1807
Congress Prohibits the Importation of Slaves
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March 10, 1810
Adelle v. Beauregard
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March 03, 1820
Missouri Compromise Ratified by Congress
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March 29, 1820
Census Shows Blacks Represent 18.4 Percent of U.S. Population
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March 03, 1821
First African American to Receive a Patent
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March 18, 1822
Phoenix Society Founded
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March 08, 1825
Alexander T. Augusta Born
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March 16, 1827
First African American Newspaper Published
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March 04, 1829
African Americans Attend Jackson's Inauguration
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March 02, 1836
Arkansas Disenfranchises Blacks
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March 08, 1838
The First Black Magazine is Founded
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March 14, 1838
Free Blacks Fight To Retain Vote
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March 01, 1841
Blanche K. Bruce Born
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March 09, 1841
Crew of the Amistad Exonerated
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March 25, 1843
Jacob Dodson Starts Search for the Northwest Passage
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March 05, 1845
Macon B. Allen Becomes First Black Lawyer
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March 31, 1845
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Published
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March 16, 1846
Dr. Rebecca Cole Born
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March 22, 1846
First Black Poetry Anthology Printed
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March 10, 1850
Hallie Quinn Brown Born
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March 20, 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
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March 30, 1855
Missourians Cross Into Kansas to Make It a Pro-slavery State Legislature
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March 06, 1857
Dred Scott v. Sanford
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March 11, 1861
Confederacy Adopts a Constitution
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March 14, 1861
First Black Appointed to a Federal Position in the U.S.
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March 27, 1861
First Ride-Ins in South Carolina
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March 01, 1862
First Regiment of Black Troops Formed
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March 02, 1865
Freedman's Bureau Established
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March 03, 1865
Congress Enacts Law Giving Freedom to Wives and Children of Black Union Army Soldiers
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March 03, 1865
Congress Makes Further Moves to Help Freed Slaves
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March 26, 1866
George Alexander McGuire Born
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March 02, 1867
First Reconstruction Act Passed
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March 01, 1869
Robert Brown Elliott Appointed Assistant Adjutant-General
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March 03, 1869
University of South Carolina Desegregates
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March 16, 1870
First Black U.S. Senator Makes First Speech Before the Senate
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March 28, 1870
First Black State Supreme Court Justice Chosen
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March 30, 1870
Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
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March 26, 1872
Thomas J. Martin Receives Patent
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March 22, 1873
Slavery Ends in Puerto Rico
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March 01, 1875
Civil Rights Bill Passed
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March 04, 1877
Garrett A. Morgan Born
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March 31, 1878
Jack Johnson Born
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March 06, 1882
Virginia State University Founded
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March 20, 1883
Jan E. Matzeliger Receives Patent
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March 17, 1885
William Cosgrove Receives Patent
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March 17, 1886
The Carrollton Massacre
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March 17, 1890
Charles B. Brooks Receives Patent
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March 20, 1890
Black Education Denied
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March 05, 1897
American Negro Academy Founded
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March 07, 1897
Harriet Ann Jacobs Dies
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March 30, 1897
Annie Rosetta Hall Born
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March 23, 1898
J. W. Smith Receives Patent
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March 29, 1898
W.J. Ballow Receives Patent
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March 04, 1901
Representative George White Leaves Congress
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March 07, 1901
Slaves Found in South Carolina
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March 18, 1901
William H. Johnson Born
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March 13, 1904
Irma Barber Born
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March 04, 1909
Howard Armstrong Born
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March 11, 1909
Bishop John Burgess Born
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March 07, 1910
John A. Matthews Born
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March 18, 1910
Marjorie Witt Johnson Born
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March 20, 1910
Allan Crite Born
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March 27, 1910
Roland McConnell Born
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March 18, 1911
Alice Key Born
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March 26, 1911
William H. Lewis Becomes U.S. Assistant Attorney General
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March 20, 1912
Carter G. Woodson Receives Doctorate
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March 24, 1912
Dorothy Height Born
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March 10, 1913
Harriet Tubman Dies
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March 20, 1913
Curtis McClinton, Sr. Born
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March 01, 1914
Ralph Ellison Born
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March 23, 1914
Wesley South Born
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March 03, 1915
NAACP Leads a Protest Against the Film, The Birth of a Nation
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March 20, 1915
Rosetta Tharpe Born
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March 27, 1915
Robert Lockwood, Jr. Born
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March 02, 1916
John Murphy III Born
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March 19, 1916
Julia Brogdon Purnell Born
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March 20, 1916
African Native Held in Zoo Commits Suicide
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March 23, 1916
Prudence Burns Burrell Born
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March 11, 1917
Robert Carter Born
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March 29, 1918
Pearl M. Bailey Born
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March 02, 1919
Associated Negro Press Founded
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March 17, 1919
Nat "King" Cole Born
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March 22, 1919
Florence M. Rice Born
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March 24, 1919
Jeff L. Greenup Born
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March 31, 1919
Hiram Emory Little, Sr. Born
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March 05, 1920
Sugar Ray Robinson Born
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March 20, 1920
Dr. Ebenezer Bush Born
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March 03, 1921
Julius Richardson Born
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March 10, 1921
Matthew Kennedy Born
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March 06, 1922
Camilla Perkins Thompson Born
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March 09, 1922
Herbert Douglas Born
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March 09, 1922
Roscoe Brown, Jr. Born
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March 16, 1922
Marion McElroy Born
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March 18, 1922
Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth Born
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March 28, 1922
Lutrelle F. Palmer Born
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March 09, 1923
Dr. Robert John Bacon, Sr. Born
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March 14, 1923
Lanier Phillips Born
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March 17, 1923
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. Born
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March 03, 1924
Nadine Poole Winter Born
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March 08, 1924
Rev. Addie Wyatt Born
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March 18, 1924
Mary Cherry Born
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March 21, 1924
Dr. Leslie Duke Born
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March 24, 1924
Harry Pace Sells Black Swan Records
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March 27, 1924
Sarah Vaughan Born
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March 09, 1925
Kathleen Crosby Born
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March 14, 1925
Reverend Marion Bascom is Born
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March 17, 1925
Prince A. Jackson Born
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March 22, 1925
Dr. George Branche Born
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March 04, 1926
Juanita Passmore Born
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March 11, 1926
Ralph Abernathy, Sr. Born
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March 01, 1927
Harry Belafonte Born
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March 07, 1927
Nixon v. Herndon
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March 11, 1927
Gloria Blackwell (Rackley) Born
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March 22, 1927
Joe Hendricks Born
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March 28, 1928
Henry Ponder Born
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March 03, 1929
June Antoine Born
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March 20, 1929
Clarence Love Born
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March 19, 1930
Louis Johnson Born
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March 21, 1930
NAACP Contests Appointment of Supreme Court Justice
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March 24, 1930
James Hiram Malone Born
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March 06, 1931
Carmen De Lavallade Born
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March 20, 1931
Norman Francis Born
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March 25, 1931
Scottsboro Boys Arrested
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March 25, 1931
Ida B. Wells Barnett Dies
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March 02, 1932
Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersan Born
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March 05, 1932
Augusta A. Clark Born
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March 06, 1932
Rowena Stewart Born
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March 07, 1932
Mary “Betty” Brown Born
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March 12, 1932
Virginia Hamilton Born
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March 12, 1932
Andrew Young Born
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March 30, 1932
New York Rens Win Title
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March 02, 1933
Blanche Burton-Lyles Born
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March 02, 1933
Dr. Harold Freeman Born
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March 05, 1933
Joe Dickson Born
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March 14, 1933
Quincy Jones Born
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March 15, 1933
NAACP Launches Its First Coordinated Campaign Against Segregation
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March 27, 1933
Curtis Morrow Born
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March 15, 1934
J. Herman Blake Born
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March 25, 1934
Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley Born
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March 03, 1935
Annie Frances Lee Born
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March 12, 1935
James Alfred Joseph Born
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March 17, 1935
Adam Wade Born
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March 21, 1935
Violet Malone Born
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March 23, 1935
Dr. Paul Knott Born
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March 03, 1936
Shirley Woodson-Reid
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March 03, 1936
Shirley Woodson-Reid Born
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March 03, 1936
W. George Allen Born
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March 12, 1936
Margaret Peters Born
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March 17, 1936
Ronne Hartfield Born
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March 29, 1936
Joe Donovan Born
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March 30, 1936
Alice Windom Born
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March 08, 1937
Stanley Keeble Born
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March 17, 1937
Howard “Pete” Rawlings Born
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March 17, 1937
Jannette Dates Born
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March 17, 1937
Robert L. Wright Born
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March 19, 1937
Al Edwards Born
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March 26, 1937
First Black Federal Judge Appointed
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March 02, 1938
Simon Estes Born
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March 05, 1938
Ghana Receives Its Independence From Great Britain
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March 07, 1938
Chuck Smith Born
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March 08, 1938
Charley Pride Born
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March 23, 1938
Maynard Jackson Born
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March 26, 1938
Cordell Reed Born
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March 26, 1938
Cordell Reed Born
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March 18, 1939
Tom Burrell Born
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March 19, 1939
New Negro Theater Established
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March 31, 1939
Dr. Kenneth Edelin Born
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March 01, 1940
Native Son Published
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March 03, 1941
Julian E. White Born
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March 04, 1941
Hellen O'Neal-McCray Born
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March 07, 1941
George Lewis Born
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March 16, 1941
Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Morris Born
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March 30, 1941
Urban League Sponsors Its First Radio Broadcast
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March 04, 1942
Willie L. McCray Born
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March 04, 1942
Fred Matthews III Born
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March 07, 1942
First Tuskegee Airmen Graduate
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March 25, 1942
Aretha Franklin Born
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March 27, 1942
Lt. Gen. Joe Nathan Ballard Born
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March 02, 1943
George Benson Born
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March 02, 1943
Reynaldo Glover Born
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March 17, 1943
H. Patrick Swygert Born
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March 01, 1944
Preston Jackson Born
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March 04, 1944
Robert L. Harris Born
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March 07, 1944
William Hayes born
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March 08, 1944
Carolyn Armenta Davis Born
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March 10, 1944
Judy Richardson Born
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March 11, 1944
Lula M. Ford Born
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March 16, 1944
Leon Dash Born
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March 25, 1944
Dr. Walter Ivey Delph Born
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March 26, 1944
Diana Ross Born
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March 03, 1945
Hattie Winston Born
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March 12, 1945
New York Enforces Fair Employment Practices
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March 14, 1945
Louis O'Neil Dore Born
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March 29, 1945
Walt Frazier Born
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March 19, 1946
Thomas C. Battle Born
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March 24, 1946
A. Bruce Crawley Born
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March 28, 1946
C. Eileen Watts Welch Born
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March 02, 1947
Gerald Johnson Born
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March 02, 1947
Reuben Munday Born
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March 14, 1947
William Jefferson Born
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March 15, 1947
Jean Carne Born
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March 24, 1947
Kalamu ya Salaam Born
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March 24, 1947
Kalamu ya Salaam Born
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March 06, 1948
Vernellia Randall Born
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March 17, 1948
Larry Langford Born
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March 18, 1948
Jessica Harris Born
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March 25, 1948
Reginald “Reggie” Webb Born
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March 10, 1949
Rochelle Brown Born
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March 19, 1949
Juanita Baranco Born
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March 02, 1950
Lena Williams Born
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March 08, 1950
Grayson Mitchell Born
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March 11, 1950
Bobby McFerrin Born
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March 19, 1950
Rosalind Harris Born
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March 19, 1950
William Warfield's Debut
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March 27, 1950
Robert Foster Born
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March 02, 1951
Sandra Fortune-Green Born
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March 20, 1951
Peter Bynoe Born
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March 25, 1951
Oscar Micheaux Dies
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March 29, 1951
Eric Johnson Born
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March 25, 1952
Singleton McAllister-McHenry Born
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March 04, 1953
Allegra “Happy” Haynes Born
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March 12, 1953
Leonard Davis Born
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March 28, 1953
Deborah A. Lathen Born
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March 09, 1955
Matthew Henson Dies
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March 12, 1955
Charlie Parker Dies
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March 14, 1955
Quintin Primo III Born
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March 21, 1955
Walter White Dies
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March 14, 1956
Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends
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March 19, 1956
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Goes on Trial in Montgomery
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March 22, 1956
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Found Guilty of Violating Boycott Statute
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March 20, 1957
Spike Lee Born
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March 19, 1958
Antoinette Malveaux Born
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March 01, 1959
Tonya Bolden Born
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March 11, 1959
Raisin in the Sun Debuts
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March 15, 1959
Lester Young Dies
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March 02, 1960
R. Donahue Peebles Born
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March 04, 1960
Students Conduct Lunch Counter Sit-in in Texas
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March 09, 1960
Alabama Students Protest Segregation
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March 09, 1960
Students Pay for Ad to Appeal for Human Rights
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March 21, 1960
"Sharpeville Massacre" Occurs
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March 23, 1960
Dr. Paul L. Underwood, Jr. Born
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March 25, 1960
Russ Mitchell Born
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March 14, 1961
Harriette Cole Born
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March 22, 1961
Tanya-Monique Kersey Born
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March 03, 1962
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Born
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March 27, 1962
Augusta Savage Dies
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March 19, 1963
Vanessa L. Williams Born
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March 23, 1963
Michael Powell Born
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March 30, 1963
Dwight Admitted to Astronaut Training
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March 01, 1964
Stacey Davis Stewart Born
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March 04, 1965
Bill Russell Named NBA's MVP for the Fourth Time
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March 07, 1965
"Bloody Sunday" Incident Occurs in Selma, Alabama
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March 07, 1965
Voting Rights Act Passed
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March 11, 1965
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Born
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March 13, 1965
"Bloody Sunday" Called an American Tragedy
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March 21, 1965
Selma to Montgomery March Begins
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March 25, 1965
Selma to Montgomery March Ends
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March 06, 1966
Maurice Ashley Born
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March 09, 1966
First African American Governor of the Federal Reserve
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March 29, 1967
David Steele Ewing Born
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March 15, 1968
Beamon Sets New Record
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March 23, 1968
First Non-Voting Congressional Delegate
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March 27, 1969
Black Academy of Arts & Letters Founded
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March 10, 1971
The Film Sweet Sweetback's Baadaass Song Released
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March 11, 1971
Whitney M. Young Dies
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March 19, 1971
Rev. Leon Sullivan Elected to Board of Directors at GM
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March 31, 1971
Walter Fauntroy Elected Delegate
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March 06, 1972
Shaquille O'Neal Born
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March 08, 1977
First Black Mayor of Richmond, Virginia is Elected
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March 14, 1977
Fannie Lou Hamer Dies
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March 01, 1978
John Harris Born
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March 31, 1980
Jesse Owens Dies
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March 28, 1984
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Dies
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March 05, 1985
Mary McLeod Bethune is Honored With Her Image on a U.S. Postage Stamp.
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March 11, 1986
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Jailed for Apartheid Protest
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March 15, 1988
First Black Roman Catholic Archbishop is Chosen
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March 31, 1988
Toni Morrison Awarded Pulitzer Prize
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March 06, 1989
Richmond Barthe Dies
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March 03, 1990
First Black "Miss USA" Crowned
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March 03, 1990
United Negro College Fund Receives $50 Million
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March 16, 1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. Dies
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March 19, 1990
Minister Harold I. Bearden Dies
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March 26, 1990
Denzel Washington Wins Oscar
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March 03, 1991
Rodney King Beaten by Los Angeles Police
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March 19, 1991
Phoenix Stripped of Hosting Super Bowl
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March 25, 1991
Whoopi Goldberg Wins Oscar
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March 02, 1993
David Satcher Named Director of the CDC
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March 16, 1995
Mississippi Ratifies the 13th Amendment
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March 15, 2004
The Dells Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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March 24, 2004
Height Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
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March 29, 2005
Johnnie Cochran Dies
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March 05, 2006
Three 6 Mafia Wins Oscar
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March 06, 2006
Kirby Puckett Dies
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March 07, 2006
Gordon Parks, Sr. Passes Away
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March 07, 2006
Gordon Parks, Sr. dies
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March 21, 2006
Doris Jones Dies
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March 23, 2006
James “Piano C Red” Wheeler
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March 24, 2006
Leonard Blackshear Dies
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March 30, 2006
George L. Brown Dies
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March 23, 2007
Walter J. Turnbull dies
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March 29, 2007
Tuskegee Airmen Honored
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March 27, 2008
Robert E. Wooten, Sr. dies
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March 31, 2008
Ernie Banks Honored With Statue
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March 03, 2009
Richard Pegue Dies
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March 13, 2009
Anne Brown Dies
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March 25, 2009
John Hope Franklin Dies
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March 07, 2010
First Black Wins Adapted Screenplay Oscar
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March 07, 2010
Mo’Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar
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