Author and historian Philip Brown is born in Annapolis, Maryland.

Following concern over American race relations, which was heightened by the 1908 Illinois race riots, black and white progressives and intellectuals convene in New York City to discuss the issue. The result is the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Musician, storyteller and painter Howard Armstrong is born in Dayton, Tennessee.

The first African American bishop of the Episcopalian Church, Bishop John Burgess is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

International Social Worker & Educator James R. Dumpson is born.

Matthew Henson, originally a servant of explorer Commodore Robert Peary, accompanies Peary on his famous expedition to the North Pole. In 1912 Henson writes an account of the journey entitled, A Negro Explorer at The North Pole. He is later honored by the Geographical Society of Chicago and by 0">President Truman and President Eisenhower. In recognizing his importance to the mission, Peary says of Henson, "I couldn't get along without him."

Nannie Burroughs established the National Training School for Women on this date. This trade school for women was renamed the Nannie Burroughs School in 1964 in her honor.

Dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham is born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Julia Woodhouse Harden is born in Baltimore, Maryland. She will work as a librarian at Howard University.

Author Chester Himes was born on this date in Jefferson City, Missouri. Some of Himes' books include Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Third Generation, and If He Hollers Let Him Go.

Negro league baseball player Charles Johnson is born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Jazz tenor saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young was born on this date in Woodville, Mississippi.

Georgia agriculturalist Robert Church is born in Athens, Georgia.

Jazz pianist Art Tatum was born on this date in Toledo, Ohio. One of Tatum's hits was Tiger Rag.

Ernest S. McBride, union activist, political organizer, and former NAACP field secretary, is born in Carrollton, Mississippi.

James Anderson founded New York's Amsterdam Newspaper on this date.