Bacteriologist Welton Taylor is born in Alabama.

W.E.B. DuBois organizes the first Pan-African Congress in Paris, France. He is elected executive secretary of the organization, and upon his return writes about the treatment of African American soldiers for The Crisis.

Fannie Elliott becomes the first African American nurse to be recognized by the American Red Cross. Her official Red Cross nurse's pin bears the stamp "1A," which designates her as "colored." The Red Cross continues this practice until after World War II.

Bandleader, musician and composer Evelyn Freeman Roberts is born on this date.

Claude Barnett founds the Associated Negro Press on this day.

Singer and entertainer Nat "King" Cole was born on this date in Montgomery, Alabama. Cole was the first Black to ever host his own television show.

Consumer Activist Florence M. Rice is born.

Attorney Jeff L. Greenup is born.

Tuskegee Airman Hiram Emory Little, Sr. is born.

Educator and foundation executive Samuel Myers is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Band director Dr. William Foster is born in Kansas City, Kansas.

Madame C.J. Walker died on this date in New York. She was the first Black millionaire. She made her fortune by founding the oldest Black cosmetics company that made products to refine the scalp and straighten Black people's hair.

Surgeon & Tuskegee Airman 1914">Dr. James B. Williams is born.

Educator & Clinical Psychologist Roderick Wellington Pugh is born.

Business owner and community activist Lottie H. Watkins is born on this date.

The first African American professor at the United States Naval Academy, Dr. Samuel Massie is born in Little Rock, Arkansas.

White mobs invade the Black district in Washington, D.C. causing a riot. The riot began as a result of two Black men frightening a White woman on a street in Washington, D.C. Angry Whites wanted to avenge this White woman and invade the Black section of the city.

Tuskegeee Airman and college administrator Lt. Col. Herbert E. Carter is born on this date in Emory, Mississippi.

U.S. Navy Mess attendant Doris "Dorie" Miller was born on this date in Waco, Texas. Miller was a part of the crew on the U.S.S. West Virginia when the Japanese attacked it at Pearl Harbor. Miller heroically risked his life the help his fellow wounded sailors. He also manned one of the ship's guns during the attack.

Distinguished Massachusetts Senator Edward W. Brooke III is born in Washington, D.C.

Edward W. Brooke was born on this date in Washington, D.C. Brooke became the first African American senator elected by popular vote and the first since Reconstruction. He is also still the only African American senator to ever be re-elected.

Community Activist J.W. Lemon is born.

Marcus Garvey establishes the Black Star Line, a fleet of Black-owned steamships, to link people of African descent between Africa, America, and the Caribbean Islands.

Sociologist Adelaide Cromwell is born.

Educator and civil rights leader Timuel A. Black is born in Birmingham, Alabama.