The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more.

On May 10th in Black History

1837 – PBS Pinchback, first Black state governor, born.

Pickney benton Steward Pinchback was a born in rural Georgia. Pinchback entered Louisiana politics after the Civil War and became lieutenant governor of that Reconstruction Era state. For 43 days he actually served the office of Governor of the state.

1944 – Smith v Allwrite, deciding that excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal, decided.

1994 – Nelson Mandela inaugurated as the first democratically elected President of South Africa

Mandela is an important figure world history. He was a revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served almost three decades in jail for his cause and freedom of his people. He served as the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Mandela was born July 18th, 1918 and died December 5th, 2013.