1994 – Death
Carmen McRae A noted Jazz singer died on November 10, 1994

1960 – First Black Presidential Press Secretary
President John F. Kennedy named Andrew T. Hatcher associate press secretary. Hatcher was the first Black to hold this position.

1957 – By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became the first Black person to
By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became the first Black person to win a major professional golf tournament, 1957

1898 – Race riot in Wilmington, North Carolina
Race riot, Wilmington, North Carolina. Eight Blacks were killed.

1898 – Lynchings in massive numbers
One hundred and one Blacks reported lynched in 1898.

1898 – Life Insurance Company organized
National Benefit Life Insurance Company organized in Washington, D.C., Samuel w. Rutherford. National Benefit was the largest Black insurance company for several years.

1898 – George P. White
George P. White was an outspoken Republican political leader, two-term Congressman from the “Black 2nd” (northeastern North Carolina). He introduced the first anti-lynching legislation into the Congress (it was defeated), founded the first black bank, and, after leaving North Carolina in the wake of Black disenfranchisement in 1901, founded an all black community called Whiteville near Trenton, New Jersey. After White left, it would be seventy years before North Carolina sent another African American to the US Congress

1891 – Granville T Woods puts patents the electric railway, 1891
Granville T Woods puts patents the electric railway, 1891

1831 – The Confession of Nat Turner
After Nat Turner was captured, he was interview in jail by a Baltimore lawyer, Thomas R. Gray. Nat give in some detail the how’s and why’s of his actions. The complete interview can be read at the following URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5674/

Source: Black Facts