Black History Feb. 02, 2016
2 February 2016 Fresh Radio
1839 – Inventor Edmond Berger patented the spark plug.
1897 – Alfred L. Cralle invented the ice cram scooper, patent #576,395
1862 – District of Columbia abolishes slavery
1912 – Herbert Mills, of the original Mills Brothers Quartet, was born in Piqua, Ohio. The highly successful quartet was known for its smooth harmony.
1914 – William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and private collectors.
1915 – Biologist Ernest E. Just receives the Spingarn medal for his pioneering in cell division and fertilization.
1948 – President Truman sent Congress a special message urging adoption of a civil rights program, including a fair employment practices commission and anti-lynching and anti-poll tax measures.
1962 – Seven whites and four Blacks arrested after all-night sit-in at Englewood, N.J., city hall. Four Black mothers arrested after sit-in at Chicago elementary school. Mothers later received suspended $50 fines. Protests, picketing and demonstrations continued for several weeks against de facto segregation, double shifts and mobile classrooms.
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