Black - African American History Facts

John Wesley Cromwell, editor, historian, and Secretary of the American Negro Academy, was born in Portsmouth, VA, on this date in 1846.

Harriet E. Wilson published Our Nig on this date in 1859. This work is believed to be the first novel written by a black woman.

A white teenager wearing nazi clothing shot into a crowded church picnic of over 200 blacks in Charlotte, NC, on this date in 1977. One person was killed and two were injured. Another victim died two days later.