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This free, daily Black History facts website contains over 2,000 entries delivering Black History every day of the year searchable by date or keyword. The calendar features many major Black achievements and important dates in Black History including ideas, inventions, and leadership by Black people that have helped propel America to prominence and helped mankind world-wide.
| December 11 |
An act was passed in New York that encouraged the baptism of slaves on this date in 1706. The act did not, however, free any slaves. Robert Morris, one of the first Blacks to practice before the courts of the United States, died on this date in 1882. Lewis Howard Latimer, inventor, electrical engineer, and draftsman, died in Flushing, NY, on this date in 1928. In 1881, Latimer patented the Incandescent Electric Lamp using tiny carbon wires (carbon filament) to light the bulb. The three white men convicted of the 1986 death of 23-year-old Michael Griffith had their convictions reversed by a State Appeals Court in New York on this date in 1989. The reversal was due to a judge's misinstructions to the jury. |
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