Black - African American History Facts

The first black dental organization, the Washington Society of Colored Dentists, was founded in Washington, DC, on this date in 1900.

Booker T. Washington, educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute, died in Tuskegee, AL, on this date in 1915.

The NAACP led protests against the showing of the racist film, Birth of a Nation, on this date in 1915. The film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and devalued emancipation, black morality, and black reconstruction.

William Levi Dawson's Symphony No. 1 "Negro Folk Symphony" was the first symphony written by a black composer based on black folk themes to be performed by a major orchestra. The symphony was first performed on this date in 1934.

Rosa Parks was presented the first "Eleanor Roosevelt Woman of Courage Award" by the Wonder Woman Foundation on this date in 1984.