MISGUIDED MAGAZINE SPRING 2020

IMPORTANT DATES & EVENTS
Oct. 11, 1887
May 14, 1888
July 5, 1892
July 9, 1893
Sept. 18, 1895
May 18, 1896
Oct. 20, 1898
May 23, 1900
Nov. 6, 1901
Feb. 12, 1909
Apr. 6, 1909
Sept. 29, 1910
July 25, 1916
Aug. 26, 1920
Feb. 19, 1923
Jan. 29, 1926
Aug. 23, 1926
May 16, 1927
Dec. 6, 1932
Granville T. Woods patents telephone system and apparatus.
Slavery abolished in Brazil.
Andrew J. Beard patents rotary engine.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs first successful open-heart operation.
Booker T. Washington delivers famous Atlanta Exposition speech.
Plessy vs. Ferguson, U. S. Supreme Court upholds the doctrine of "separate
but equal" education and public accommodations.
The first African American owned insurance company, North Carolina Life
Insurance Company, is founded.
Sgt. William H. Carney, first African American awarded Congressional
Medal of Honor for valor at Fort Wagner, S. C., 1863.
James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson compose "Lift Every Voice
and Sing", widely regarded as the Black national anthem.
NAACP founded in New York City.
Matthew A. Henson, Black explorer, becomes first to reach North Pole.
National Urban League founded in New York City.
Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask, rescues six people from gasfilled
tunnel in Cleveland, OH.
19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote is ratified.
In Moore vs. Dempsey decision, U. S. Supreme Court guarantees due
process of law for Blacks in state courts.
Violette Nealy Anderson becomes the first Black woman lawyer to argue a
case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Carter G. Woodson, educator, historian and author, inaugurates Negro
History Week.
William H.Barnes becomes the first African American certified by any
American Surgical Board.
Richard B. Spikes patents automatic gearshift.
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