Howard University Medical School opened in this year.

Robert Weaver was sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in this year.

Thurgood Marshall, who became the first Black Justice, was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in this year.

Robert Purvis, who withheld his tax payment in protest, was born in this city and state.

Bethune-Cookman University is located in this city and state.

The Million Man March took place in Washington, D.C. in this year.

The first all-Black medical school Meharry Medical College was established in this year.

Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, and Etta James were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in this year.

This country is where the 8th Infantry division was stationed.

Meharry Medical College is located in this city and state.

The Supreme Court declared, " In the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place" in this year.

The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in this year.

Musical artists. Louis Armstrong and Hank Ballard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in this year.

This section of Arlington National Cemetery is where African American soldiers and runaways who died between 1864 and 1867 are interred.

Morgan State University is located in this city and state.

Clarence Thomas appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in this year.

The National Urban League was founded in this year.

The last slaves were brought to the United States in this year.

The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and the Soul Stirrers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in this year.

Paine College is located in this city and state.

Negro History Week was first celebrated in this year.

The Tulsa Race Riot happened in this year.

The post-Civil War colleges Clark, Claflin, Dillard, and Tougaloo were founded in this year.

This cemetery is where Matthew Henson was buried.

Mayor Alvin Brown, the first Black mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, was born in this city and state.