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February 6, 2002
1820
United States population: 9,638,453.
Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent).
"Mayflower of Liberia" sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.
1820
U.S. Blacks emigrate back to Sierra Leone
First organized emigration of U.S. Blacks back to Africa, from New York to Sierra Leone, 1820. The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.
1867
Peabody Fund established
The Peabody Fund for Black education in the South established.
1933
Walter E. Fauntroy was born in Washington, D.C. He went on to become a District of Columbia delegate to the House of Representatives.
1945
Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae star is born.
1961
Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C., when students refused to pay fines and requested jail sentences. Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee urged south-wide "Jail, No Bail" campaign.
1993
Tennis player Arthur Ashe dies. Ashe was the first
African American to win at Wimbledon.
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I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it. ~ Jill Scott
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