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February 16, 2002
1804
The New Jersey Legislature approved a law calling for "gradual" emancipation of African Americans. In so doing, New Jersey became the last Northern state to outlaw slavery.
1848
Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.
1851
Black abolitionists invaded Boston courtroom and rescued a fugitive slave.
1961
U.S. and African nationalist protesting the slaying of Congo Premire Patrice Lumumba distrupts U.N. sessions.
1965
Nat King Cole (45), singer and pianist, died in Santa Monica, California.
1968
On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.
1970
Nationalists disrupted UN session on Congo with demonstration for slain Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba.
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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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