Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

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May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

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May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

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May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe

Today in AfricanAmerican History Benjamin Banneker Designs the Nations Capitol

On March 12, 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated mathematician, writer, astronomer and inventor became the first African-American to receive a presidential appointment.

For more than thirty years, Banneker's astronomical predictions, inventions and published writings helped create changes in American society. However, it is his work on our nation's capital that is most notable. When Pierre L'Enfant resigned from from his position as chief designer of Washington D.C., he took the layout plans, leaving the surveyors without any plans to finish. Using only his memory, Banneker was able to recreate L'Enfant's designs.

Public Domain. Images Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

About Benjamin Banneker

African-Americans in Astronomy and Space

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 2 to May 8

May 2

1844: Inventor Elijah McCoy, also known as the "Real McCoy," is born in Ontario, Canada. An inventor, McCoy owned patents to fifty inventions that enhanced the running of many engine-operated machines.

1920: The National Negro Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis.

May 3

1845: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American allowed to practice law in the United States after he passed the Massachusetts bar. In 1873, Allen was appointed to a judgeship in South Carolina.

May 4

1891: Provident Hospital, the first integrated hospital in the United States is founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Located in Chicago, Provident Hospital becomes a training ground for African-American doctors and nurses.

1961: The thirteen Freedom Riders begin traveling through the South on buses to assess Southern compliance with the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in interstate transportation facilities.

May 5

1865: Baptist minister and community activist Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born. Under his tutelage, Abyssinian Baptist Church becomes the largestProtestant congregation in the United States.

1905:

Using a collection of articles from other news publications and his own reporting, Robert S. Abbott publishes the first issue of the Chicago Defender.

May 6

1787: Prince Hall establishes the first African-American Masonic Lodge in Boston.

1812: Pan-Africanist Martin R. Delay is born in Charles Town, Va.

May 7

1950: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

May 8

1858: Prominent abolitionist and writer, William Wells Brown, publishes the first play by an African-American. Entitled "Escape," the play emphasizes the complex feeling of being American.

1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is founded by Asa Philip Randolph.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

Today in AfricanAmerican History Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open Heart Surgery

On July 9, 1893, John Cornish was rushed to Provident Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during a brawl. A doctor at the hospital worked diligently to save Cornish's life--opening his chest and performing a number of procedures.

Cornish lived and fifty days later, he was discharged from the hospital

The physician that saved Cornish's life was Daniel Hale Williams, who wouldbecome the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Williams' work would become the foundation forsurgical procedures in years to come.

This Week in AfricanAmerican History May 9 to May 15

Image Courtesy of Getty Images

May 9

1800:Abolitionist John Brown is born.

1867:Abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth delivers a speech at the first meeting of the American Equal Rights Association.

May 10

1837:Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, a lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era is born.

1919:One of the riots associated with the Red Summer of 1919 occurs in Charleston. Two African-Americans are killed.

1950:Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to appear of the cover of Life magazine.

May 11

Louis Farrakhan, a leader in the Nation of Islam is born.

May 12

1950:Oscar DePriest, the first African-American to serve in the United States Congress, dies.

1968:Participants in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign begin a two-week protest in Washington D.C.

May 13

1914: Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is born.

May 14

1963:Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

May 15

1942:The 92nd Infantry is activated in the South Pacific, becoming the first African-American division formed during World War Two.

Suggested Reading

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

John Brown

Jackie Robinson

Joe Louis

Arthur Ashe