
JANUARY 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.
JANUARY 7, 1891
Zora Neale Hurston, author and playright
was born in Notasulga, Alabama.
was born in Notasulga, Alabama.
JANUARY 13, 1990
Douglas Wilder, becomes first African American U.S. governor (Virginia) since Reconstruction.
JANUARY 20, 2001
Colin Luther Powell, became the first African American U.S. Secretary of State.
JANUARY 26, 1944
Angela Yvonne Davis, political activist and educator, was born in Birmingham, Alabama.