This Day In Quiztory

#OTD Resurrection City, a housing encampment for protestors erected on the National Mall in Washington, DC, was brought to a close.

#OTD United Negro College Fund founder Frederick Douglass Patterson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan. Recording artist Kenya narrates.

#OTD Author Octavia Butler, the first science-fiction writer to receive a McArthur Fellowship, was born in Pasadena, CA. Actor Thomas Q. Jones narrates.

#OTD Congressman Joseph H. Rainey, the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives, was born in Georgetown, SC. Basketball analyst Corey Williams narrates.

#OTD Slaves in the state of Texas learned of their freedom, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Actor Tom Wright narrates.

#OTD Dr. Samuel Nabrit was appointed to the United States Atomic Energy Commission making him the first African American to hold that position.

#OTD Security guard Frank Wills foiled a burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters that led to the uncovering of the Watergate Scandal and eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon.

#OTD Politician Kenneth Gibson was elected as the 36th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey and the first African American to hold that position.

#OTD Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper became the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

#OTD Pitcher Don Newcombe, the first African American pitcher to start a World Series game, was born in Madison, New Jersey. Actor Edwin Hodge narrates.

#OTD Langston Golf Course opened in Washington, DC as a nine-hole public course. Actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph narrates.

#OTD Actress Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Academy Award, was born in Wichita, Kansas. Recording artist Deborah Cox narrates.

#OTD Boxer Larry Holmes defeated Ken Norton to become the WBC world heavyweight champion

#OTD Hall of fame baseball pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige, who had a 40-year career between the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball, passed away at the age of 75.

#OTD Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, TN.

#OTD Activist Angela Davis was acquitted of three capital felonies in connection with an armed takeover of a courtroom in Marin County, CA.

#OTD Recording artist and producer Curtis Mayfield was born in Chicago, IL.

#OTD The 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first black flying squadron, flew its first combat mission.

#OTD Activist Sojourner Truth began devoting her life to women's rights and the abolition of slavery

#OTD Anthony Burns, an escaped slave whose capture under the Fugitive Slave Act led to protests in Boston, was born in Stafford County, VA