This Day In Quiztory

#OTD Thoroughbred horse racer Marlon St. Julien rode in the Kentucky Derby, making him the first African American jockey to do so since 1921.

#OTD Black owned newspaper The Chicago Defender began as a weekly publication.

#OTD Provident Hospital and Training School, the first black owned hospital in the United States, opened in Chicago, IL.

#OTD Rapper and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

#OTD Educator and civil rights activist Nannie Helen Burroughs was born in Orange, VA.

#OTD Jazz composer and legendary band leader Duke Ellington was born in Washington, DC.

#OTD Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. became the first African American admiral in the United States Navy. Actress Keesha Sharp narrates.

#OTD Maggie L. Walker established the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA making her the first female bank president in the nation.

#OTD Inventor Sarah Boone received a patent for her improvements to the ironing board. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates.

#OTD Basketball player Chuck Cooper became the first African American to be drafted by an NBA team. Recording artist Howard Hewett narrates.

#OTD Boxer Joe Frazier knocked out opponent Dave Zyglewicz in the first round to retain his share of the world heavyweight title.

#OTD Singer and songwriter Nina Simone passed away at the age of 70.

#OTD Dancer George Faison won a Tony Award for Best Choreographer for his work on "The Wiz." He was the first African American to win a Tony in that category.

#OTD Members of the Afro American Society staged a protest on the Ivy League campus of Cornell University.

#OTD Grammy Award winning singer Etta James received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recording artist Dave Hollister narrates.

#OTD The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was organized as the principal channel for student commitment to the civil rights movement in the U.S.

#OTD Coast guardsman Joseph Jenkins became the first recognized African American officer in the United States Coast Guard.

Happy 76th birthday, Al Green! The Grammy award winning soul singer was born #OTD in Forrest City, AR.

#OTD Thoroughbred jockey Jimmy Winkfield, the last African American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby, was born in Chilesburg, KY.

#OTD Emmy award winning actor Roscoe Lee Browne passed away at the age of 84.