Black History October 7, 1993 Toni Morrison becomes the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. October 7, 1993
April April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of approximately 75K after being denied the right to sing at Consititution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution. April 9, 1939
19th Century May 29, 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers her "Ain't I Woman?" speech at the Women's Convention in Ohio May 29, 1851