February is Black History Month

Black History Month (African-American History Month ) background design for celebration and recognition in the month of February.

January 7    W.B. Purvis patented the fountain pen 1890
             Marian Anderson, first Black person to appear in
             Metropolitan Opera in Verdi's Masked Ball 1955

January 8    Fannie M. Jackson, pioneer and educator, first Black woman
                college graduate in US born (1836 - 1913)