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)