Concluding this week's theme, here are the last 5 facts... FACT 1:In 1829, David Walker of Boston publishes An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World which calls for a slave uprising in the South. The fiery-militant David Walker was born on September 28, 1785, in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father was an enslaved African who died a few months before his son’s … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Little Known or Interesting Black History Facts
David Jones Peck
Thursday Open Thread: Black Firsts and Innovations
More from this week's theme, black firsts and innovation... David Jones Peck was the first black man to graduate from an American medical school. He was born to John C. and Sarah Peck in Carlisle, Pennsylvania around 1826. John Peck was a prominent abolitionist and minister who founded the local African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Carlisle. Peck was also a … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Firsts and Innovations