#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 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.

#OTD Boxer Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title with a TKO in round nine against Tony Musto.

#OTD Singer Billie Holiday was born Philadelphia, PA.

#OTD Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, filed separate lawsuits for their freedom in a St. Louis Circuit Court. The case was eventually brought before the U.S. Supreme Court.

#OTD Writer and activist Chandler Owen, co-founder of the magazine, The Messenger, with A. Philip Randolph, was born in Warrenton, NC.