#OTD Civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Director Nzinga Stewart pays tribute.

#OTD Clara Hale, known affectionately as Mother Hale, founder of the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children, was born in Elizabeth City, NC.

#OTD A statue honoring baseball player Ernie Banks was unveiled outside of Wrigley Field.

#OTD Novelist Nella Larsen, a writer during the Harlem Renaissance, passed away at the age of 72.

#OTD The Tuskegee Airmen were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. Actress Tiffany Boone narrates.

#OTD Award winning sculptor Ed Wilson was born in Baltimore, MD. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates.

#OTD The Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers, were falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama.

#OTD Twenty years ago, Halle Berry won an Academy Award for Best Actress becoming the first African American to win in that category.

#OTD A bronze statue honoring hall of fame basketball player Karl Malone was unveiled at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

#OTD Arthur Winston, a Los Angeles Metro employee for over 76 years best known for being named the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee of the Century, was born in rural Oklahoma. Radio personality Tyrone DuBose narrates.