#OTD The Apollo Theater unveiled its Walk of Fame in front of the famed theater on 125th Street in Harlem, NY.

#OTD The SS George Washington Carver, the second Liberty Ship named for an African American, was launched in Richmond, CA.

Happy 38th birthday to Academy Award nominated actress, Gabourey Sidibe!

#OTD Black-owned weekly periodical, The Chicago Defender, was founded by Robert Sengstacke Abbott

#OTD Provident Hospital and Training School, the first black owned hospital in the United States, opened on the south side of Chicago. Actor/director Ted Lange narrates.

#OTD The United States Supreme Court rendered a decision in the case Shelley v Kraemer that struck down racially restrictive housing covenants.

Happy 60th birthday to hall of fame point guard Isiah Thomas!

#OTD Parren Mitchell, the first African American elected to the United States Congress from Maryland, was born in Baltimore.

#OTD Helen Claytor was elected president of the national YWCA making her the first African American to hold that position.

#OTD Maggie L. Walker established the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank making her the first female bank president in the nation.