#OTD Olympic medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith were suspended for raising their fists in protest atop the medal stand at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

#OTD Capital Savings Bank, the first bank organized and operated by African Americans, was founded.

#OTD The Jackson 5 made their first nationally broadcast television appearance on the Hollywood Palace Special.

#OTD Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton, a pioneer for African American players in the NBA, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Actress Tamara Tunie narrates.

#OTD Inventor Granville T. Woods, also referred to as the "Black Edison," received a patent for his telephone system apparatus that he called telegraphony.

#OTD Inventor Isaac R. Johnson received a patent for his improvement on the bicycle frame.

#OTD Poet and author Amiri Baraka, a staunch advocate of black liberation and Pan-Africanism, was born in Newark, New Jersey.

#OTD Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, co-founder of the Freedom Democratic Party, was born in Montgomery County, MS.

#OTD Politician Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, the first African American female to represent the west coast in Congress, was born in Los Angeles, CA. Today we celebrate her on her 90th birthday!

#OTD The New Orleans Tribune became the first black daily newspaper in the United States.