Jan 1st.-1804: Haiti declares it's Independence
1937: Lou Stovall, artist and master printmaker, is born in Athens, GA.
Jan 2nd. 1898: Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, first African American to earn a PhD in economics is born in Philadelphia.
1915: John Hope Franklin, historian, educator and author of From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans, is born.
Jan 3rd. 1621: William Tucker is the first known African to be born in America.
1956: Colored Methodist Church, established in 1870, officially changes it's name to Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
Jan 4th. 1787: Prince Hall, founder of the first black Masonic lodge, and others petition the Massachusetts legislature for funds to return to Africa, the first recorded effort by blacks to do so.
1920: Andrew "Rube" Foster organizes the first black baseball league, the Negro National League.
Jan 5th. 1911: Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity is chartered as a national organization.
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