April 12
April 12, 1787 – Richard Allen and Absalom Jones organized a mutual self-help group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the Free African Society.
April 12, 1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and at least 55 others, almost all of whom were Black, were jailed for “parading without a permit” during a march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.
April 12, 1975 – Entertainer, Josephine Baker, passed away.
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April 12, 1981 – Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, passed away.
April 12, 1983 – Harold Washington became the first African American mayor of Chicago.
April 12, 1989 – Boxing legend, Sugar Ray, Robinson passed away.
