In 1942- First Black captain of a US merchant ship, Hugh Mulzac, launches with the Booker T Washington
In 1979- Sir William Arthur Lewis, Professor of Economics Princeton University, became the first black to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics
In 1980- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture opens new building on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, NYC
To Inspire You
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you