Black History Month 2025

1942 1943 1944

31 Herbert Hoover | 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt | 33 Harry S Truman

Redemption Jim Crow Black Power

January 5, 1943
George Washington Carver Died



Tuskegee, Alabama - George Washington Carver died, on this day. Carver was a Black American agricultural scientist and inventor.

Carver promoted alternative crops to cotton. His best known work was with peanuts. Carver published 105 food recipes using peanuts.

As a botanist, Carver worked on methods to prevent soil depletion.

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June 20-22, 1943
1943 Detroit Race Riot



Detroit, Michigan - Fights between white and Black American youths exploded into a multi-day riot, that lasted 2 days.

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