On this day in 1996, the South African Government headed by Nelson Mandela established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to provide the opportunities for victims of abuse by the previous apartheid South African government to seek restorative justice.
Harold Lee Washington, lawyer, and Congressman who led a hopeful city as Chicago’s first Black Mayor in 1983, was born on this day in 1922 in Chicago.
Walter Edward Washington, lawyer and politician, who was elected as the first mayor of Washington, DC, was born on this day in 1915 in Dawson, Georgia.
Jack Roosevelt Robinson, popularly known as Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball on this day in 1947 when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader, human rights activist, played major roles in the Black quest for equality, equity, and freedom for most of the Twentieth Century. was born on this day in 1889 in Crescent City, Florida.
On the morning of this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln succumbed to his injuries and died in Washington, DC. He was the first President to have been assassinated.
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