On March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps; since its establishment, over 240,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 1, according to the Tribune’s archives.
The work of students from Markham, Country Club Hills and Hazel Crest was on display at a Black History Month Film Fest at Marcus Cinema.
On Feb. 27, 1997, Ireland became one of the last countries in the world to legalize divorce. Divorce remains illegal in just two countries: the Philippines and Vatican City.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 27, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives.
On Feb. 26, 1998, a jury in Amarillo, Texas, rejected an $11 million lawsuit brought by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey’s talk show for a price fall after a segment on food safety that included a discussion about mad cow disease.
The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,” a Netflix documentary that Indiana University Northwest hosted a showing of on February 20 in its Berglund Auditorium. The documentary, from which a small crowd viewed excerpts before sampling a veritable cornucopia of African Diasporic dishes, follows the evolution of African and African American cuisine by concentrating on the social and economic impact of food, said James Wallace, the school’s Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs director.
On Feb. 25, 1870, Republican Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi was sworn in as U.S. senator, becoming the first African American member of either house of Congress.