In 1839- Liberty Party, first anti-slavery political party, organized at Warsaw, NY
In 1894- A.C. Richardson patents the casket lowering device
In 1913- Daniel Hale Williams becomes first black elected to American College of Surgeons. Was also first person to perform open heart surgery
In 1940- Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites can't bar African Americans from white neighborhoods
To Inspire You
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them--a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill