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
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing