Robert Sengstacke Abbott
APRIL 30
711 AD—Tarik the Moor invades Spain with force of 7,000 troops, routs the Visigoths and establishes Moor domination of...
When Thurgood Marshall failed to persuade the Supreme Court justices against segregated public schools, he resorted to the doll test evidence for its emotional...
Edward “Duke” Ellington
APRIL 16
1862—President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the...
As the year progresses, significant tax changes loom, impacting individuals, businesses, and the IRS itself. Nobody likes talking about taxes. But like it or...
APRIL 2
1855—John Mercer Langston becomes the first African American elected to public office when he wins the position of clerk of Brownhelm Township,...
Liberation struggle: Soweto students protest in 1976 against having to use the Afrikaans language at school. Mike Mzileni/AFP/Getty Images
by Xolisa Guzula, University of Cape...
