In 1919
- Fritz Pollard becomes the first black to play Professional football for a major team, the Akron Indians. Pollard was also the first Black to play in the Rose Bowl
In 2019
- Chicago native Emmerson Buie Jr named as new FBI special-agent-in-charge of the Chicago FBI Division, becoming the first African American to hold the position
To Inspire You
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral
Martin Luther King Jr
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