April 13, 1950 – Historian Carter G. Woodson, author of The Miseducation of the Negro, died. April 14, 1775 – First abolitionist society in U.S. is founded in Philadelphia. April 15, 1964 – Sidney Poitier becomes first black to win Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. April 16, 1862 – Slavery... [Read More]