February 3, 1956
Autherine Lucy enrolls as the first African American student at the University of Alabama.
February 4, 1913
Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer who sparked Montgomery bus boycott, born.
February 5, 1934
Major league home run champion Hank Aaron born.
February 6, 1867
Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degree in dentistry.
February 7, 1883
Ragtime pianist and composer Hubie Blake born.
February 8, 1968
Three South Carolina State students killed during segregation protest in Orangeburg, S.C.
February 9, 1964
Arthur Ashe, Jr. becomes first African American on U.S. Davis Cup team.
