August 25, 1908 – National Association of Colored Nurses founded.
August 26, 1920 – 19th Amendment to the Constitution ratified, giving women the right to vote.
August 27, 1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women.
August 28, 1888 – Granville T. Woods patents railway telegraphy.
August 29, 1920 – Saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker born.
August 30, 1983 – Lt. Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., becomes the first African American astronaut in space.
August 31, 1836 – Henry Blair patents cotton planter.
