September 1, 1891 – Halle T.D. Johnson becomes first woman of any race to practice medicine in Alabama. September 2, 1958 – Frederick M. Jones patents control device for internal combustion engine.
September 3, 1979 – Robert Maynard editor-publisher of the Oakland (California) Tribune, becomes the first African American to head a daily newspaper.
September 4, 1962 – New Orleans Catholic schools integrated.
September 5, 1960 – Leopold Sedar Senghor elected president of Senegal.
September 6, 1848 – Frederick Douglass elected president of National Black Political Convention in Cleveland, OH
September 7, 1954 – Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD, public schools integrated.
