March 24, 1837
Canada gives African American citizens the right to vote.
March 25, 1843
Explorer Jacob Dodson sets out in search of the Northwest Passage.
March 26, 1872
Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher. 1911 – William H. Lewis becomes U.S. assistant attorney general.
March 27, 1930
Of the 116,000 African Americans in professional positions, more than two-thirds were teachers or ministers.
March 28, 1870
Jonathan S. Wright becomes first Black state Supreme Court justice in South Carolina.
March 29, 1898
W.J. Ballow patents combined hat rack and table.
March 30, 1870
Fifteenth Amendment ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to African Americans
