September 15, 1963 – Four African American girls killed in Birmingham church bombing.
September 16, 1923 – First Catholic seminary for black priests dedicated in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
September 17, 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes first African American woman named Miss America.
September 18, 1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers famous Atlanta Exposition speech.
September 19, 1893 – Elbert R. Robinson patents electric highway trolley.
September 20, 1830 – First National Convention for Free Men agrees to boycott slave-produced goods.
September 21, 1815 – General Andrew Jackson honors courage of black troops who fought in Battle of New Orleans.
