February 2, 1807 – Congress bans foreign slave trade.
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, SC.
