August 15, 1888 – Granville T. Woods patented electromechanical brake.
August 16, 1922 – Author Louis E. Lomax was born.
August 17, 1849 – Lawyer- activist Archibald Henry Grimké, who challenged the segregation policies of President Woodrow Wilson, was born.
August 18, 1859 – Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig was the first novel published by a black writer.
August 19, 1954 – Dr. Ralph J. Bunche named undersecretary of the United Nations.
August 20, 1993 – Dr. David Satcher named director of the Centers for Disease Control.
August 21, 1831 – Nat Turner led slave revolt in Virginia.
