Today, Jimmie Lee Jackson, a young civil rights activist was murdered back in 1965. The young man was shot down by police officers after attending a voting-rights meeting in Marion, Alabama. Because of him Martin Luther King went to Selma to march in his honor .   SOURCE: http://www.dayinblackhistory.com

BLACK FACT: On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison in Cape Town after 27 years. Nelson Mandela was part of the African National Congress and fought against the apartheid. SOURCE: http://blackfacts.com/fact/d58f3856-13bb-4ccc-88bb-0295edbb5989

BLACK FACT: Did you know that Langston Hughes father discourage him from becoming a Writer? Also, his father would only agree to pay for his education if he studied engineering. Langston Hughes later went on to become one of the greatest Writer/Activists of all time.   SOURCE: http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/132491/29_cool_surprising_black_history

On February 9, 1995, Dr. Bernard A Harris Jr. became the first black Astronaut to go on a spacewalk.  He was the first to to be part of  NASA’s research teams and he was  also involved in the construction of the space rovers. SOURCE:http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-facts

On February 4, 1986 a stamp of Sojourner Truth was issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Also, on this day Rosa Parks, the first lady of civil rights was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She would have been 102 years old   SOURCE: http://blackfacts.com/fact/1b8be433-e67d-47cd-a1d6-2490fab24e8b