August 13th: Soaked in Struggle, Genius, and Grace

Most people let August 13th pass like any other day.

They have no idea what this date holds.

In this episode of Sankofa Chronicles, we go back and fetch the history of August 13th — from 1892 to 2014.

On this one date:

The Black Press is born in Baltimore when The Afro-American hits the streets.

167 Black soldiers of the 25th Infantry are dishonorably discharged with no trial after the Brownsville Affair in 1906 — including 6 Medal of Honor recipients.

Voting rights organizer Lamar Smith is murdered on a Mississippi courthouse lawn in 1955 for carrying absentee ballots.

Marcus Garvey's UNIA gives the world the Red, Black, and Green Pan-African flag in Harlem in 1920.

And we celebrate brilliance born on this day: Judge James Benton Parsons, Claudia McNeil of A Raisin in the Sun, Dr. Charles E. Anderson of the Tuskegee Airmen, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, opera legend Kathleen Battle, and Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis.

Plus: Watts 1965, Central African Republic independence 1960, and Jordan Casteel's Visible Man in 2014.

From a newspaper in 1892 to a gallery wall in 2014 — August 13th carries it all.

This is Black history every day. Not just a month.

Sankofa: Go back and fetch it.

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