Today in Black History: August 13th

This article highlights two significant milestones in African American history that occurred on the same calendar date in different years. In 1886, Spelman Seminary (later Spelman College) in Atlanta launched the nation's first nursing education program specifically designed for Black women, operating for over four decades until 1928 and creating crucial professional opportunities during the Jim Crow era. Exactly 81 years later in 1967, the NAACP inaugurated its Image Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, an event initially proposed by stuntwoman Toni Vaz as a fundraising initiative.