1976 Event Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who ...," premieres in New York City 1955 Birthday Jeff Koons, born in York, Pennsylvania, artist, known for large reproductions of ordinary objects, including brightly colored balloon animals made of stainless steel 1952 Birthday Omar Henry, cricketer, 1st colored player for South Africa 1992 1938 Event New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1922 Event Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes 1909 Event Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City 1909 Event National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms 1908 Event National Association of Colored Nurses, forms 1896 Event National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's 1869 Event Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention 1863 Event War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops 1837 Event Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth 1837 Event Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American 1830 Death David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 1785 Birthday David Walker, Wilmington, North Carolina, abolitionist, Appeal to Colored Citizens
