The Center for the Church and the Black Experience celebrates Black History Month 2013

1820 – MONROVIA, LIBERIA ESTABLISHED

The initial group of 86 freed slaves from the United States, who came to be called Americo-Liberians, established a settlement in Christopolis (now Monrovia, named after U.S. President James Monroe.)

1993 – ARTHUR ASHE, FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE TO WIN A GRAND SLAM EVENT DIES

Ashe remains the only African American player ever to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, or Australian Open.

Ashe died from complications from AIDS on February 6, 1993.

1898 – POET MELVIN B. TOLSON BORN

February 6, 1898 - August 29, 1966 (68)
Poet Melvin B. Tolson born in Moberly, Missouri. He was a contemporary of the Harlem Renaissance and, although he was not a participant in it, his work reflects its influences. Liberia declared Tolson as its poet laureate in 1947.

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Throughout the month of February, Garrett-Evangelical's Center for the Church and the Black Experience will be providing Daily Knowledge Nuggets in honor of Black History Month. Content provided by: blackhistorydaily.com, aetnaafricanamericancalendar.com/2013, and theblackmarket.com/February.