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

1899 – BIRTHDAY OF JAZZ GUITAR PIONEER
February 8, 1899 - June 16, 1970 (71)

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson, jazz singer/guitarist who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos was born on this day in New Orleans.

1944 – FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORRESPONDENT

On this date in 1944, Harry S. McAlpin was the first African-American journalist admitted to a white house press conference.

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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.