Monthly Archives: February 2021

The Broadview Public Library District’s Board of Trustees will be meeting on Thursday, February 25th at 7 pm. The agenda can be found here. The meeting will be held virtually with Zoom. The Zoom information is below: Topic: Broadview Public … Continue reading →

African American journalist Ida B. Wells launched an anti-lynching crusade to have the lynchings of African Americans investigated after three of her friends were lynched in Tennessee.

The links below provide filing information for candidates for the Broadview Public Library District’s April 6, 2021 Election. Because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Library is presently available by appointment. Please call in advance to schedule a time to file … Continue reading →

Mississippi enacts a poll tax, which most African Americans could not afford to pay, to hinder the black vote.

African American physician Daniel Hale Williams performs the world’s first successful open-heart surgery. Hale is also the founder of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in the United States.

Tennessee passes the first of the “Jim Crow” segregation laws, segregating state railroads.

The links below provide filing information for candidates for the Broadview Public Library District’s April 6, 2021 Election. Because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Library is presently available by appointment. Please call in advance to schedule a time to file … Continue reading →

The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.

The 14th Amendment was intended to achieve racial justice. It was necessary to make clear that Black people, as well as anyone born in the country or naturalized, were American citizens.