February 10, 1907 Grace Towns Hamilton, the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Hamilton earned her bachelor’s degree in 1927 from Atlanta University and her master’s degree in psychology from Ohio State University in 1929.
Archive | February 10, 2012
February 10th in African American History – Roberta Flack
February 10, 1937 Roberta Flack, singer, songwriter and musician, was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina. During her early teens, Flack so excelled at classical piano that Howard University awarded her a full music scholarship at the age of 15 and she graduated at the age of 19.