On this day in Black history: Orangeburg Massacre, first Black White House news conference reporter and more
On this day in Black history, February 8:-- In 1944, Harry S. McAlpin, a journalist from St. Louis, Missouri, became the first Black reporter to attend a White House news conference. -- In 1968, the Orangeburg Massacre erupted when a civil rights protest at South Carolina State University turned deadly... Read More.