DAY 16 --- On this day in 1951 New York City Council passed bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments.
DAY 17 --- The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), founded by Richard Allen (1760 - 1831) became the first national black church in the United States in 1816.
DAY 18 --- Maurice Ashley (1966 - ) is the first and only African-American to be crowned International Grand Master of chess in 1999. He opened the Harlem Chess Center in 1999, where he coaches young chess players.
DAY 19 --- George Monroe and William Robinson are thought to be the first black Pony Express riders. At one point Monroe was also a stagecoach driver for President Ulysses S. Grant and would navigate through the curving Wanona Trail in the Yosemite Valley. Monroe Meadows in Yosemite National Park is named for George Monroe.
DAY 20 --- Beyonce Knowles is the first African-American woman (and second woman) to win the "Songwriter of the Year" award at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards in 2001.
DAY 21 --- Joseph Lee (1849 - 1905) invented a bread-making machine that mixed the ingredients and kneaded the dough in 1895.
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