...voter apathy - lack or civic participation - is a weapon of mass destruction. When we do not vote and do not participate in the civic life of our community, we are inflicting wounds on ourselves.
In 1995
- Bernard A. Harris, Jr becomes first African American to walk in space
In 1780
- Capt. Paul Cuffe and six other African-American residents of Massachusetts petitioned the state legislature for the right to vote. Claiming "no taxation without representation," the residents had earlier refused to pay taxes. The courts agreed and awarded Cuffe and the six other defendants full civil rights.