Acme Social Club is started.
Acme was one of several elite social and political clubs in San Diego, established around the turn of the 20th century when Black San Diegans began to own more businesses and to make inroads into the economic mainstream.
For more information on Black history in San Diego and to participate in Celebrate San Diego: Black History & Heritage at the San Diego History Center, go to sandiegohistory.org/exhibition/celebratesd_blackhistoryheritage.
In honor of Black History Month, the Union-Tribune has partnered with the San Diego History Center to present items each day in February on local Black history.
On Feb. 14, nationally
1817 - Frederick Douglass, “The Great Emancipator,” was born.
1867 – Morehouse College was organized in Augusta, Ga. The institution was later moved to Atlanta. New registration law in Tennessee abolished racial distinctions in voting.
1936 – National Negro Congress organized at Chicago meeting was attended by 817 delegates representing more than 500 organizations.
Source: Alice Tyler Milton, Lawson <QR>State Community College; for more information: blackhistorysalute.com