Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1946 African American U.S. Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten and blinded by a South Carolina police officer, an incident that helps galvanize the civil rights movement.
DiasporaOn this day — February 12 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1946 Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid activist and founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1946 Jean Eyeghé Ndong, Gabonese politician who later became Prime Minister of Gabon, is born.
BirthAlemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician, is born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1949 Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator who founded the Muslim Brotherhood, is assassinated in Cairo.
Death