A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of
In 1885
- Samuel David Ferguson consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and named bishop of Liberia. He was the first Black American with full membership in the House of Bishops
In 1884
- John R. Lynch, former congressman from Mississippi, elected temporary chairman of Republican convention and became first Black to preside over deliberations of a national political party