February 7
1812
Lord Byron, in his first speech before the House of Lords, denounces a death penalty measure for rebellious laborers.
1926
“Negro History Week” was observed for the first time. Harvard Scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson established “Negro History Week” to study the important things Blacks had accomplished. Today it has been lengthened, and is known as Black History month.
“Freedom is never given; it is won.”- A. Philip Randolph
1956
Autherine Lucy, the first black person admitted to the University of Alabama, was expelled after she accused school officials of conspiring in the riots that accompanied her court-ordered enrollment.
1971
Swiss women get the vote.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 