Savannah Dan Walking Tours

1776 Delegates at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia took the first vote on the Declaration of Independence.

1873 Georgian Henry Flipper became one of the first blacks to enter West Point Military Academy, going on to become the first black to graduate.

1893 Walter F. White was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He becomes an important voice for American blacks, particularly noted for his long efforts to marshal public opinion and government policy against lynching in the South. He also serves as executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1931 to 1955.

For more Georgia History go to
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/tdgh-jul/jul01.htm