November 8, 1938 - Crystal Bird Faucet is elected state representative in Pennsylvania, becoming the first Black woman to serve in a state legislature.
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November 12, 1941 - Madame Lillian Evanto founds the National Negro Opera Company.
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November 13, 1894 - Albert C. Richardson patents casket-lowering device.
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1839 - The first anti-slavery political party.
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November 14, 1915 - Booker T. Washington, educator and writer, died.
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