On February 6:
Feb. 6, 1820 - "Mayflower of Liberia" sailed from New York City with eighty six Blacks. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4%) Feb. 6, 1993 - Arthur Ashe dies. First African American tennis player to win at Wimbledon.
Feb. 6, 1867 - Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degree in dentistry.