Businessman, Charles Clinton Spaulding was born, 1874

Gordone, Charles (1925- )

Charles Gordone was born Charles Edward Fleming on October 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Camille Fleming. He took his stepfather’s surname of Gordon when his mother remarried when he was five years old. The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana, his mother’s hometown, when Charles

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Nov

13

1995

List of African-American Republicans

Houston A.P. Bassett (1857–1920), member of the Texas House of Representatives

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Charles R. Drew

Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World

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Charles Lenox Remond

Abolitionist Charles Lenox Remond died on this day. He was the first Black lecturer employed by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

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Dec

22

1873

U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake born

U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake, D-New York, was born in Los Angeles, California. A businessman and minister, Flake established the Allen Christian School and Allen Home Care Agency.

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Jan

30

1945

Wells, Nathaniel (1779 – 1852)

Nathaniel Wells, a former slave, plantation owner, and businessman who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries, was also the first person of African ancestry to become a High Sheriff in England. Wells was born on September 10, 1779 on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean to William

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May

13

1852

Harriet Tubman in the Civil War: Nurse, Scout, Spy

Previous: 2: Underground Railroad Conductor, Abolitionist, Womens Rights

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DuSable Abandons Chicago

On this date in 1800, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, frontier trader, fur trapper, farmer, businessman and father of Chicago sold all his property for $1,200 and left the area. He died 18 years later, almost penniless, and was buried in St. Charles, Missouri.

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May

7

1800

Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African American mayors of

Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African American mayors of Chapel Hill, N.C. and Fayette, Miss., respectively.

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Oct

4

1969

Clinton Massacre, Clinton, Mississippi

Clinton Massacre, Clinton, Mississippi. Twenty to thirty Blacks killed.

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Sep

4

1875

Spingarn Medal: Charles W. Chestnutt

Spingarn Medal presented to Charles W. Chestnutt, the first Black to receive widespread critical recognition as a novelist. He was cited for his pioneer work as a literary artist depicting the life and struggle of Americans of Negro descent.

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Nov

6

1928

Charles Mingus Born

Charles Mingus, jazz musician, born.

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Apr

22

1922

Death of Charles Hamilton Houston

Death of Charles Hamilton Houston (54), architect of the NAACP legal campaign Washington, D.C.

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Apr

22

1950

Slavery

King Charles II of england charters the Company of Royal Adventurers trading to Africa to supply 3,000 enslaved Africans annually to the West Indies.

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Jan

0

1662

Batts, Deborah (1947- )

Deborah Batts, U.S. District Court Judge in New York City, received degrees from Radcliffe College and the Harvard University Law School. Batts began her legal career with the firm of Cravath, Swaine, and Moore in New York City. Later she was appointed assistant U.S. Attorney in Manhattan. In

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Death of Charles R. Drew

Death of Charles R. Drew (45), surgeon and developer of the blood bank concept, after an automobile accident near Burlington, North Carolina.

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Apr

1

1950

Charles Chesnutt Born

Charles Chesnutt, one of the first African-Americans to gain a national audience, is born in Cleveland Ohio.

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Jun

20

1858

Charles Kuralt

September 10, 1934

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Charles Drew, Inventor of the Blood Bank

At a time when millions of soldiers were dying on battlefields across Europe, the invention of Dr. Charles R. Drew saved countless lives. Drew realized that separating and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later. This technique led to the development

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Jun

3

1904

Voorhees College (1897- )

Voorhees College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Denmark, South Carolina on a small, park-like campus located approximately 50 miles from

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Charles Rangel

Charles Bernard Rangel is a lawyer, politician and civil rights activist. He was born on June 11, 1930, in New York City. His parents married at a very young age, and his eldest brother Ralph was born three years after their marriage. Charles followed seven years after that and his sister Frances

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Jun

11

1930

Alexis M. Herman

Alexis M. Herman is the former Secretary of Labor and member of President Bill Clinton’s Cabinet. In this role, Herman lead the U.S. Department of Labor while serving as a valuable member of the National Economic

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Libya

On Sept. 11, 2012, militants armed with anti-aircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fired on the American consulate in Benghazi, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. Stevens was a widely praised diplomat and an advocate for the opposition

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Black Man Founds the City of Centerville

Virginian George Washington, having traveled cross country in the company of foster parents and settlied in Washinton Territory a quarter of a century earlier, founded the city of Centerville. Washington, a successful businessman, was revered because of his willingness to help his neighbors. He is

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Jan

8

1875

Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)

On July 18, 1988, Charles Z. Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by Washington’s then Governor Booth Gardner and was subsequently elected to his position on the court for a two-year term in 1988. Justice Smith was elected

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Mitchell, Charles H. (1940 - )

Charles Mitchell has worked with Seattle Community Colleges for more than 25 years including periods as President of Seattle Central Community College and Chancellor of the Seattle Community College

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Demonstrations Against School Integration

Tennessee National Guard sent to Clinton, Tenn., to quell mobs demonstrating against school integration.

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Sep

2

1956

Susan L. Johnson

Ms. Johnson works to ensure that Pitney Bowes has the leadership succession pools and diversity strategies required to help the company achieve it’s business

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Charles Drew, born

Dr. Charles Drew was born in Washington DC. Drew attended medical schools in Montreal, Canada. After much research and study, Drew discovered a way to preserve blood in the form of plasma so it could be stored for long periods of time.

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Jul

3

1904

Charles L. Blockson

On this date in 1933, Charles L. Blockson was born in Norristown, Pa. Blockson became an author and scholar of Black studies. He is considered one of the countrys leading experts on the Underground Railroad and chaired the National Park Services first Underground Railroad Advisory Committee.

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Dec

16

1933

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