Co-organizer of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Merrick was b

North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance

North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company founded by John Merrick and associates in Durham, North Carolina as the first African American owned insurance company.

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Oct

20

1898

Forty-third Congress (1873-75) Convened

Forty-third Congress (1873-75) convened with seven Black congressmen: Richard H. Cain, Robert Brown Elliott, Joseph H. Rainey and Alonzo J. Ransier, South Carolina; James T. Rapier, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida; John R. Lynch, Mississippi.

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Dec

1

1873

Noble Johnson

George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African

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Jan

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1916

Legal

The first black lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court ws John S. Rock of Massachusetts, who was certified by the court on February 1, 1865.

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Feb

1

1865

The Great Migration

The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following

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Dec

4

1915

Jarena Lee was born

The daughter of former slaves, born in Cape May, New

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Feb

11

1783

Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche

Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche receive the first Medals of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy, the creator of the award.

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Jul

4

1963

Death of Robert Smalls

Death of Robert Smalls (75), Reconstruction congressman, in Beaufort, South Carolina.

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Feb

23

1915

John S. Rock

John S. Rock, lawyer and dentist died on this day. He became the first Black to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1865.

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Dec

3

1866

John Copeland and Shields Green Hanged

John Copeland and Shields Green, two Black members of Johns Browns band, hanged at Charleston.

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Dec

16

1859

National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in

National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, North Carolina. Two persons killed. Until the 9th.

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Feb

4

1971

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

White supremacist John King sentenced to death

White supremacist John King, one of three white men accused of chaining James Byrd to a pickup and dragging him along a Texas road until he was decapitated, was sentenced to death by lethal injection. If his death penalty is carried out, he will be the first white Texan executed for killing a black

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Feb

25

1999

John Jacobs

John Jacobs is named president of the National Urban League

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Dec

7

1981

George Johnson

George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African

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Dec

17

2001

South Carolina Republicans carried election with a

South Carolina Republicans carried election with a ticket of four whites and four Blacks: Richard H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henery W. Purvis, adjutant general. Blacks won 97 of the 158 seats in the General Assembly and four

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Oct

16

1872

Blues artist John Lee Hooker born

Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker was born in Clarkdale, Mississippi. Hooker began his 50 years as a musician at age 14, when he sang with religious groups and studied guitar with Will Moore. By age 73, Hooker had received the 1968-69 Best Blues Album award from Jazz and Pop

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Aug

22

1917

Colonies give Statutory Recognition

Massachusetts became the first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery. Other colonies followed: Connecticut 1650; Virginia, 1661; Maryland, 1663; New York and New Jersey, 1664; South Carolina, 1682; Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, 1700; North Carolina. 1715; Georgia, 1750.

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Dec

1

1641

Congressman James O'hara born

Birthday of Congressman James E. OHara of North Carolina. First elected March 4, 1833, OHara served two terms, the second ending March 3, 1887.

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Feb

26

1884

Francis L. Cardozo

Francis L. Cardozo installed as secretary of the state of South Carolina and became the first Black cabinet officer on the state level.

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Jul

9

1868

Claimed Pres. Election

President Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden claimed the presidential election. Republicans and Democrats claimed elections in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida.

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Nov

7

1876

History of Black America began like this

History of Black America began with landing of twenty Blacks at Jamestown, Virginia. John Rolfe said the ship arrived about the latter end of August and that it brought not anything but 20 and odd Negroes. Surviving evidence suggests that the twenty Blacks were accorded the status of indentured

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Aug

1

1619

Baptising of the First Two Known Converts

England John Wesley baptisted the first two known Black converts to the Methodism movement.

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Nov

29

1758

Kennedy Defeated Nixon

John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in the presidential election.

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Nov

8

1960

Bacon's Rebellion

African Americans fought in the first armed rebellion against British authority in the colonies, Bacons Rebellion, in 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the rising generation of colonial planters who resented British rule and, particularly, the British protection of Indian lands that lay just

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Mar

26

2002

*Probable date of Prince Hall's birth

Prince Hall, Revolutionary War Veteran and founder of African Masonic Lodges, *may* have been born on this date. Though his accomplishments are well celebrated, little is known of Prince Halls early life.

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Feb

27

1788

Race riot, Cainhoy, South Carolina

Race riot, Cainhoy, South Carolina. Five whites and one Black killed.

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Oct

16

1876

South Carolina secedes from the Union, beginning the rumbles that would become t

South Carolina secedes from the Union, beginning the rumbles that would become the Civil War

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Dec

20

1860

Peter Salem

Peter Salem: A free slave, Peter Salem, a private in Captain Simon Edgels company at the battle of Bunker Hill, was the first military hero of the War of Independence against British rule. On June 17, 1775, at a crucial moment in the battle, when British major John Pitcairn, had rallied the

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Jun

17

1775

Singer Johnny Ace born

R&B singer Johnny Ace was born John Marshall Alexander, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. His major hits include My Song and Pledging My Love.

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Jun

9

1929

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