Death of Julian Adderly

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Segars, Joseph Monroe (1938–2014)

Ambassador Joseph Monroe Segars was born in Hartsville, South Carolina on November 6, 1938. He remained with his aunt and uncle in South Carolina while his parents moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Great Migration to the North in search for better job opportunities. Upon graduating

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Source: Black Past

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first permanent settlement at 'Sk

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first

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Mar

13

1773

(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”

Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public

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Cooper, Jack Leroy (1888-1970)

Jack L. Cooper is widelyacknowledged as the first African American radio broadcaster. Cooper, born inMemphis, Tennessee on September 18,1888, was the youngest of 10 children. He was raised in a poor, single-parenthome, and, at the age of 10, quit school and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work at

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Source: Black Past

Jan

12

1970

Scores injured in Klan-related incidents

Scores injured in Klan-related incidents in Georgia, Tennessee, California, Indiana and North Carolina, in March and April.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

15

1980

First Congressional District candidate Jim Harper highly qualified | The Crusader Newspaper Group

“We have very big issues facing Northwest Indiana and our country, whether it’s the public health crisis, or public access to quality health care or whether it is environmental justice and climate change, there are big challenges for our region and our country,” he

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Arthur Ashe Stadium

Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis stadium located in the Queens borough of New York City. As part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament, the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year — and is the largest

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Aug

25

1997

Heating and Air Conditioning Pioneer: David Crosthwait Jr.

Tennessee is the home to a number of inventors, one of them–David Crosthwait–was responsible for a number of advances in air conditioning and

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Mueller, Robert, Seattle, Washington

Robert Mueller lived in Florida, Texas, and Indiana before settling in Seattle. He has worked as a School Technology Specialist for Skyview Junior High in the Northshore School District since 1996 and has been the staff advisor for the school newspaper for much of that time. He earned an English

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Source: Black Past

William Whitfield: First Black City Police Officer in Indianapolis to Die in the Line of Duty

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WHOAZONE WATER-BASED FAMILY RECREATION CENTER IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND IN ROSHARON TEXAS

Empire Recreation Management (ERM), the managing partner responsible for the WhoaZone brand, is pleased to announce that Rosharon & Grapevine, Texas WhoaZone locations are scheduled to open this weekend and

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Southlake Mall Welcomes the Public Back to the Center on Monday, May 18 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Lake County Enters Phase Two of the State of Indiana’s Five-Phase Re-Opening Plan

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Williams, Camilla (1919-2012)

Professional opera singer Camilla Williams was born October 18, 1919 in Danville, Virginia to Fannie Carey Williams and Cornelius Booker Williams. The youngest of four siblings, Williams began singing at a young age and was performing at her local church by age eight. At age 12, she began taking

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Source: Black Past

Jan

29

2012

Ohio legislature passed the first of a succession

Ohio legislature passed the first of a succession of Northern Black Laws which restricted the rights and movement of free Blacks in the North. Most Northern states passed Black Laws. Constitutions of three states --Illinois, Indiana, Oregon--barred Black settlers.

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Jan

5

1804

George Alcorn

Pioneer in the fields of aerospace and semiconductor

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Katie Beatrice Green Hall: First Black Woman from Indiana to Serve in the U.S. Congress

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Jim Jones

Jim Jones , byname of James Warren Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana), American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San

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Haynes, Ulric St. Clair, Jr. (1931- )

The sole child of immigrants from the Barbados, Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. was born June 8, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. Haynes attended Amherst College in Massachusetts, graduating cum laude in 1952, and then earned a law degree at Yale University four years later. Haynes worked briefly as an

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Mayor and Borden Dairy team up for initiative to distribute free milk | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Gary Mayor Jerome Prince announced on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 the launch of the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy to distribute thousands of gallons of milk to Gary and Northwest Indiana residents in need during the COVID-19 pandemic through the U.S. Department of

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Willard Ransom: Pioneer in Civil Rights Movement in Indianapolis

Willard Ransom chose to follow in his father’s footsteps becoming a pioneer in the civil rights movement in

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Source: Black Then

Young, Coleman A. (1918-1997)

Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Coleman Young arrived in Detroit, Michigan with his family when he was five. The Colemans settled in the working class neighborhood of Black Bottom (East Detroit), where his father operated a dry cleaning business and his mother was a schoolteacher. Early in his life

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Harrison, Hazel Lucile (1883-1969)

Hazel Harrison, pianist, was born on May 12, 1883 in La Porte, Indiana to parents Hiram and Olive Harrison. Hiram was the co-owner of a barber shop and Olive was a hairdresser and manicurist. Hazel Harrison began playing the piano at the age of four, and by age eight she was earning extra money for

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Source: Black Past

Apr

28

1969

Black Lives Matter Network Establishes $12M Grant Fund

NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism, in the wake of the George Floyd

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Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity founded

At Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded by Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Harvey T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Guy L. Grant, Paul Caine, George W. Edmonds, Ezra D. Alexander and Edward

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

5

1911

N. Cornell Boggs

Boggs began his career as a judicial clerk for the Court of Appeals of Indiana, followed by an appointment in the Attorney General’s Honor Program, where he served as a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice. Boggs currently serves on the Board of directors of Valparaiso

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Marcus Garvey

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940),[2] was a proponent of Black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. He was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

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List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000

List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000 - Wikipedia

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Bryan Adams student headed to Texas A&M after overcoming homelessness to finish in top 15 of her class

DALLAS — Undeterred by a crises that led her to homelessness, Angelina Solis will finish in the top 15 of her graduating class at Bryan Adams High School and attend Texas A&M University on scholarships next

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Mayor Eric Johnson, Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD team up | Dallas Weekly

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday announced the launch of the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy to distribute thousands of gallons of milk to Dallas residents in need during the COVID-19

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