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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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1916

John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Car

John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Caribbean mother and a French father.

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Apr

26

1785

Slave uprise in Maryland

In 1739, the Black slaves of Prince Georges County, Maryland, secretly organized themselves into

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Jan

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1739

Richard Allen born in slavery in Philadelphia

Richard Allen born in slavery in Philadelphia.

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Feb

14

1760

George Washington frees slaves

George Washington, dies, his will stipulates that his slaves shall be freed upon the death of his wife, Martha

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Dec

14

1799

Marian Anderson born

2/27/1902: On this day Marian Anderson, who will become a world-renowned opera singer and the first African American soloist to perform at hte White House , is born in Philadelphia, PA.

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Feb

27

1902

Aha- First Dynastic King of Egypt

Ka Ma Ma ha, or Narmer Mena (Menes of the Greeks), was born to a petty king of Upper Egypt (Southern Egypt) around 3200BC. Not much is known of Ahas father other than he was ruler in Egypts southern lands where the totemic symbol of the Horus-falcon was prevalent. Most probably Ahas family bore

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Jan

0

1998

Edimnia Lewis

Edmonia was born to a Chippewa mother and African father...given the indian name Wildfire. In the fall of 1859 she admiting in Oberlin College, and later studied sculpting privately with Edmund Brackett. Lewis became known for her busts of famous figures as Abraham Lincoln, Longfellow and John

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Jan

1

1959

George Washington Williams, the first major Black

George Washington Williams, the first major Black historian, born in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania.

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Oct

16

1849

George Washington Carver National Monument presented in Joplin MO, 1951

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Jul

14

1951

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.

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Nov

6

1928

Sixth national Black convention met

Sixth national Black convention met in Philadelphia with thirty-five delegates from six states and the District of Columbia.

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Jun

1

1835

First National Black Convention Meets

First National Black convention met at Philadelphias Bethel AME church and elected Richard Allen president. Thirty-eight delegates from eight states attended the first national meeting of Blacks.

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Sep

20

1830

Quakers organize the Society for the Free Instruction ofOrderly Blacks and Peo

Quakers organize the Society for the Free Instruction of Orderly Blacks and People of Color, Philadelphia PA.

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Jan

0

1789

Born on this day: Charles Fuller

Playwright Charles Fuller was born in Philadelphia March 5, 1939. Fuller co-founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia, his hometown, in 1967. The Perfect Party (1969) was the first of Fullers plays to receive critical acclaim. Zooman and the Sign won an Obie Award in 1980. A Soldiers

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Mar

5

1939

Newcomers elected to Congress

Five newcomers elected to Congress: William Gray III (Pa.) Bennett Stewart (III.), Melvin Evans (R., Virgin Islands), Julian Dixon (Calif.) and George Leland (Tex.).

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Nov

7

1978

Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland,

Congressman George Thomas Mickey Leland, members of his congressional staff, and State Department officials die in a plane crash near Gambela, Ethiopia.

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Aug

6

1989

Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born

Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, Born May 29, 1914 in Mexia, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wiley College in 1934 and a Master of Science from Atlanta University in 1936. Henry McBay earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay served as an Instructor

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May

29

1914

George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer

Patent # 4,618,380

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Oct

21

1986

The Father of Gospel Music, Thomas Dorsey, born in Villa Rica, GA, 1899

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Jul

1

1899

W.E.B. Du Bois died

W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in

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Aug

27

1963

Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough President

Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by a Black woman in a major American city.

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Feb

23

1965

George Washington Carver

Scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, born

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Jan

10

1864

The First Fugitive Slave Case

Capture of George Latimer in Boston led to first of the fugitive slave cases which embittered North and South. Boston abolitionists raised money to purchase Latimer from his slaveholder.

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Nov

17

1842

Race riot, Philadelphia

Race riot, Philadelphia. Three whites and one Black were killed.

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Jul

26

1918

First National Negro Convention

In Philadelphia Richard Allen chairs the first National Negro Convention, 1830

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Aug

20

1830

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.

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Sep

27

1876

Sam Cook, Father of Soul Music, born.

Singer Sam Cook, the son of a minister and believed by many to be the first father of soul music, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Cook began his singing career with a gospel group known as the Singing Children. His fame came in 1965 with You and Me, Only 16, and his very famous Stand By Me and

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Jan

22

1931

Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston

Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.

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Feb

15

1848

W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia

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Oct

9

1984

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