Fred Jones - Death

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Jun

20

1858

Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.

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Jul

17

1981

Casket Lowering Device Invented

A. C. Richardson, a black inventor, invented the casket lowering device, patent#529,311

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Nov

13

1894

the Bronze Muse

On this day, the Bronze Muse died in

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Feb

22

1911

Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders called

Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders called for stepped up campaign against discrimination and desegregation. President Eisenhower was sharply criticized for a speech which, in effect, urged the leaders to be patient in seeking full citizenship rights.

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May

12

1958

Bill Picket National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame

Bill Picket became the fist Black elected to the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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Dec

9

1971

Spingarn Metal: John Hope

Spingarn Medal presented to John Hope posthumously for his achievement as president of Morehouse College and for his creative leadership in the founding of the Atlanta University Center.

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Dec

8

1936

Daisy Lampkin dies

Daisy Lampkin, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, died from the effects of a December 1964 heart attack.

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Mar

10

1965

Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for musical composition for the miniseries Roots. It

Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for musical composition for the miniseries Roots. It is one of nine Emmys for the series, an unprecedented number

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Sep

11

1977

Four national chain stores announced

Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.

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Mar

1

1960

Race riot in Ohio

Race riot, Cincinnati, Ohio. Three hundred persons were arrested, and the National Guard was mobilized.

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Jun

12

1967

On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot deliveredone of the most

On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered

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Jan

6

1874

Otis Boykin patents the Electrical Resistor

Otis Boykin, Inventor, patented the Electrical Resistor. U.S. 2,972,726 He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker). He began his career

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Feb

21

1961

William Stanley Braithwaite Born

Called by W.E.B. Dubois the most prominent critic of poetry in America , William Stanley Braithwaite was born in Boston, Mass. On May 5, 1919. Mr. Braithwaite was awarded the Springarn medal by th N.A.A.C.P. for his literary achievements.

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May

5

1919

Spingarn Award: Ken B. Clark

Kenneth B. Clark, psychologist and educator, awarded Spingarn Medal for pioneering studies that influenced the Supreme Court decision on school desegregation.

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Dec

15

1961

Ida B. Wells Barnett

Ida Wells was born a slave on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. The oldest in a family of four boys and four girls, she acquired from her parents a love of liberty and self-sufficiency that characterized her

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Mar

25

1931

Aborigines to be counted in census

Ninety per cent of white Australians voted in todays referendum for a proposal to count Aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them. Until now their affairs have been administered solely by the states. The other proposal, to break the nexus between the

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May

27

1967

National Council of Negro Women founded

National Council of Negro Women founded in New York City with Mary McLeod Bethune as president.

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Dec

5

1935

National Baptist Convention

These Baptist groups, the Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, the American National Baptist Convention, the Baptist National Education Convention, Merged and established the National Baptist Convention at an Atlanta meeting.

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Sep

28

1895

Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously

Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Sgt. Cornelius H. Charlton for heroism in Korea.

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Feb

12

1952

52 nurses lead by Martha M. Franklin

52 nurses lead by Martha M. Franklin form the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, to improve the status of African American nurses

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Aug

23

1908

Jamaican national hero, George William Gordon, is unfairly arrested and sentence

Jamaican national hero, George William Gordon, is unfairly arrested and sentenced to death, 1865

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Oct

21

1865

Fisk Jubilee Singers begin their first national tour

The Fisk Jubilee Singers began the first around-the-world tour by a musical act, which resulted in Nashville getting the name "Music City."

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Oct

6

1871

Selma Burke

Scupltor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.; the completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and

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Dec

31

1900

Spingarn Medal : Medar Evers

Medgar Wiley Evers awarded Spingarn Medal posthumously for his civil rights leadership.

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Dec

12

1963

Six-day insurrection started in L.A.

Six-day insurrection started in Watts section of Los Angeles. National Guard was mobilized on August 13, Rebellion toll: 34 killed, 1,032 injured, 3,952 arrested, $35 million in property damage.

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Aug

11

1965

Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995)

William Jefferson Clinton presented her with the Charles Frankel Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Oct

24

1994

Juanita Hall Singer & Actress dies

Juanita Long Hall was born November 6, 1901 (or 1902) in Keyport, New Jersey, and died February 29, 1968, in Bayshore, New York. This singer, actress, and choral director was best-known for her role as Bloody Mary in the 1949 Broadway stage production of South Pacific.

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Feb

29

1968

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

Willie Lee McCovey born

Baseball great Willie Lee McCovey born in Mobile, Alabama. McCovey joined the San Francisco Geiants in 1953 and played with the team for 14 years before moving to the San Diego Padres in 1974. He was Rookie of the Year in 1959 and led the National League in home runs in 1963, 1968 and 1969. McCovey

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Jan

10

1938

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