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Black Troops

William Tecumseh Sherman occupied Atlanta. In series of battles around Chaffins Farm in suburb of Richmond, Black troops captured entrenchments at New Market Heights, made gallant but unsuccessful assault on Fort Gilmer and helped repulse Confederate counterattack on Fort Harrison. Thirty-ninth

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Sep

2

1864

Benjamin O Davis becomes the first Black general in US Army, 1940

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Oct

25

1940

Blacks In Armed Services

A total of 1,154, 720 Blacks were inducted or drafted into the armed services. Official records listed 7,768 Black commissioned officers on August 31, 1945. At the height of the conflict 3,902 Black women (115 officers) were enrolled in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WACS) and 68 were in the Navy

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Aug

31

1945

Black inventor and scientist,

Benjamin Banneker, Black inventor and scientist, born in Ellicotts Mills Maryland.

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Nov

9

1731

Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in

Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, elected two Black bishops Matthew W. Clair of Washington, D.C., and Robert E. Jones of New Orleans.

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May

23

1920

First International Conference

First international conference of Black writes and artists met at the Sorbonne in Paris.

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Sep

19

1956

Executive Order 9808

In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil

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Dec

5

1946

Spingarn Award: Mordecai W. Johnson

Mordecai W. Johnson received Spingarn Medal for his work as the first Black president of Howard University.

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Dec

30

1929

The first major conspiracy of people in Colonial America

The first major conspiracy of people in servitude was documented in Colonial America. A plot of black slaves and white servants was betrayed by a servant in Gloucester County, Virgina.

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Sep

13

1663

Death of Carter G. Woodson

Death of Carter G. Woodson (74), father of Black history, Washington, D.C.

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Apr

3

1950

Richard Allen (1760-1831).

Richard Allen, the first AME bishop compiled the first black hymnal, Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, Selected from Various Authors.

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Nov

15

2001

James Augustine Healy

James Augustine Healy, first Black American Roman Catholic bishop, ordained a priest in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

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Jun

10

1854

Lucius D

Lucius D. Amerson, first Black sheriff in the South in the twentieth century, sworn in at Tuskegee (Macon County), Alabama. First Black government installed in the Bahamas.

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Jan

16

1967

Intergrated Residential Areas

First city ordinance required white and black residential areas was passed by Baltimore City Council. Similar laws were passed in Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Greensboro, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Louisville.

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Dec

19

1910

Jackie Robinson signs a professional baseball contract and becomes

Jackie Robinson signs a professional baseball contract and becomes the first black player in the major leagues.

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Apr

11

1948

The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, bec

The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first Black person to play in an NBA game (beating out Charles Cooper and Nat Clifton by a day), 1950

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Oct

21

1950

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

March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar

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0

2001

SS Frederick Douglass lost at sea

The SS Frederick Douglass, the first ship named in honor of a black man, was lost in European waters.

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Aug

20

1944

Philips, 1st Black nominated president

Rev. Channing E. Philips of Washington, D.C., became first Black nominated for president by a major national party. Philips was nominated as favorite son candidate by District of Columbia delegation at Democratic convention in Chicago and received 671/2 votes.

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Aug

28

1968

More than one hundred delegates from six states

More than one hundred delegates from six states held a Black convention in Philadelphia. John Mercer Langston, one of the first Blacks to win public office, elected clerk of Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1856 he was elected clerk of the township of Russia, near Oberlin. In 1857 he was

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Oct

16

1855

Wesley A. Brown

Wesley A. Brown became the first Black graduate of Annapolis Naval Academy.

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Jun

3

1949

World Festival of Black Art

Through the 24th, First world festival of Black art held in Dakar, Senegal. One of the largest delegations came from Black America.

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Apr

1

1966

Gen. A. J. Smith

Gen. A. J. Smith with fourteen thousand men, including a brigade of Black troops, defeated Nathan B. Forrest at Harrisburg, near Tupelo, Mississippi.

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Jul

15

1864

1st Black Interstate organization

Boston Masons, led by Prince Hall, established first Black interstate organization, creating lodges in Philadelphia and Providence, Rhode Island.

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Jan

30

1797

South African black leader Nelson Mandela made an appearance at a huge pop conce

South African black leader Nelson Mandela made an appearance at a huge pop concert held in his honor during a visit to Britain

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Apr

16

1990

Congress helped Blacks in the military

Congress passed bill equalizing pay, arms, equipment and medical services of Black troops.

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Jun

15

1864

In "Re Franck Negro," a Massachusetts court finds a black man not guilty of co

In Re Franck Negro, a Massachusetts court finds a black man not guilty of conspiring to assist someone in escaping from prison; this case marks one of the first times that blacks successfully participate in the legal system.

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Jan

0

1669

Dr. Reginald Weir becomes the first black player to compete in the U.S. Indoor L

Dr. Reginald Weir becomes the first black player to compete in the U.S. Indoor Lawn Tennis Association Championship.

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Mar

11

1948

Hoops

The Rens, the first black professional basketball team, become the first black team on record to win a professional worlds championship, 1939

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Mar

0

1939

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