Harold Paige

South Carolina constitutional convention

South Carolina constitutional convention, the first official assembly in the West with a Black majority, met in the Charleston Clubhouse with seventy-six Black delegates and forty-eight white delegates. Two-thirds of the Black delegates were former slaves. A New York Herald reporter wrote: Here in

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Jan

14

1868

Daniel Alexander Payne

On this date in 1893, Daniel A. Payne died. The sixth bishop of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, Payne was the first African American ordained by the Lutheran Church in 1837. In 1856, he founded Wilberforce University, where he became the first Black president of a college in America. Payne

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Feb

24

1811

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

Educator and first Black woman college graduate in the US, Fannie M Jackson was

Educator and first Black woman college graduate in the US, Fannie M Jackson was born, 1836

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Jan

8

1836

first Black professional hockey player

Grant Fuhr, goalie for the world champion Edmonton Oilers, is picked in the first round of the National Hockey League draft to become the first Black professional hockey player

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Jan

18

1981

Academy Award-Sidney Poitier

Academy Award for best actor of the year presented (April 13) to Sidney Poitier for his performance in Lilies of the Field.

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Dec

3

1964

Indictment in Atlanta Murders

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

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

Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune, founder-president of Bethune-Cookman College, named director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration. She was the first Black woman to receive a major appointment from the federal government. She educator held the post until January 1, 1944.

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Jan

1

1944

Fifty-fourth Congress (1895-97) convened

Fifty-fourth Congress (1895-97) convened. One Black congressman: George W. Murray, South Carolina.

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Dec

2

1895

Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.

Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate. While serving in the senate, he was an advocate for civil rights for blacks, native Americans, Chinese immigrants and

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May

21

1881

Alfred Holmes

Alfred Holmes won the first black intercollegiate golf championship.

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Jan

0

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

Edward Bannister, artist

Edward Bannister, the first Black artist to win wide critical acclaim, awarded prize at Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for his work, Under the Oak.

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Nov

7

1876

First Black to Play In Organized Hockey

Signing with the Atlantic City Seagulls of the Eastern Amateur League on this day made Arthur Dorrington the first Black to play organized hockey.

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Nov

15

1950

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

Diplomat and first Black winner of Nobel Peace Prize, Ralph J Bunche, named unde

Diplomat and first Black winner of Nobel Peace Prize, Ralph J Bunche, named undersecretary of the United Nations, 1954

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Aug

19

1954

Bill Pickett, dies

At the age of 72 black cowboy Bill Pickett died after being kicked while roping a bronco. a star of the 101 Ranch wild West Show, Mr. Pickett invented the rodeo event of bulldogging , an event in which the contestant must wrestle a longhorn steer to the ground with his bare hands.

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Apr

24

1944

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

Blacks Elected to Congress

Sixteen Blacks were elected to Congress. Andrew Young of Atlanta was the first Black elected to Congress from the Deep South since the Reconstruction era. Also elected for the first time were Barbara Jordan (Tex.) and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Calif.). Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of

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Nov

17

1972

Xavier University, the first Black Catholic college in the US, opens in New Orle

Xavier University, the first Black Catholic college in the US, opens in New Orleans

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Sep

27

1915

U.W. Clemon

U.W. Clemon became the first black state senator to serve in Alabama since reconstruction.

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Jan

0

1974

First 24-Hour Black Movie Channel

BET Holdings and Encore Media Corp. launch BET Movie/Starz the first 24 hour Black Movie channel.

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Feb

1

1997

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

Harold Ford elected congressman from TN, 1974

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Nov

3

1974

James Theodore Holly

James Theodore Holly, a Black American who emigrated to Haiti in 1861, elected bishop of Haiti. He was consecrated in a ceremony at New Yorks Grace Church on November 8.

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Nov

3

1874

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

First Black Miss World

The first Black Miss World was Jennifer Josephine Hosten who won the honor on this day.

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Dec

3

1970

First Black person to Serve on the DC board of education, Mary Church Terrell wa

First Black person to Serve on the DC board of education, Mary Church Terrell was born, 1863

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Sep

22

1863

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

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