Hunt, William Henry (1863-1951)

Ellas Neau, a French immigrant, opens the Carechism Schoolfor black slaves in

Ellas Neau, a French immigrant, opens the Carechism School for black slaves in New York City with help from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; by 1708 he is instructing more than 200 pupils.

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Jan

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1704

patent

July 17, 1888, Miriam E. Benjamin (School teacher) patented a gong and signal chair for motels.

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Jul

17

1888

Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found

Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago

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Jan

23

1891

School Integration Begins

School integration began in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., public schools.

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Sep

27

1954

Ernest Green graduated from Little Rock's Central

Ernest Green graduated from Little Rocks Central High School with six hundred white classmates.

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May

27

1958

Actor James Earl Jones born

Actor James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Tate County, Mississippi. His movie credits include The Hunt for Red October, Roots, Dr. Strangelove and voices in both Star Wars and The Lion King.

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Jan

17

1931

Nashville School Destroyed By Blast

Nashvilles new Hattie Cotton Elementary School with enrollment of 1 Black and 388 whites virtually destroyed by dynamite blast.

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Sep

9

1957

Associates of Dr. Thomas Bray establish a school inGeorgia for the education o

Associates of Dr. Thomas Bray establish a school in Georgia for the education of blacks and Native Americans; Bray sets up a similar school in North Carolina.

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Jan

0

1751

Richard H. Hunt (Master of Metals)

Birth of Richard H. Hunt who soon became known as one of the most gifted and assured artist working inthe direct open form medium... Hunt did not work with paint, brush and canvas, but with blow-torch, hammer and metal. The creations of Richard Hunt stand in modernistic splendor in public and

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Sep

12

1935

Medical School at Howard University opens with eight students, 1868

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Nov

9

1868

John Parker, Underground Railroad Conductor died

Born: 1827

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Jan

30

1900

Boxer Larry Holmes born

Birthday of boxer Larry Holmes who began his career around age 13. He would win the heavyweight title in 1970 and defend it some 21 times.

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Nov

3

1949

Twenty-seven Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson,

Twenty-seven Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi. On June 12, Hinds County Board of Supervisor announced that more than one hundred Freedom Riders had been arrested.

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May

24

1961

"Separate but Egual"

Massachusetts Supreme Court rejected the argument of Charles Sumner in the Boston school integration suit and established the separate but equal precedent.

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Mar

31

1850

Birthday of Natalie Cole

Singer Natalie Cole, daughter of legedary singer Nat Cole, born in Los Angeles, California. Singing professionally at age 11, by 1976 Cole had won Grammys for New Artist of the Year and Best R&B Female Vocalist.

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Feb

5

1950

Some three hundred Blacks and whites met at the

Some three hundred Blacks and whites met at the United Charities Building in New York City at the first NAACP conference, May 31 and June 1.

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May

31

1909

Jack Johnson, boxer born

Born: Mar. 31, 1878

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Mar

31

1878

James Meredith starts school. He is the first Black student at University of Mi

James Meredith starts school. He is the first Black student at University of Mississippi... after 3000 federal troops quelled riots over his admission, 1962

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Oct

1

1962

Andey Rooney suspended for racist comments

Andy Rooney, a CBS 60 Minutes commentator, received a 90-day suspension from work because of racist remarks about African Americans attributed to him by Chris Bull, a New York-based reporter for The Advocate, a bi-weekly national gay & lesbian newsmagazine published in Los Angeles. Bull quoted

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Feb

8

1990

Ella Fitzgerald Born

Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, born. In 1934, an awkward sixteen-year-old girl made her singing debut at the Harlem Apollo Theatre amateur night in New York City. She intended to dance, but she lost her nerve when she got on stage. The man said, do something while youre out there, the singer

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Apr

25

1918

Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Te

Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Texas. A skilled pianist and composer, Joplin started a 20-year ragtime craze with the release of his composition Maple Leaf Rag in 1897, during the Gay Nineties. Ragtime-scored piano music-at the time was considered

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Apr

1

1917

Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested

Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested by United States Deputy marshals in Boston. Two thousand United States troops escorted him through the streets of Boston when he was returned to the South on June 3.

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May

24

1854

Black Students Escorted To School

Soldiers of 101st Airborne Division escorted nine Black students to Central High school.

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Sep

24

1957

Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, art historian, becomes dean of New York University's

Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, art historian, becomes dean of New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts.

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Oct

1

1991

Government: local (Mississippi).

In Fayette, Mississippi on May 13,1969; James Charles Evers (1922-) was elected the first black mayor of a racially mixed Mississippi town. In June 1971, he became the first black in this century to seek the governors office.

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May

13

1969

Phyllis Hyman, singer dies

Died June 30, 1995 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Music History Phyllis Hyman (1977) Somewhere in my lifetime (1978) You Know How To Love Me (1979) Cant We Fall In Love Again Goddess Of Love Living All Alone Prime Of My Life (1991) I Refuse To Be Lonely (1995)

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Jun

30

1995

Phyllis Wheatley Dies

Phyllis Wheatley, the first African-American author to be published in book form, dies in poverty at the age of thirty-one. Wheatley astonished Bostonians with her ability to write poetry while yet being a slave.

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Dec

5

1784

Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs

Civil rights group demonstrated at Harlem construction sites to Protest discrimination in building trades unions. Demonstrations and marches were held in metropolitan areas in June, July and August to dramatize discontent over housing, school and job discrimination.

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Jun

12

1963

Spingarn Award: Henry A. Hunt

Spingarn Medal awarded to Henry A. Hunt, Principal, Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., for his pioneering work as an educator.

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Dec

19

1930

U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake born

U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake, D-New York, was born in Los Angeles, California. A businessman and minister, Flake established the Allen Christian School and Allen Home Care Agency.

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Jan

30

1945

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