Jamaicans make NBA Draft, traded to Pistons and Hornets

Slave conspiracies and fires cause Hysteria

Succession of suspicious fires and reports of slave conspiracies created hysteria in New York in March and April. Thirty-one slaves and five whites were executed.

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Mar

31

1741

Marcus Garvey arrives in US from Jamaica

Marcus Mosiah Garvey arrives in America from Jamaica.

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Mar

23

1916

Inquest over Negro Killing

An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace T.M. Richards on September 24, 1928 over the killing of :Coote Simpsons, Negro, Twenty-second street, who was killed by the rifle of a Florida National Guardsman on special detail duty at noon on September 23, 1928 for refusing to leave his bicycle and go

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Jan

0

1999

More than 4,000 delegates from one hundred

More than 4,000 delegates from one hundred national organizations attended National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington.

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Jan

15

1950

Booker T. Washington gains honorary degree

Booker T. Washington receives an honorary degree from Harvard University.

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Apr

15

1896

Actor Billy Dee Williams born

Actor Billy Dee Williams, known in such works as Mahogany and two Star Wars sequels, was born in New York city.

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Apr

6

1937

William Ellisworth Artist is born

William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the

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Feb

2

1914

Grace Jones, born

Eccentric model and singer Grace Jones born in Spanishtown, Jamaica

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May

19

1948

Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa award.

Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa honors at New York University.

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Mar

28

1925

1st Black Pro basketball team -- "The Renaissance"

The first Black professional basketball team The Renaissance organized.

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Feb

13

1923

Harry Belafonte born

Singer/Actor Harry Belafonte is born in New York.

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Mar

1

1927

Colin L. Powell

Colin.L. Powell was born in 1937 in New York City,New York.

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Jan

0

1937

N.Y. against racial discrimination

New York became the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market with adoption of Fair Housing Practices Law.

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Dec

5

1957

MaliVai Washington

Former tennis pro MaliVai Washington was born on June 20, 1969 in Glen Cove, New

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Jun

20

1969

Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson,

Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson, Harry Belfonte and A. Phillip Randolph, participated in the Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington. Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP, and the nine students who integrated Little Rockss Central High School were awarded

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Oct

25

1958

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtic

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the first African American to coach an NBA team.

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Mar

28

1966

Actress Cicely Tyson is born in New York, NY

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Dec

19

1933

The first U.S. stamp ever to honor an African American is issued bearing the lik

The first U.S. stamp ever to honor an African American is issued bearing the likeness of Booker T. Washington.

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Apr

7

1940

Isaac Murphy later considered one of the greatest jockeys in US history rides

Isaac Murphy later considered one of the greatest jockeys in US history rides his first race in Louisville, KY.

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Jan

0

1875

William "Bill" Richmond is taken by General Earl Percy,commander of the Britis

William Bill Richmond is taken by General Earl Percy, commander of the British forces occupying New York, to England to box against British soldiers.

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Jan

0

1777

Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed special

Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed special assistant to the Secretary of War. His role was to advise in Negro matters.

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Nov

5

1917

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

Did You Know That In...

1733 - Spanish decree promises escaped English slaves freedom in Florida.

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Jan

0

1733

Forty-third Congress (1873-75) Convened

Forty-third Congress (1873-75) convened with seven Black congressmen: Richard H. Cain, Robert Brown Elliott, Joseph H. Rainey and Alonzo J. Ransier, South Carolina; James T. Rapier, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida; John R. Lynch, Mississippi.

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Dec

1

1873

caribbean integration

This day markst the 26th anniversary of the Treaty of Chaguramas which was signed in Trinidad, July 4, 1973 to establish the Caribbean Community and Common Market - CARICOM. It was the result of a 15 year effort to fulfil the hope of regional integration which began with the establishment of the

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Jul

4

1973

Basketball star Moses "The Mailman" Malone born

National Basketball Association star, Moses The Mailman Malone is born in Petersburg, Virginia.

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Mar

23

1954

NAACP Executive Director

Death of Roy Wilkins (80), longtime executive director of the NAACP, in New York.

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Sep

8

1981

Lisa Leslie, basketball star born

Lisa Leslie

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Jul

7

1972

Charles Anderson entered Kentucky House of

Charles Anderson entered Kentucky House of Representatives.

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Jan

11

1936

Cassius Clay Becomes Muhammad Ali

On this day, the Kentucky boxer known to all as Cassius Clay, changed his name to Muhammad Ali as he accepted Islam and rejected Christianity. I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and in peace...Im not a Christian anymore.

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Feb

26

1964

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