James Amos Porter (1905-1970)

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Jul

29

1919

Colin Luther Powell was born on this day.

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Apr

5

1937

Naval Medal of Honor

Robert Blake, powder boy aboard the USS Marbelhead, was the first Black awarded the Naval Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, extraordinary heroism, and intrepidity at the risk of his own life. The heroic action ocurred during a victorious battle off the coast of South Carolina on this day.

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Dec

23

1863

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

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

Queen of Disco

Singer Donna Summer, known as Queen of Disco, is born on this day in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Dec

31

1948

Noble Sissle

Noble Sissle died on this day in his home in Tampa, Florida. Prior to his death he teamed up with Eubie Blake. Sissle wrote the lyrics and sang the songs while Blake composed and played the music.

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Dec

17

1975

First Artist to recieve Spingarn medal

Jacob Lawrence was the first artist to recieve the Spingarn Medal in 1970 for emience among American painter

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Mar

17

1970

Teacher and historian, Alrutheus A Taylor was born, 1893

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Nov

22

1893

Kenneth Bancroft Clark was born on this day.

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Jul

24

1914

George Washington Carver Day

January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of

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Jan

5

1943

Patrick Francis Healy, Pres. of Georetown Univer.

Patrick Francis Healy, S.J., first Black man to recieve a PhD, inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic University in America, and became the first Black to head a predominantly white university.

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Jul

31

1874

Civil Rights Movement

On this day the African American community of Montgomery, Alabama voted unanimously to end its 385 day bus-boycott.

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Dec

20

1956

The first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, James Meredith

The first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, James Meredith, graduates from University of Mississippi, 1963

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Aug

18

1963

Richard Pryor

Born Richard Franklin Lennox Pryor III in Peoria, Illinois on this day where he was raised by his grandmother in a brothel that she ran.

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Dec

1

1940

Janet Jackson Born

Janet Jackson, of the famous Jackson family was born on this day in Gary, Indiana. Ms. Jackson will star in television shows such as Good Times, Different Strokes, and Fame. She will also become a celebrated songstress recording such albums as Rhythm Nation:1814, Janet, and the widely criticized

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May

16

1966

Marlene Nourbese Philip

Marlene Nourbese Philip is the winner of the 1988 Casa de las Americas prize for poetry. She is a writer, poet, university lecturer and lawyer who lives in Canada but who hails from Tobago. Her published works include the novel Harriets Daughter and three collections of poetry including

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Feb

3

1947

Evelyn Boyd Granville is born

Evelyn Boyd Granville, Born May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school at the time. Her interest in mathematics was encouraged by two mathematics teachers. Granville worked with Einar Hille, a distinguished mathematician in the field of functional

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May

1

1924

Unprovoked slayings of six Blacks in Buffalo, New

Unprovoked slayings of six Blacks in Buffalo, New York, triggered demands for national investigation. Spingarn Medal warded to Rayford W. Logan, historian and author, in tribute to his lifetime of service as an educator and historian.

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Oct

13

1980

Queen Nzingha Joins the Ancestors

Queen Nzingha, amazon queen of matamba west africa, joins the ancestors on this day. Nzingha was a warrior queen who waged war again Europeans. Her formation of strategic alliances and fighting prowess urged other great african leaders totake a stand against the colonialism/imperialistic regimes of

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Dec

17

1663

James McCune Smith, a physician and writer educatedin New York's African Free

James McCune Smith, a physician and writer educated in New Yorks African Free School and at the University of Glasglow in Scotland, begins to practice medicine in New York City and eventually opens a pharmacy there; he also conducts pioneer work in the scientific study of race.

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Jan

0

1837

Death of Prince Hall

Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in

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Dec

4

1807

Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama bec

Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama became the first African American named president of the Harvard Law Review.

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Feb

5

1990

Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland,

Congressman George Thomas Mickey Leland, members of his congressional staff, and State Department officials die in a plane crash near Gambela, Ethiopia.

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Aug

6

1989

Chuck E. Burris

In a low-turnout election on this day, Chuck E. Burris defeated the incumbent, Pat Wheeler, by 278 votes to 260; a third candidate won 30, to become the first Black mayor of Stone Mountain, Georgia which is the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Nov

4

1997

Allan Rohan Crite, painter, born

Allan Rohan

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Mar

20

1910

birthday, Josh gibson

The home run king of the Negro Baseball League, Josh Gibson was born, 1911

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Dec

12

1911

Atlanta University

Morehouse College, Spelman College and Atlanta University affiliated, creating a new Atlanta University. John Hope of Morehouse College, was named president.

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Apr

1

1929

Claude McKay was born on this day.

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Sep

15

1889

George Johnson

George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African

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Dec

17

2001

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