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Virginia constitutional convention

Virginia constitutional convention (twenty-five Blacks, eighty whites) met in Richmond. Because of Political and legal complications, the Virginia constitution was not adopted until July 6, 1869.

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Jul

6

1869

Leontine T.C. Kelly born

Leontine T.C. Kelly, the first African-American woman to become a bishop within the Methodist denomination.

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Mar

5

1920

african independence struggles

May 8 marks the massacre at Setif, Algeria which took place in 1945. The French troops left one of the unforgettable memories of the Algerian peoples struggle, 45,000 dead

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May

8

1999

Georgia constitutional convention

Georgia constitutional convention (33 Blacks, 137 whites) open in Atlanta.

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Dec

9

1867

'This Far By Faith'

On this date in 1999, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released This Far By Faith: An African American Resource for Worship, which compiles hymns of liturgies of Lutheran African Americans.

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Apr

8

1999

Howard Beach Incident

White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.

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Jan

7

1986

The first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, is published in Englis

The first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, is published in English and French, 1864

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Jul

21

1864

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopa

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest ordained in the U.S. , dies.

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Feb

13

1818

Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.

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Nov

28

1961

Jan Earnest Matzeliger

Jan Earnest Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852 in

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Sep

15

1852

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

African Americans Replaces Reluctant Whites

African Americans Replaces Reluctant Whites: By 1777, losses on the field of battle and rising White desertions had reduced the Continental Armys ranks of men. Northern colonies began to accept African Americans, free and slave, because these colonies could not fill their quotas with White man. In

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Oct

5

2002

1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born inAt

1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born in

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Feb

10

1907

Archduke Charles of Spain

Archduke Charles of Spain grants monopoly of the African slave trade to Florentine merchants.

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Jan

0

1517

The Brooklyn Excelsiors is the first black baseballteam to tour the United Sta

The Brooklyn Excelsiors is the first black baseball team to tour the United States.

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Jan

0

1860

Beginning of the Atlantic Slave Trade

In order to encourage Spanish emigration to the Americas, Bishop Bartolomeo de las Casas, conquistador, persuades the Spanish Crown to allow each Spanish settler to import 12 enslaved Africans to the Americas; this is the formal beginning of the Atlantic slave trade; when Bishop las Casas dies in

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Jan

0

1517

14th Amendment validates citizenship

14th Amendment validates citizenship for African Americans

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Jul

23

1868

PBS Pinchback, born

Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback was born in rural Georgia. Pinchback entered Louisiana politics after the Civil War and became lieutenant governor of that Reconstruction Era state. For 43 days he actually served the office of governor of the state.

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May

10

1837

Dr. J.

Julius Erving scores his 25,000th career point, becoming the ninth professional basketball player to achieve this mark.

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Dec

20

1983

Anti-Lynching Bill proposed

Black Congressman George H. White, North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. One report contends that in 1900, 105 Africans were lynched in the United States.

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Jan

20

1773

Andre Ware of the University of Houston becomes the first African American quart

Andre Ware of the University of Houston becomes the first African American quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy.

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Dec

2

1989

premiere of "The Jeffersons"

The Jeffersons premiered on television, one of the first sitcoms about an African-American family. Formerly neighbors of the Bunkers on All in the Family, the Jeffersons moved to Manhattans East Side.

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Jan

18

1975

Congress readmits Mississippi

Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.

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Feb

17

1870

Emmet Ashford becomes the first African American

Emmet Ashford becomes the first African American major league umpire when he is named to the American League

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Apr

12

1966

Andrew Brimmer appointed to Fed. Reserve Bd.

Andrew Brimmer becomes the first African-American governor of the Federal Reserve Board when he is appointed by President Johnson

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Feb

10

1966

Henry McNeal Turner Born

Henry McNeal Turner was born on what is now Hannah Circuit, near Newberry, which was then in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Young Turner was bound out to the hardest king of labor in the cotton fields and the blacksmiths trade in Abbeville until his manhood at age

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Feb

1

1834

William C. Carter patents an umbrella stand

African-American inventor, William C. Carter, patented an umbrella stand (U.S. patent#323,397).

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Aug

8

1885

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

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

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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