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Angela Davis

Born: /26/944 Birmingham, AlabamaAngela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in

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Bessie Coleman

Born: 1/26/1892 Atlanta, Texas, United StatesDied: 4/30/1926 Jacksonville, FloridaBessie Coleman was an American civil aviator. She was the first female pilot of African American descent and is also the first Native American woman to hold a pilot license.She is also the first person of African

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Samuel Ringgold Ward, minister, abolitionist,

Samuel Ringgold Ward, minister, abolitionist, author, born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Oct

17

1817

Storm of 1928

The hurricane that hit Palm Beach County Florida, on September 16, 1928, has been identified as the third largest death total, caused by a natural disastor, in the United States.

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Sep

16

1928

Harriet Tubman born

*Possible* date of Harriet Tubmans birth. Born into slavery in Maryland, Tubman escaped to the North only to return in over 80 trips to help other blacks escape their bondage. As part of the Underground Railroad, Tubman helped more than 300 African Americans escape slavery.

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Jan

0

1999

A virginia law authorizes branding both white andblack runaway servants.

A virginia law authorizes branding both white and black runaway servants.

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Jan

0

1641

Blacks Declared Non-Citizens of US

The Acting Commissioner of General Lands for the United States, J.S. Wilson, stated that blacks were not citizens of the United States, and therefore were not legally entitled to preempt public lands.

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Mar

7

1859

Phillis Wheatley freed

Poet Phillis Wheatley, born a slave in 1754, was freed and her first book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published. The book of poetry is said to have been widely acclaimed in the United States and England.

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Jan

21

1773

In "Re Sweat", the Virginia court rules that a blackservant woman and Robert S

In Re Sweat, the Virginia court rules that a black servant woman and Robert Sweat be whipped publicly because Sweat impregnated her.

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Jan

0

1639

Rita Dove

Rita Dove is a professor of English at the University of Virginia. She is noted as winning the Pultizer Prize for the volume Thomas and Beulah. Born in 1952, she is still making an impact upon the literary world.

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Jan

0

1952

George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer

Patent # 4,618,380

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Oct

21

1986

Henry Lewis

On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.

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Feb

15

1968

Virginia and Maryland pass laws prohibiting interracialmarriage.

Virginia and Maryland pass laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

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Jan

0

1662

The Virginia court rules in favor of John Graweere,an indentured servant who p

The Virginia court rules in favor of John Graweere, an indentured servant who petitioned the court for permission to purchase his childs freedom from the owner of the childs mother.

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Jan

0

1641

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

Death of mathematician Benjamin Banneker (74), in

Death of mathematician Benjamin Banneker (74), in Ellicotts Mills, Maryland.

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Oct

9

1806

Death of William A

Death of William A. Leidesdorf (38), in San Francisco.

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May

18

1848

Jan Earnest Matzeliger

Jan Earnest Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852 in

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Sep

15

1852

Black candidate for lieutenant governor

Black candidate for lieutenant governor, Dr. J.H. Harris, defeated by a vote of 120,068 to 99,600 in Virginia.

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Jul

6

1869

Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Virginia is inaugurated as the first African American

Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Virginia is inaugurated as the first African American to be elected governor in the U.S. Wilder won the election in Virginia by a mere 7,00 votes in a state once the heart of the Confederacy.

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Jan

13

1990

First Black Appointed to a Sub-Cabinet Post

William Henry Lewis was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States by President William Howard Taft, making him the first Black appointed to a sub-cabinet post.

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Nov

26

1911

Virginia statue authorizes the establishment of a colonial militia to track do

Virginia statue authorizes the establishment of a colonial militia to track down runawy servants.

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Jan

0

1657

Did You Know That In...

1671 - There are 2000 African slaves in Virginia

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Jan

0

1671

Black Paul Revere

1781 - Nicholas, a free black patriot, rides to Dover, Delaware to alert United States troops that The British are coming!

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Jan

0

1781

Poet Jupiter Hammon born

Birthday of Jupiter Hammon, a writer and self-educated Calvinist, who was born a slave. Hammon is believed to be the first black poet published in the United States.

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Oct

17

1720

Norma Merrick Sklarek

Norma Merrick Sklarek was the first black woman to become a licensed architectin the state of New York and California.

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Jan

0

1966

Virginia law declares that all non-Christians imported toits territory are to

Virginia law declares that all non-Christians imported to its territory are to be slaves for life; removes voting rights from recently freed slaves and indentured servants.

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Jan

0

1670

Maxine Waters birth

Maxine Waters was born this day. Congresswoman Waters is a Democrat fromCalifornia.

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Aug

15

1938

Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton

Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as

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Dec

4

1927

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

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