National Urban League presented one-hour program

National Baptist Convention

These Baptist groups, the Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, the American National Baptist Convention, the Baptist National Education Convention, Merged and established the National Baptist Convention at an Atlanta meeting.

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Sep

28

1895

Leroy "Satchel" Paige, major league baseballplayer, named all-time

Leroy Satchel Paige, major league baseball player, named all-time outstanding player by National Baseball Congress

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Jan

30

1965

COINTELPRO Memorandum

A memorandum sent to field offices of the FBI set goals for what was termed as a new counterintelligence program against African American Nationalist groups. The objective was to block attempts by targeted groups to coalesce, grow and exist. The agencey believed unity was the first step toward

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Mar

3

1968

National convention of Marcus Garvey's Universal

National convention of Marcus Garveys Universal Improvement Association opened in Liberty Hall in Harlem. The next night Garvey addressed twenty-five thousand Blacks in Madison Square Garden. Garveys nationalist movement reached its height in 1920-21.

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Aug

1

1920

Otis Boykin patents the Electrical Resistor

Otis Boykin, Inventor, patented the Electrical Resistor. U.S. 2,972,726 He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker). He began his career

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Feb

21

1961

National Council of Negro Women founded

National Council of Negro Women founded in New York City with Mary McLeod Bethune as president.

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Dec

5

1935

Birthday - Dwight Gooden

Born on this day in Tampa, Florida, Dwight Gooden went on to become the youngest player selected as the National League Rookie of the Year in 1984, the youngest to be chosen for the All-Star Game, and the youngest to win the Cy Young Award.

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Nov

16

1964

Albert W. Dent

Albert W. Dent, president of Dillard University, elected president of National Health Council.

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Jun

19

1953

Michael Jeffrey Jordan's Birthday

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, 36, Basketball player, former minor league baseball player, Born New York, New York, February 17, 1963

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Feb

17

1963

Jamaican national hero, George William Gordon, is unfairly arrested and sentence

Jamaican national hero, George William Gordon, is unfairly arrested and sentenced to death, 1865

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Oct

21

1865

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first permanent settlement at 'Sk

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first

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Mar

13

1773

Death of Charles Sumner

Death of Charles Sumner (63), militant white advocate of equal rights.

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Mar

11

1874

Aborigines to be counted in census

Ninety per cent of white Australians voted in todays referendum for a proposal to count Aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them. Until now their affairs have been administered solely by the states. The other proposal, to break the nexus between the

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May

27

1967

National Congress of Racial Equality organized

National Congress of Racial Equality organized.

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Jun

20

1943

Portsmouth (Ohio) Blacks forcibly deported

Portsmouth (Ohio) Blacks forcibly deported by order of city officials.

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Jan

21

1830

Department of Labor said some 500,000 Blacks had

Department of Labor said some 500,000 Blacks had left the South in the preceding twelve months.

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Oct

24

1923

Race riot in Cincinnati

Race riot, Cincinnati. More than one thousand Blacks left the city for Canada.

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Aug

10

1827

Lynching

Sixty-one Blacks reported lynched.

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Nov

5

1912

BLACKS IN UNION NAVY

BLACKS IN UNION NAVY: One out of every four Union sailors was a Black. Of the 118,044 sailors in the Union Navy, 29,511 were Blacks. At least four Black sailors won Congressional Medals of Honor.

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Dec

18

1859

Gen. Daniel James Jr.

Gen. Daniel (Chappie) James Jr. promoted to rank of four-star general and named commander-in-chief of the North American Air Defense Command.

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Sep

1

1975

Blacks left Savannah, Ga

Two hundred Blacks left Savannah, Ga., for Liberia.

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Mar

18

1895

"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

Sixth national Black convention met

Sixth national Black convention met in Philadelphia with thirty-five delegates from six states and the District of Columbia.

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Jun

1

1835

Lynchings

Seventy-four Blacks reported lynched in 1886.

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Aug

25

1886

The First National Convention of Black Women

The First National Convention of Black Women held in Boston, MA

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Jul

29

1885

Second national Black convention met in

Second national Black convention met in Philadelphia. There were fifteen delegates from five states.

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Jun

6

1831

lynchings

Seventy-four Blacks reported lynched in 1885.

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Dec

7

1885

Some six hundred delegates organized the American

Some six hundred delegates organized the American National Baptist Convention at a St. Louis meeting Rev. William J. Simmons was elected president.

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Aug

25

1886

Founder of Pro-Line

Comer Cottrell, founder and president of Pro-Line Corporation (1970), the largest African American owned business in the Southwest and the first African American to be part owner of a major league baseball team (1989), the Texas Rangers, born

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Dec

7

1931

First convention of the National Association

First convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians; held in Chicago. It awarded its first scholarship to the young Marian Anderson.

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Jul

29

1919

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