Pastry Fork Invented

John Lawson, a Black gunner on flagship of Admiral

John Lawson, a Black gunner on flagship of Admiral David Farragut, exhibited marked courage in Battle of Mobile Bay and won a Congressional Medal of Honor.

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Aug

5

1864

Xavier University, the first Black Catholic college in the US, opens in New Orle

Xavier University, the first Black Catholic college in the US, opens in New Orleans

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Sep

27

1915

Yuonne Brathwaite Burke

In 1972 Yuonne Burke was the first black woman elected to Congress from Califorinia.

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Jan

0

1972

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

1st Black Supreme Court Justice

Joseph W. Hatchett sworn in as first Black supreme court justice in the South in the twentieth century.

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Sep

2

1975

First Black Mayor of Kansas City in 1991

The Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II was elected as the mayor of the City of Kansas City, Missouri in 1991. At the time of his election, the black population in Kansas City was approximately 15 percent and the fact that not all blacks are registered to vote or take the time to vote indicates that black

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Apr

0

1991

March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar

March

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Jan

0

2001

Ambassador

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

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Mar

9

1961

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

1986 Little Rock, Arkansas.

In 1986, Lottie H. Shackelford (1941- ) was the first woman mayer of Little Rock, Arkansas. Shackelford had served for eight years on the citys Board of Directors.

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Jan

0

1986

Rev.Philip A. Potter

Rev. Philip A. Potter, a Black Methodist minister from Dominica, named general secretary of the World Council of Churches, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

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Aug

16

1972

U.S. Government grants Atlanta $1 million

U.S. government granted Atlanta some $1 million to finance mental health and social programs in the wake of a mysterious series of abductions and slayings involving at least twenty two Black youths.

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Mar

5

1981

Black Power Conference

More than one thousand persons attended the first Black Power Conference in Newark, New Jersey.

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Jul

20

1967

Charity Earley

Charity Earley, first black commissioned officer in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps and commander of the only battalion of black women who served overseas during WWII, died.

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Jan

13

2002

Anna Julia Cooper passes

Anna Julia Cooper, champion for the rights of black women, dies at the age of 105.

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Feb

27

1964

Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist

Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted in New Haven, Conn., court of conspiracy to murder Alex Rackley, and alleged FBI informant. Charges against other defendants in the case were later dismissed.

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Aug

31

1970

Black School swampped

Mob of white citizens and a hundred yoke of oxen pulled a Black school to a swamp outside the town of Canaan, New Hampshire.

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Aug

10

1835

1st Black Democratic Congressman

Arthur L. Mitchell defeated Oscar DePriest in a Chicago election and became the first Black Democratic congressman.

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Nov

7

1934

Indictment in Atlanta Murders

Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.

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Jul

17

1981

William King

The first black college basketball official was William dolly King.

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Jan

0

2000

Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized

Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized convention hall and established effective control over Reconstruction process in Florida. Republican conservatives drafted new constitution which concentrated political power in hands of governor and limited the impact of the Black vote.

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Feb

10

1868

First Black American woman aviator

First Black American woman aviator, Bessie Coleman was born, 1893

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Jan

26

1893

Col.B.O. Davis Jr.

Col. B.O. Davis Jr. Named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army Air Force base in the United States.

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Jun

21

1945

Racist Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

Joseph Paul Franklin, an avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two Black joggers in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Sep

28

1981

Dr.Ralph J.Bunche is the first african american to be awardedthe NOBEL PEACE P

Dr.Ralph J.Bunche is the first Black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dec

10

1950

Blacks In Armed Services

A total of 1,154, 720 Blacks were inducted or drafted into the armed services. Official records listed 7,768 Black commissioned officers on August 31, 1945. At the height of the conflict 3,902 Black women (115 officers) were enrolled in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WACS) and 68 were in the Navy

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Aug

31

1945

Jimmy Carter Elected President

Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia, elected president with strong support from Black voters.

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Nov

2

1976

Black Panther party founded in Oakland (Calif.) by

Black Panther party founded in Oakland (Calif.) by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

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Oct

15

1966

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.

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Nov

6

1928

W.E.B. Du Bois died

W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in

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Aug

27

1963

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