The United Negro College Fund.

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Feb

7

1926

U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said

U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said grandfather clauses in the Oklahoma and Maryland constitutions violated the Fifteenth Amendment.

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Jun

21

1915

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

Ntozke Shange is born

Born Paulette Williams, she graduated from Barnard College in 1970, and later earned an MA from the University of Southern California. It was there she changed her name to the Zulu “Ntozke” meaning “she who comes with her own things” and “Shange” meaning

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Oct

18

1948

Peabody Fund established

The Peabody Fund for Black education in the South established.

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Feb

6

1867

Daisy Lampkin dies

Daisy Lampkin, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, died from the effects of a December 1964 heart attack.

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Mar

10

1965

First National Negro Convention

In Philadelphia Richard Allen chairs the first National Negro Convention, 1830

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Aug

20

1830

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

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas. Five whites and twenty-five to fifty Blacks reported killed. Seventy-six Blacks were reported lynched in 1919. Kansas City Call founded by Chester Arthur Franklin. Spingarn Medal presented to Archibald Grimke, President of the American Negro Academy and

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Oct

13

1919

William Levi Dawson

William Levi Dawsons Symphony No. 1, Negro Folk Symphony, was the firsty symphony on black folk themes by a black composer to be performed by a major orchestra.

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Nov

14

1934

United States population: 5,308,483

United States population: 5,308,483. Black population 1,002,037 (18.9 per cent).

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Jan

30

1800

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

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Jan

0

2001

Council of Negro Women

Educator, Mary McLeod Bethune, founds National Council of Negro Women, 1935

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Dec

5

1935

William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.

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Jan

4

1943

George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer

Patent # 4,618,380

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Oct

21

1986

Anti-Slavery Society started

American Anti-Slavery Society

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Dec

4

1833

Institutions Of Higher Learning Established

Alabama A&M College, Knoxville College and Lane College established.

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Dec

16

1875

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

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

S.H. Love patents improvement to miltary gun

S. H. Love, born in 1893 in Colt, Arkansas, served

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Apr

22

1919

The father of Black history, Carter G Woodson, founds the Association for the St

The father of Black history, Carter G Woodson, founds the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,

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Sep

9

1915

War of 1812

War of 1812: Although the U.S. Army did not enlist African Americans after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Navy continued to use African Americans as seamen because of the perennial shortage of white sailors. The African American presence in the navy placed them at the center of the naval incident

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Jun

16

2002

NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the

NAACP petition on racism, An Appeal to the World, presented to United Nations at Lake Success.

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Oct

23

1947

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

First game of the National Negro Baseball League

First game of the National Negro Baseball League is played in Indianapolis

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May

2

1920

Colleges established

Fisk University established. Rust College (Miss.) and Lincoln (Mo.) were also founded in 1866.

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Jan

9

1866

General Jackson Reneges On His Promise

General Jackson Reneges On His Promise: General Jackson, on order to prepare to meet Packenham, the British General, in the contest at New Orleans, came into the plantation fields to enlist five hundred Negro slaves. These are General Jackson comments: Had you not as soon go into battle an

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Oct

12

2002

First Black Priest Ordained in the United States

Charles Randolph Uncles became the first Black priest ordained in the United States on this day in Baltimore, Maryland

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Dec

19

1891

Blacks Holding Elective Offices

Joint Center for Political Studies reported that 2991 Blacks held elective offices in 45 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 2621 in April, 1973, and 1185 in 1969. The Center reported 108 Black mayors. Michigan had the largest number of Black elected officials (194), followed by

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Apr

22

1981

Negro Troops

The assault of the Louisiana Colored Volunteers on the Confederate breastworks at Port Hudson was the first major battle in which Negro Troops took part.

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May

27

1863

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