United States reduces Visa Sanctions on Sierra Leone

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Jan

0

1781

Born: 2/17/1963 Brooklyn, New YorkMichael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:

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(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”

Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public

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General William T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 (1865)

On January 16, 1865, Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15 which confiscated as Federal property a strip of coastal land extending about 30 miles inland from the Atlantic and stretching from Charleston, South Carolina 245 miles south to Jacksonville, Florida. The order

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Jan

16

1865

Colin Powell

Born: 4/5/937 Harlem, New YorkColin Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 200 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position. During

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The Baptist Foreign Mission

More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven states organized the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Rev. William H. McAlphine was elected president.

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Nov

24

1880

Ernest Everett Just

Born: 8/14/1883 Charleston, South CarolinaDied: 10/27/1941 Washington, D.C., United StatesErnest Everett Just was a pioneering African-American biologist, academic and science writer. Justs primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of

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Adams, Alma Shealey (1946-)

Congresswoman Alma Shealey Adams currently represents North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She is the 100th woman elected to that legislative body and the second African American woman, after Eva Clayton, to represent North Carolina in the

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Davy, Gloria (1931-2012)

Gloria Davy, a rich-voiced (lirico-spinto) soprano who “sang for the sheer joy of singing” had a four decade career as a concert singer. Early in her career she replaced Leontyne Price as Bess in the 1954 international tour of Porgy and Bess. In 1958 she broke color barriers when she

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(1964), Dr. Martin Luther King, “Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize”

On December 10, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King became only the second African American (after Ralph Bunche) to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. His acceptance speech appears

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Dec

10

1964

Bullard, Eugene James ["Jacques"] (1895-1961)

Eugene James (Jacques) Bullard, the first African American combat aviator, was known as the “black swallow of death” for his courage during missions. He led a colorful life, much of it in

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Oct

9

1895

Carson, Johnnie (1943- )

Johnnie Carson is a retired diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Uganda (1991-1994), U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe (1995-1997), and U.S. Ambassador to Kenya (1999-2003). Carson was born on April 7, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. After attending public schools in Chicago, Carson received

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May

7

2009

First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress

In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of

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Feb

12

1793

African-American History Quiz II

The remaining slaves in the United States learned that the Civil War had been won by the North and that they were now free

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(1879) Robert J. Harlan, “Migration is the Only Remedy for Our Wrongs”

Between 1879 and 1880, six thousand Exodusters left Louisiana and Mississippi for Kansas. Their migration, prompted by the end of racially-integrated Reconstruction governments, by anti-black violence and by sharecropping and tenant farming, brought national attention including a Congressional

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May

8

1879

Duke Ellington

Born: 4/29/899 Washington, D.C., United StatesDied: 5/24/974 New York City, New YorkDuke Ellington was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. He led his orchestra from 923 until his death, his career spanning over 50 yearsAwards / Achievements:

960, Hollywood Walk

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Cornel West

Cornel West is an American philosopher, activist, academic and intellectual; he is also the first African-American to have graduated from Princeton University with a PhD in

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Jun

2

1963

Jan Earnest Matzeliger

Jan Earnest Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852 in

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Sep

15

1852

Frederick Douglass

Born: 2/1/1818 Maryland, United StatesDied: 2/20/1895 Washington, D.C., United StatesA former slave, Douglass became a leading figurehead in the anti-slavery movement. One of the most prominent African American leaders of the Nineteenth Century. His autobiography of life as a slave, and his

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Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.

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Dec

2

1895

Martin R. Delany

Martin R. Delany published The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States, it was the first major statement of the Black nationalist position. Delany said, The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any

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Mar

20

1852

Joycelyn Elders

Born: 8/13/1933 Schaal, ArkansasMinnie Joycelyn Elders is an American pediatrician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the first African American appointed as Surgeon General of the United States.Business / Schooling: Awards

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Stokely Carmichael

Born: 6/29/1941 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoDied: 11/15/1998 Conakry, Guinealso known as Kwame Turé, was a Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of eleven, he

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Thurgood Marshall

Born: 7/2/908 Baltimore, MarylandDied: /24/993 Bethesda, MarylandThurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 967 until October 99. Marshall was the Courts 96th justice and its first African-American justice.Business

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Republic Day- Sierra Leone

Republic Day in Sierra Leone.

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Apr

19

0

Congress bans the slave trade

Congress banned the slave trade, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States or the territories thereof after January 1, 1808.

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Jan

1

1808

Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil

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May

19

1925

James, G. Winston (1967- )

Poet, author, and essayist, G. Winston James was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1971 at the age of three, grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, and graduated from Paterson Catholic Regional High School. James, who has lived in New York and Florida for

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Rollins, Ida Gray Nelson (1867-1953)

Ida Gray Nelson Rollins, the first African American Woman dentist, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on March 4, 1867. She became an orphan when her mother, Jennie Gray, died in her early teens. Rollins’ white father, whose name is not known, played no role in her childhood or education. After

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Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician

Born: March 16, 1846

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Aug

14

1922

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