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Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Rapidan and began his duel with Robert E. Lee. At the same time Ben Butlers Army of the James moved on Lees forces. Black division in Grants army did not play a prominent role in Wilderness Campaign, but Ben Butler gave his Black infantrymen and his eighteen hundred

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May

4

1864

Jesse Jackson

In 1990, Jackson helped win the release from Iraq of more than 700 foreign women and children detained as human shields against an American military attack after Iraqs invasion of Kuwait.

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Jan

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1990

African Union Society of Newport, Rhode Island

The African Union Society of Newport, Rhode Island, was the first attested Black mutual aid society.

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Nov

10

1780

Benajamin Banneker, inventor of the first clock in America, is born in Ellicot C

Benajamin Banneker, inventor of the first clock in America, is born in Ellicot City, MD on this day in 1731.

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Nov

9

1999

Two hundred Black leaders met in New York,

Two hundred Black leaders, meeting in New York, expressed support for Andrew Young and demanded that Blacks be given a voice in shaping American foreign policy.

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Aug

22

1979

United States population: 9,638,453

United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). Mayflower of Liberia sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.

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Feb

6

1820

Violette A. Johnson, first African American woman

Violette A. Johnson, first African American woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, born

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Jul

16

1822

In Fortress Monroe, American Missonary Association school was established, VA, 1

In Fortress Monroe, American Missonary Association school was established, VA, 1861

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Sep

17

1861

Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two

Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two Blacks representatives, James E. OHara, North Carolina; Robert Smalls, South Carolina. George L. Ruffin appointed city judge in Boston. Fifty-three Blacks reported lynched in 1883.

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Dec

3

1883

James Weldon Johnson was honored by NAACP

James Weldon Johnson was honored for his careers as an executive of the NAACP, a member of the United States Consul, editor, and poet by the NAACP in New York City.

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Jun

30

1926

Thomas L Jennings

Thomas Jennings was the first African American to earn a U.S. patent for a dry cleaning process known as dry scouring...in 1821

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Jan

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1821

Horace Harding Pippin!!!

In West Chester, Pennsylvania, African American painter Horace Pippin was born. Pippin is considered one of the major American painters of his period. One of his more significant works, John Brown Going to His Hanging, is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

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Feb

22

1888

American National Baptist Convention

The first meeting of the American National Baptist Convention was held in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Aug

25

1886

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American major league baseball player

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Apr

19

1947

Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

Black Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. Major celebrations were held at Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Nashville. Three states--Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey--appropriated money for official celebrations of the event.

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Jan

29

1913

Donald Payne, first African American congressman f

Donald Payne, first African American congressman from New Jersey (1988), born

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Jul

16

1934

First black manager inmajor league baseball.

On August 31, 1935, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., American professional baseball player and manager Frank Robinson was born. He was the first black manager in major league baseball.

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Aug

31

1935

Pearl Primus: Dancer is born

Blending African and Caribbean sources with American traditions of blues, jazz, and jitterbug, Pearl Primus created new and vibrant forms of dance.

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Nov

29

1919

Tuskegee boycott began

Tuskegee boycott began. Blacks boycotted city stores in protest against act of state legislature which deprived them of municipal votes by placing their homes outside city limits.

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Jun

17

1957

Maryann Bishop Coffey

Maryann Bishop Coffey is named the first woman and the first African American co-chair of the National Conference of Christians and Jews

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Apr

26

1991

Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis

Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis in heavyweight championship fight in New York City.

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Sep

27

1950

John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Car

John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Caribbean mother and a French father.

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Apr

26

1785

James Frank

James Frank, president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. is installed as the first African American president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

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Jan

14

1981

Clarence Willi Norris, last surviving member of the Scottsboro Boys, died at age

Clarence Willi Norris, last surviving member of the Scottsboro Boys, died at age 76 whiel a patient at the Bronx Community Hospital. Norris was one of nine African American teenagers accused of the 1931 rape of two white prostitutes in Alabama. The case was tried several times between 1931 and 1937

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Jan

22

1989

Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City, 1920

Marcus Garvey presents his Back To Africa program in New York City, 1920

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Aug

2

1920

Angela Bassett, actress born

Angela Bassett ACTRESS Birthplace: New York, New York August 16, 1958- Angela has starred in the following films: The Jacksons: An American Dream Malcolm X Whats Love Got To Do With It? (received Oscar nomination) Strange Days Vampire in Brooklyn

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Aug

16

1958

Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Caro

Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Carolina, 6th Virginia, 9th Ohio, 9th Illinois, 23rd Kansas and 10th Cavalry regiments, some units with African American officers, took part in the Spanish-American War on Cuban soil. Some of these veterans, upon return to

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Apr

21

1898

Black and white abolitionists smashed into a

Black and white abolitionists smashed into a courtroom at Syracuse, N.Y., and rescued a fugitive slave. Abolitionist William C. Nell published Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812, the first extended work on the history of American Blacks. Revised edition of the book was

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Oct

1

1851

Clara Stanton Jones

Clara Stanton Jones born ; first African American director of the Detroit Public Library and first African American president of the American Library Association

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May

14

1913

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson was the first black American to play tennis ar the U.S. Open in 1950.

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Jan

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1950

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