Black Facts for January 9th

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. founded
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Howard University. Among the founders were Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse and C.I. Brown. Special charter members included William F. Vincent, I.C. Scruggs and Walter F. Tebles.
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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Jan
9
1914
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka , also called Imamu Amiri Baraka, original name Everett Leroy Jones, called Leroy Jones, Leroy later changed to LeRoi (born October 7, 1934, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.—died January 9, 2014, Newark), American poet and playwright who published provocative works that assiduously presented
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Source: Brittanica
Jan
9
2014
Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, founded at Howard University, 1914
Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, founded at Howard University, 1914
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Jan
9
1914
Phi Beta Sigma Founders day
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male
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Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Jan
9
1914
Edward Mitchell Bannister, artist, dies
Edward Mitchell Bannister, artist, dies
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Jan
9
1901
Metropolitan AME Church, Washington D.C. (1821- )
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (AME) is the oldest continuously operating black church in the District of Columbia.  Metropolitan AME is also designated by the AME Church (the black denomination founded in 1787 by Richard Allen) as the National Cathedral of African
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Jan
9
1894
Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420
Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million, to a group led by J. Bruce Llewellyn, the largest cable TV acquisition by an African American
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Jan
9
1989
Holland, Jerome Heartwell (1916-1985) - Birthday
Educator, diplomat and businessman, Jerome Heartwell Holland was born on January 9, 1916 in Auburn, New York.
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Jan
9
1916
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen , in full Countee Porter Cullen (born May 30, 1903, Louisville, Kentucky?, U.S.—died January 9, 1946, New York, New York), American poet, one of the finest of the Harlem
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Source: Brittanica
Sponsored by New York University
Jan
9
1946
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Founded
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male
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Source: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Jan
9
1914
Ahmed Sekou Toure born
Ahmed Sekou Toure, first president of Guinea, born.
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Jan
9
1922
Earl G. Graves, publisher of Black Enterprise
Earl G. Graves, publisher of Black Enterprise magazine and entrepreneur, born
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Jan
9
1935
Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and
Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national pressure, seated Rep. Julian Bond, a critic of the Vietnam War.
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Jan
9
1967
Colleges established
Fisk University established. Rust College (Miss.) and Lincoln (Mo.) were also founded in 1866.
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Jan
9
1866
Death of poet Countee Cullen
Death of poet Countee Cullen (42), New York City.
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Jan
9
1946
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