Black Facts for October 11th

Redd Foxx dies
Comedian John Elroy Sanford, Redd Foxx, dies at age 68.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Oct
11
1991
Elevator and Safety Devices Invented
The elevator as well as safety devices for elevators where invented by Alexander Miles, Patent # 371,207
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Oct
11
1887
Fundraising Events (in Pictures) for BlackPast.org, Past, Present, and Future
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Source: Black Past
Oct
11
2011
Jamaican national hero, Paul Bogle, leads a successful protest march to the Mora
Jamaican national hero, Paul Bogle, leads a successful protest march to the Morant Bay Courthouse, 1865
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Oct
11
1865
Jennings, Gladys (1925- )
GladysE. Kidd, educator, nutritionist, mentor, philanthropist, and granddaughter ofslaves was born on October 11, 1925 in Columbus,Ohio to Henry Wesley Cooper, aPresbyterian minister and Charlotte Melinda Cooper, a schoolteacher.   She attended the all black elementary andmiddle schools. While in
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Source: Black Past
Oct
11
1925
Dett, R. Nathaniel (1882-1943) - Birthday
Robert Nathaniel Dett was born October 11, 1882 in Drummondville, Ontario, Canada, a town founded prior to the American Civil War by fugitive slaves from the U.
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Source: Black Past
Oct
11
1882
Shampoo Headrest
C.O. Bailiff patented the shampoo headrest.
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Oct
11
1898
Conna, John N. (1836-1921) - Death
John Newington Conna died in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 11, 1921 at the age of 85.
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Source: Black Past
Oct
11
1921
Lecture 6 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)
Lecture 6 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This lecture is entitled Martin Luther King, Jr.s Social Gospel. Recorded October 11, 2007 at Stanford
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Source: AA Studies Research Guide
Oct
11
2007
Prison uprising, Washington, D.C., jail
Prison uprising, Washington, D.C., jail.
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Oct
11
1972
(1963) Malcolm X, “Racial Separation”
On October 11, 1963, Malcolm X gave a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in which he outlined the philosophy of black nationalism as promoted by the Nation of Islam and declared racial separatism as the best approach to the problems facing black America.  Most of that speech appears
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Oct
11
1963
Kappa Alpha Psi Theta Iota Chapter Founded
On October 11, 1975, the Theta Iota (ΘI) Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, one of the nine major predominately Black Fraternities and Sororities known as ‘The Divine 9,’ was chartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
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Oct
11
1975
Aiken, Kimberly (1975- ) - Birthday
Aiken was born on October 11, 1975 in Columbia, South Carolina to Charles and Valerie Aiken.
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Oct
11
1975
NAACP organizes the Education Fund and Legal Defense, 1939
NAACP organizes the Education Fund and Legal Defense, 1939
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Oct
11
1939
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