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Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day.

Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day.

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Oct

16

1917

National Medical Association founded in Atlanta

National Medical Association founded in Atlanta.

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Oct

16

1895

South Carolina Republicans carried election with a

South Carolina Republicans carried election with a ticket of four whites and four Blacks: Richard H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henery W. Purvis, adjutant general. Blacks won 97 of the 158 seats in the General Assembly and four

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Oct

16

1872

Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta

Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta.

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Oct

16

1973

Anita Hill is a lawyer, activist and educationist who laid allegations of sexual harassment against a U.S. Supreme Court Justice named Clarence Thomas. She was born on July 30, 1956 in Oklahoma and was the youngest of 13 children born to Albert and Erma Hill. Her family were farmers from Arkansas

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Oct

16

1991

Wheat, Alan Dupree (1951 - ) - Birthday

Alan Dupree Wheat, the first black Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, was born in San Antonio, Texas, on October 16, 1951.

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Oct

16

1951

Race riot, Cainhoy, South Carolina

Race riot, Cainhoy, South Carolina. Five whites and one Black killed.

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Oct

16

1876

Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South.

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Oct

16

1901

Million Man March, 1995

On October 16, 1995, an estimated 850,000 African American men from across the United States gathered together at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to rally in one of largest demonstrations in Washington

Source: Black Past

Oct

16

1995

Paul Lamar Hunter

Paul Lamar Hunter was born in Racine, Wisconsin on October 16, 1970, born to James and Louise Hunter. Paul earned a degree in business administration from Upper Iowa University, is Father to four adult children, and wrote his autobiography, titled "No Love, No Charity: The Success of the 19th

Source: Peter Conroy

Oct

16

1970

More than one hundred delegates from six states

More than one hundred delegates from six states held a Black convention in Philadelphia. John Mercer Langston, one of the first Blacks to win public office, elected clerk of Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1856 he was elected clerk of the township of Russia, near Oberlin. In 1857 he was

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Oct

16

1855

Avery College established in Allegheny,

Avery College established in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

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Oct

16

1849

On October 16, 2011, Kenyan sent several hundred troops into battle against the Shabab militant group. Armored trucks, tanks and helicopters were also sent. Helicopters bombed Shabab bases. More Kenyan troops were sent in later with the goal to clear the Shabab out. It was a rare aggressive act by

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Oct

16

2011

John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power

John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power demonstration on victory stand after winning 200-meter event at Olympics in Mexico City. Carlos and Smith said they were protesting racism in America.

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Oct

16

1968

Million Man March

Nation of Islams Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families.

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Oct

16

1995

Lecture 7 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)

Lecture 7 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This class session is a guest lecture by Awele Makeba on The Women Who Made the Montgomery Movement. Recorded October 16, 2007 at Stanford

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Oct

16

2007

Charles L. Reason named professor of belles-lettres and French at Central College, McGrawville, New York. William G. Allen and George B. Vashon also taught at the predominantly white college.

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Oct

16

1849

John Brown attacked Harpers Ferry, Va., with

John Brown attacked Harpers Ferry, Va., with thirteen white men and five Blacks. Two of the five Blacks were killed, two were captured and one escaped.

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Oct

16

1859

Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr

Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. named the first Black general in the regular army.

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Oct

16

1940

Bishop Desmond Tutu, South Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, African activist, 1984

Bishop Desmond Tutu, South Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, African activist, 1984

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Oct

16

1984

Sessions, Lucy Stanton Day (1831-1910)

Educator and abolitionist Lucy Stanton Day Sessions is believed to be the first African American woman to graduate from college, completing a Ladies Literary Course from Oberlin College in 1850. For over a century the Ohio college has recognized its early Literary Course program as equivalent to

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Oct

16

1831

Leon Howard Sullivan was born on this day.

Leon Howard Sullivan was born on this day.

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Oct

16

1922

Bassett, Ebenezer D. (1833-1908)

Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat. For eight years, the educator, abolitionist, and black rights activist oversaw bilateral relations through bloody civil warfare and coups détat on the island of

Source: Black Past

Oct

16

1833

George Washington Williams, the first major Black

George Washington Williams, the first major Black historian, born in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania.

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Oct

16

1849

Lewis, Henry Jay (1932-1996) - Birthday

Henry Jay Lewis, musician and conductor, was born October 16, 1932 in Los Angeles to automobile dealer Henry J.

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Oct

16

1932

Talley, André Leon (1949-)

Known as one of the fashion world’s most recognized personalities, Talley stepped down as Vogue’s editor-at-large after three decades to become the editor-in-chief for Numero Russia, an international magazine based in

Source: Black Past

Oct

16

1949

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