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Jupiter Hammon, 1st Black poet

Jupiter Hammon, New York slave who was probably the first Black poet, published An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries.

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Dec

25

1760

Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops

Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops at Battle of Okeechobee. Black chief John Horse shared command with Alligator Sam Jones and Wild Cat.

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Dec

25

1837

Rickey Henderson - Birthday

He was born on December 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Dec

25

1958

Black Magazine Published

Mirror of Liberty, Pioneer Black magazine, published in New York City by abolitionist David Ruggles.

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Dec

25

1837

Freedmen and Their Well Deserved Lands

Reports from all over the South said freedmen had abandoned plantations in expectation of a general distribution of land. General Rufus Saxton, Freedmens Bureau commander in South Carolina, said the impression is universal among the freedmen that they are to have the abandoned and confiscated

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Dec

25

1865

Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta - Birthday

Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta , (born December 25, 1857, Icolo-e-Bengo, Angola—died March 2, 1894, Barra do Cuanza, Angola), Angolan poet, novelist, journalist, pedagogue, historian, philologist, and folklorist whose creative zeal and research in the late 19th century helped establish in Angola

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Dec

25

1857

Universities Founded

Atlanta University, Shaw University and Virginia Union University founded.

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Dec

25

1865

Anne Roiphe , née Anne Roth (born December 25, 1935, New York, New York, U.S.), American feminist and author whose novels and nonfiction explore the conflicts between women’s traditional family roles and the desire for an independent

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Dec

25

1935

Home of Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth

Home of Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth, Birmingham protest leader, destroyed by dynamite bomb.

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Dec

25

1956

Murphy, John Henry, Sr. (1840-1922)

Born on December 25, 1840, in Baltimore, Maryland, John Henry Murphy grew up as a slave and freed by the Emancipation Act of 1863. He enlisted in the military at age 24, during the Civil War and quickly progressed to the rank of Sergeant by the end of the conflict. When he returned home to

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Dec

25

1840

Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers (1853-1890)

Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert, a 19th century author and religious leader, was born in December 25, 1853 in Oglethorpe, Georgia into slavery. She draws inspiration from that experience for her book The House of Bondage which was published after her death by her husband and daughter in 1890. In

Source: Black Past

Dec

25

1853

Florida Freedom Fighters

On this day, Florida NAACP president Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriet were killed when a bomb tore through their home in Mims, Florida. No one has ever been convicted of the crimes.

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Dec

25

1951

John Henry Murphy Sr.

John Henry Murphy Sr. (December 25, 1840 – April 5, 1922) was an African-American newspaper publisher based in

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Dec

25

1840

Henry McKee Minton, born

Physician, Henry McKee Minton was born, 1870

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Dec

25

1870

al-Sadat, Muhammad Anwar (1918-1981) - Birthday

Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, third President of post-independence Egypt (governing from 1970 to 1981), was born of peasant background in the Nile Delta village of Mit Abu al-Kum on December 25, 1918.

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Dec

25

1918

Spingarn Medal to Mabel K. Staupers

Spingarn Medal presented to Mabel K. Staupers for her leadership in the field of nursing.

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Dec

25

1951

Charles Caldwell

Charles Caldwell was the first Black in the state of Mississippi to be accused of the murder of a white man and found not guilty by an all-white jury. He was later elected to the state senate and on this day was assassinated in Clinton, Mississippi.

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Dec

25

1875

School established

The Cheyney State Training School was established in Pennsylvania.

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Dec

25

1837

Bank in Chicago Established

Seaway National Bank of Chicago established.

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Dec

25

1965

Jupiter Hammon, the Father of African American Poetry

While Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) has been celebrated as America’s first published African-American poet, a slave named Jupiter Hammon may have been published before

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Dec

25

1760

Rev Jesse Jackson organizes Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity)

Rev Jesse Jackson organizes Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity)

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Dec

25

1971

Cab Calloway, bandleader and first jazz singer to sell a million records is born in Rochester,NY.

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Dec

25

1907

Remond an anti-slavery agent

Charles Lenox Remond began his career as an antislavery agent. Remond was one of the first Blacks employed as a lecturer by the antislavery movement.

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Dec

25

1837

Charles B. Ray was born on this day in Falmouth, MA. He enters Wesleyan University in CT and is forced to withdraw due to northern and southern objections. He later becomes a prominent Black leader.

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Dec

25

1807

Congress of Racial Equality announced that its

Congress of Racial Equality announced that its national director, James Farmer, would resign on March 1.

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Dec

25

1965

Cab Calloway - Birthday

He was born in Rochester, New York, on December 25, 1907 to Martha Eulalia Reed and Cabell Calloway, Jr.

Source: Black History Resources

Dec

25

1907

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