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1st Black Pro basketball team -- "The Renaissance"

The first Black professional basketball team The Renaissance organized.

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Feb

13

1923

America's first public school, the Boston Latin School, opened in Boston. Black

Americas first public school, the Boston Latin School, opened in Boston. Black students were excluded from attending.

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Feb

13

1635

Wynn, Albert R. (1951- )

Albert Russel Wynn is Democratic representative of the State of Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is currently serving his eighth term. The district includes parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Wynn was defeated in the

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Feb

13

2008

Black pride is a movement in response to dominant white cultures and ideologies that encourages black people to celebrate black culture and embrace their African heritage.[1] In the United States, it was a direct response to white racism especially during the Civil Rights Movement.[2] Related

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Feb

13

2016

Joseph Searles admitted NYSEX

The New York Stock Exchange admits its first Black member, Joseph Searles.

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Feb

13

1970

Wendell P. Dabney establishes The Union.

Wendell P. Dabney establishes The Union. The Cincinnati, Ohio papers motto is For no people can become great without being united, for in union there is strength.

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Feb

13

1907

Death of Henry Highland Garnet (66), diplomat and

Death of Henry Highland Garnet (66), diplomat and protest leader, in Monrovia, Liberia.

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Feb

13

1882

Robert H. Jackson - Birthday

Jackson , in full Robert Houghwout Jackson (born February 13, 1892, Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, U.

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Feb

13

1892

The first African American performers

The first African American performers, the Worlds Fair Colored Opera Company, appear at Carnegie Hall.

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Feb

13

1892

Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995) - Birthday

Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young.

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Feb

13

1908

Wm. Desjardin patents corner cleaner attachment

Gertrude E. Downing and William Desjardin Corner Cleaner Attachment, Patent No. 3,715,772 on February 13, 1973

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Feb

13

1973

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopa

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest ordained in the U.S. , dies.

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Feb

13

1818

(1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”

On February 13, 1965, Malcolm Xs home in New York City was bombed. He and his family were not hurt and he decided to keep a longstanding speaking commitment at Detroit, arriving the next day to give the presentation below. This proved however to be his last public appearance. One week later on

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Feb

13

1965

Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized

Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized at New Orleans meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. as president.

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Feb

13

1957

(1905) Theodore Roosevelt, “Lincoln and the Race Problem”

On February 13, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the New York City Republican Club as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. The speech, which also allowed Roosevelt to expound on his contemporary views of race in the United States, appears

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Feb

13

1905

Garnet, Henry Highland (1815-1882) - Death

Garnet moved to the West African nation but died on February 13, 1882, barely two months after his arrival .

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Feb

13

1882

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