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The French And Indian War

Black Troops in the French and Indian War: Even before the Revolutionary War, a pattern had been established in British colonies whereby African Americans were enlisted to defend the colonies when they were attacked, but were excluded from military service in times of peace. When Major General

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Mar

9

2002

Politician Oscar De Priest born

Birthday in Florence, Alabama, of Oscar De Priest, who became a politician after moving to Chicago. Elected in 1928, De Priest was the first African American from Illinois elected to the House of Representatives.

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Mar

9

1871

North Carolina Agicultural and Technical State University is founded in Greensboro, NC.

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Mar

9

1891

Congdon Street Baptist Church (1819- )

Congdon Street Baptist Church is the oldest African American church in Rhode Island. The church, located on College Hill, sprang from the effort of the black community in the city to provide a place for people of color to worship and a locale for a secular school for black children in the

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Mar

9

1819

Walter F.White, NAACP Pres.

Walter F. White named NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP has had many leaders since its beginning in 1910, but none was more determined and devoted than Walter F. White. This fair-skinned, blue-eyed man who wouldnt pass worked a lifetime to defeat the nations barriers to integration

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Mar

9

1931

Crumpler , Rebecca Davis Lee (1831-1895)

For many years Dr. Rebecca Cole was considered to be the first black woman physician. However, historical research has shown that the honor rightly belongs to Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler who completed her M.D. in 1864, three years before

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Mar

9

1895

DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951) - Birthday

A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871.

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Mar

9

1871

Bow Wow (formerly Lil’ Bow Wow) is an American rapper and actor. His birth name is Shad Gregory Moss and he was born on March 9, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio to Teresa Caldwell and Alfonso Moss. He was interested in rap music as a child, and started to rap when he was 6 years old. He was a big fan of the

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Mar

9

1987

Activist Floyd H. McKissick born

In Asheville, North Carolina, civil rights activist Floyd H. McKissick was born. A lawyer, newspaper columnist and business executive, McKissick attended Morehouse College, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina Central University.

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Mar

9

1922

Rap artist Nortorious B.I.G. dies

Rap artist the Nortorious B.I.G. is killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. He was 24.

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Mar

9

1997

Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932-2004)

Musician, composer, and conductor Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was born on June 14, 1932, in Manhattan, New York City. Perkinson’s mother, a talented pianist, organist, and theater director in the Bronx, named her son after the Afro-British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Perkinson began showing

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Mar

9

2004

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

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Mar

9

1961

United States v. The Amistad (1841)

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9

1841

Howard Bailey Jr, best known as Chingy, is an American rapper and actor, born on March 9, 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri. While his music simply adheres to the Hip Hop genre, Chingy is best known for plain delivery of lyrics in upbeat music. His familiarity with singing in a nursery rhyme style makes

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Mar

9

1980

Protest Against Black Firemen

White firemen of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad struck to protest the hiring of Black firemen.

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Mar

9

1911

The U.S. Supreme Court declared Joseph Cinquez and

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Mar

9

1999

McIver, Richard (1941-2013)

Richard J. McIver was first appointed to fill a vacancy on the Seattle City Council in early 1997 and was subsequently reelected to three full four-year terms in 1997, 2001, and

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Mar

9

2013

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