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McKenzie, Vashti Murphy (1947- )

On July 11, 2000, journalist and clergywoman Vashti Murphy McKenzie became the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. In 2005 she became the denomination’s first woman to serve as Titular Head. Her commitment to community development is evident in her work with urban

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11

2000

Mattiwilda Dobbs, opera coloratura, born.

1925 : Mattiwilda Dobbs, opera coloratura, born. She debuted at La Scala in Milan in 1953. Her U.S. debut was in 1955 with the San Francisco Opera.

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11

1925

Niagara Movement

Black intellectuals and activists organized Niagara movement (the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) at a meeting near Niagara Falls. Delegates from fourteen states, led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, demanded abolition of all distinctions

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Jul

11

1905

Hicks, Irvin (1938- )

Irvin Hicks was a career Foreign Service Officer who rose from a communications clerk position to serve three times as a U.S. ambassador. Hicks served in the Department of State during the nascent years of African Independence from European colonial rule. Hicks was appointed Ambassador

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Jul

11

1985

Lavizzo, Blanche Sellers (1925-1984)

Dr. Blanche Sellers Lavizzo was the first African American woman pediatrician in the state of Washington. She arrived in Seattle in 1956, with her husband Dr. Philip Lavizzo, a general surgeon. They had left medical practices in New Orleans, Louisiana to pursue a better future in the Pacific

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Jul

11

1925

Leon Spinks - Birthday

Leon Spinks (born July 11, 1953) is a former American boxer who made a name for himself in the international heavyweight championship; he has an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses as well as three draws as a professional- he made 14 of those wins via knockouts.

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Jul

11

1953

First White Citizens Council organized

First White Citizens Council organized in Indianola, Mississippi.

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Jul

11

1954

Dobbs, Mattiwilda (1925- ) - Birthday

Mattiwilda Dobbs, an accomplished opera star, was born July 11, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jul

11

1925

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, dies.

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, dies. He worked in the Underground Railroad and with Frederick Douglass. He was also a clothing retailer, the publisher of the first African American newspaper in California, Mirror of the Times, the first African American elected municipal judge, and a U.S. consul to

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Jul

11

1915

Civil rights activist WEB Dubois, founds the Niagra Movement

Civil rights activist WEB Dubois, founds the Niagra Movement

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Jul

11

1943

Olaudah Equiano buys freedom.

Olaudah Equiano, writer of one of the earliest accounts of traveling on the Middle Passage, buys his freedom from a Quaker merchant in Philadephia

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Jul

11

1766

Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1823-1915) - Death

He died in Little Rock on July 11, 1915 at the age of 92.

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Jul

11

1915

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