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Diahann Carroll, actress, born

Diahann Carroll, actress, born

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Jul

17

1935

Death of Eric Garner

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer put him in what has been described as a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. The New York City Medical Examiners Office attributed Garners death to

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Jul

17

2014

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll is a notable African-American television and stage actress and singer. Her successful career spanned for over six decades. She appeared in all black cast films such as Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). Moreover, she also starred in the first Broadway play, Julia, to

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Jul

17

1935

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr) was born on this day.

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr) was born on this day.

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Jul

17

1942

John Coltrane was an African-American composer and jazz saxophonist. Coltrane, who was also known as “Trane”, is now known to be one of the most significant and influential jazz saxophonists in

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Jul

17

1967

Congo democratic republic

In Jan. 2001, Kabila was assassinated, allegedly by one of his bodyguards. His young and inexperienced son Joseph became the new president. He demonstrated a willingness to engage in talks to end the civil war. In April 2002, the government agreed to a power-sharing arrangement with

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Jul

17

2003

Richard Allen organized Philadelphias Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Jul

17

1794

Bolden Jr., Charles F. (1946-)

Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA’s first permanent black administrator, was born to Charles Frank and Ethel Bolden, both teachers, on August 19th, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina. He rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Marine Corps and was a National Aeronautics and Space

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Jul

17

2009

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq

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Jul

17

2007

Race riot, Cairo, Illinois

Race riot, Cairo, Illinois. National Guard mobilized.

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Jul

17

1967

Death of singer Billie Holiday

Death of singer Billie Holiday (44) New York City.

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Jul

17

1959

July 17, 1888, Miriam E. Benjamin (School teacher) patented a gong and signal chair for motels.

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Jul

17

1888

Troops Played a Role in battle

Unions troops, with First Kansas volunteers playing leading role, routed rebels at Honey Springs, Indian Territory. Black troops captured colors of a Texas regiment.

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Jul

17

1863

Billie Holiday was a legendary American jazz singer, songwriter and actress. She was born as Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915 to Sarah Julia Fagan and Clarence Holiday. Her parents were neither married, nor living together and Clarence left the family when Billie was just a child. Her mother moved

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Jul

17

1959

African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas

The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (AECST) was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States. Its congregation developed from the Free African Society, a non-denominational group formed by blacks who had left St. Georges Methodist

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Jul

17

1794

Indictment in Atlanta Murders

Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.

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Jul

17

1981

An ammunitions depot at Port Chicago, Calif

1944 : An ammunitions depot at Port Chicago, California explodes, killing 320 men including 202 African Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. The resulting refusal of 258 African Americans to return to the dangerous work formed the basis of the trial and conviction of 50 of the men

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Jul

17

1944

John Coltrane , in full John William Coltrane, byname Trane (born September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.—died July 17, 1967, Huntington, New York), American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, an iconic figure of 20th-century

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Jul

17

1967

Frank Snowden, foremost scholar on blacks i

Frank Snowden, foremost scholar on blacks in ancient history : Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience and Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks, born

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Jul

17

1911

Actress Diahnn Carrol born

Birthday of singer and actress Diahnn Carroll in the Bronx, NY.

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Jul

17

1944

Congress Fight For Blacks Freedom

Congress authorized president to accept Blacks for military service. Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act, which freed the slaves of all rebels.

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Jul

17

1862

Innovative and famed jazz musician, John Coltrane dies, 1967

Innovative and famed jazz musician, John Coltrane dies, 1967

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Jul

17

1967

Black Soldiers in the Civil War | National Archives

The issues of emancipation and military service were intertwined from the onset of the Civil War. News from Fort Sumter set off a rush by free black men to enlist in U.S. military units. They wereturned away, however, because a Federal law dating from 1792 barred Negroes from bearing arms for the

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Jul

17

1862

Antigua and barbuda

In March 2004, the Bird political dynasty came to an end when labor activist Baldwin Spencer defeated Lester Bird, who had been prime minister since 1994. In 2005, income tax, which had been eliminated in 1975, was reintroduced to help alleviate Antiguas

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Jul

17

2007

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