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Forerunner of the National Dental Associati

Forerunner of the National Dental Association for African American dentists in the U.S., the Tri-Sate Dental Association is formed.

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Jul

19

1913

President of South Africa and political activist, Nelson Mandela was born, 1918

President of South Africa and political activist, Nelson Mandela was born, 1918

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Jul

19

1918

(1922) Wyatt Mordecai Johnson, “The Faith of the American Negro”

Wyatt Mordecai Johnson was born in Paris, Tennessee in 1890. A lifelong educator, Johnson held degrees from a number of institutions including a 1911 A.B. from Morehouse College and a Doctor of Divinity degree from Howard University. Three years after his graduation from Howard he became the first

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Jul

19

1922

Entertainer and singer, Josephine Baker, makes her Paris debut, 1925

Entertainer and singer, Josephine Baker, makes her Paris debut, 1925

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Jul

19

1925

President Roosevelt established a Fair Employment Practices Committee to monitor

President Roosevelt established a Fair Employment Practices Committee to monitor discrimination against Negroes in defense industries.

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Jul

19

1941

Okot p’Bitek , (born 1931, Gulu, Uganda—died July 19, 1982, Kampala), Ugandan poet, novelist, and social anthropologist whose three verse collections—Song of Lawino (1966), Song of Ocol (1970), and Two Songs (1971)—are considered to be among the best African poetry in

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Jul

19

1982

(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary

Nnamdi Azikiwe, by now the best know nationalist leader in Nigeria, addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 50th anniversary celebration at the Polo Grounds, New York City, July 19, 1959. His speech appears

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Jul

19

1959

Frederick Douglass attends the first Women'

Frederick Douglass attends the first Womens Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY. He speaks in defense of its organizer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Jul

19

1848

Patricia R. Harris

Patricia R. Harris, secretary of housing and urban development, named secretary of health, education and welfare.

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Jul

19

1979

Declared State of Emergency

Governor James A. Rhodes declared state of emergency in Cleveland and dispatched National Guard troops to riot-torn Hough district.

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Jul

19

1966

Riot, Durham. National Guard mobilized.

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Jul

19

1967

Hastie, William Henry (1904-1976)

WilliamHenry Hastie, attorney and diplomat, was born on November 17, 1904 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He spent his childhood in Tennessee until hisfamily moved to Washington, D.C. Hastie graduated from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. in 1921 and four years laterreceived his A.B. Degree from

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Jul

19

1950

First U.S. Army flying school for Black cadets

First U.S. Army flying school for Black cadets dedicated at Tuskegee, Alabama.

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Jul

19

1941

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore (1875-1935) - Birthday

Alice Ruth Moore, educator, author and social activist, was born on July 19, 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Patricia (Wright) Moore and Monroe Moore.

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19

1875

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