Black Facts for August 2nd

Jewell Jackson McCabe
Jewell Jackson McCabe, first president of the Coalition of 100 Black Women, born
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Aug
2
1945
Jackie Robinson is honored by the U.S. Post
Jackie Robinson is honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a commemorative stamp, the fifth in its Black Heritage USA series.
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Aug
2
1982
Rainey, Joseph Hayne (1832-1887)
In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and take his seat.  Others were elected earlier but were not seated.  Rainey was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 21, 1832. His parents had been slaves but
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Aug
2
1887
Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City, 1920
Marcus Garvey presents his Back To Africa program in New York City, 1920
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Aug
2
1920
Schuyler, Philippa (1931-1967) - Birthday
Schuyler was born on August 2, 1931, and grew up in Harlem, New York.
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Aug
2
1931
Schuyler, Phillippa Duke (1931-1967) - Birthday
Schuyler, born August 2, 1931, grew up in Harlem, and was the only child of George S.
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Aug
2
1931
Baldwin, James (1924-1987)
James Arthur Baldwin, fiction writer, essayist, dramatist, and poet, was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York during the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx in 1942, he began his formal career as a writer.  Baldwin was inspired by Richard
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Aug
2
1924
First Black to Earn the Medal of Honor in the Kore
While manning his machine gun during a surprise attack on his platoon on this day, private first class William Henry Thompson of Company M, Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment, became the first Black to earn the Medal of Honor in the Korean conflict.
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Aug
2
1951
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti , byname of Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, also called Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (born October 15, 1938, Abeokuta, Nigeria—died August 2, 1997, Lagos), Nigerian musician and activist who launched a modern style of music called Afro-beat, which fused American blues, jazz, and funk with
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Aug
2
1997
Writer, James Baldwin was born, 1924
Writer, James Baldwin was born, 1924
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Aug
2
1924
James Baldwin - Birthday
James Baldwin , in full James Arthur Baldwin (born August 2, 1924, New York, New York—died December 1, 1987, Saint-Paul, France), American essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America made him an important voice, particularly in the late 1950s
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Aug
2
1924
James Baldwin was born on this day.
James Baldwin was born on this day.
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Aug
2
1924
Race Riot, Jersey City, New Jersey
Race Riot, Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Aug
2
1964
The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical
The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School (later Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) is chartered in Los Angeles. It is the only African American focused medical school west of the Mississippi
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Aug
2
1966
WBA Welterweight Title
Thomas Hit Man Hearns wins the WBA Welterweight title. This is one of five weight classes that he has won a boxing title making him the first Black to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.
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Aug
2
1980
Civil Rights Act of 1957
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United
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Aug
2
1946
William Leidesdorff launches first steamboat in San Francisco Bay, 1920
William Leidesdorff launches first steamboat in San Francisco Bay, 1920
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Aug
2
1920
James Baldwin born
James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, and educated in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews and immediately was recognized as establishing a profound and permanent new voice in American letters.
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Aug
2
1924
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