Black Facts for August 25th

First Black Wimbledon champion
First Black Wimbledon champion, Althea Gibson, born in South Carolina, 1927
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Aug
25
1927
Some six hundred delegates organized the American
Some six hundred delegates organized the American National Baptist Convention at a St. Louis meeting Rev. William J. Simmons was elected president.
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Aug
25
1886
Top African-American Women in Tennis
In 1950, Althea Gibson made history when she became the first African-American to play in an international tennis tournament. Six years later, Gibson made history when she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title at the French
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Aug
25
1927
Bars Fight
Lucy Terry pens Bars Fight. The poem was written after an Indian ambush of two families in Deerfield, Massachusetts. This is hte first poem to be composed by an African -American.
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Aug
25
1746
Gibson, Althea (1927-2003)
Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter, entered the world of sports when segregation severely limited opportunities for African Americans. She eventually became the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis and
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Source: Black Past
Aug
25
1927
Warfield, William (1920-2002)
Concert bass-baritone singer, actor, and teacher William Caesar Warfield was born on January 22, 1920 in West Helena, Arkansas to a family of sharecroppers. When Warfield was a young child, his family moved to Rochester, New York, where his father served as a pastor for Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in
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Aug
25
2002
Althea Gibson - Birthday
She was born on August 25, 1927 in South Carolina.
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Source: Black History Resources
Aug
25
1927
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organized at a mass meeting in Elks Hall in Harlem. A Philip Randolph was elected president. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters would become one of the most successful union organizing efforts in history. The union gave voice to the many railroad porters and
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Aug
25
1925
Kentuck State College Founded
Kentucky State College founded.
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Aug
25
1886
American National Baptist Convention
The first meeting of the American National Baptist Convention was held in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Aug
25
1886
James M. Nabrit Jr.
James M. Nabrit Jr. named ambassador and assigned to the UN delegation.
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Aug
25
1965
COINTELPRO
FBI documents, released in response to a freedom of information suit, revealed that the government mounted an intensive campaign against civil rights organizations in the sixties. In a letter dated August 25, 1967, the FBI said the government operation, called COINTELPRO, was designed to
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Aug
25
1967
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis stadium located in the Queens borough of New York City. As part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament, the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year — and is the largest
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Aug
25
1997
Lynchings
Seventy-four Blacks reported lynched in 1886.
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Aug
25
1886
Secretary of war authorized Gen
Secretary of war authorized Gen. Rufus Saxton to arm up to five thousand slaves.
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Aug
25
1862
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