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Singer Bessie Smith Died

Singer Bessie Smith dies of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Clarksdale, Mississippi.

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Sep

26

1937

Mississippi Barred Meredith For The Third Time

Mississippi barred Meredith for the third time. Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and a blockade of state patrolmen turned back Meredith and federal marshals about four hundred yards from the gate of the school.

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Sep

26

1962

The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by former African Amer

The Peoples Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by former African American congressman George H. White of North Carolina. The bank will help hundreds of African Americans buy homes and start businesses until the illness of its founder forces its closure in 1918.

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Sep

26

1907

Order alerting regular army units for possible riot duty in other Southern cities canceled by Army Secretary Wilbur M. Brucker.

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Sep

26

1957

Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995)

Malvin Russell Goode was the first African American news correspondent for a major television network. Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young. Goode, the third of four boys and two

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Sep

26

1936

Meredith Gourdine - Birthday

Meredith Charles “Flash” Gourdine was born on September 26, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey.

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Sep

26

1929

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , original name Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, original Xhosa name Nkosikazi Nobandle Nomzamo Madikizela (born September 26, 1936, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), South African social worker and activist considered by many black

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Sep

26

1936

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African American member of the Fede

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African American member of the Federal Trade Commission. He was also appointed a federal district judge and U.S. Circuit Judge of the Third Circuit.

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Sep

26

1962

Ida Stephens Owens--Biochemist

Born: September 26, 1929

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Sep

26

1929

Musician William Levi Dawson born

William Levi Dawson, composer and arranger of music, was born in Anniston, Alabama. Among his songs are, I Couldnt Hear Nobody Pray and My Lord What a Morning.

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Sep

26

1899

The Studio Museum of Harlem opens in NYC

The Studio Museum of Harlem opens in NYC

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Sep

26

1968

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams is a professional tennis player, ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis as of August 2014, a rank she has held 5 times in her career. She is the younger sister of tennis star Venus Williams. She was born on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan to Richard and Oracene

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Sep

26

1981

Smith, Bessie (1894-1937)

Along with Ma Rainey and Mamie Smith, singer Bessie Smith helped pioneer the genre of blues music and propel it into popular culture. Her early death at the age of 43 cut short a career that influenced the direction of American music and contributed to the success of African Americans in the

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Sep

26

1937

Birthday of tennis sensation Serena Williams

Birthday of tennis sensation Serena Williams

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Sep

26

1981

Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker was born, 1867

Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker was born, 1867

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Sep

26

1867

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