Black Facts for September 3rd

Caldwell, Harrison L. (1909-1964)
Harrison Laverne Caldwell, the first African American principal in the Seattle Public Schools District, was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1909. Very little is known about his personal life. By the time of his death, he had become one of the most important educational leaders in the states of Kansas and
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Sep
3
1964
Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
NAACP leader, Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
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Sep
3
1895
Cottonpickers organized union and strike
Cottonpickers organized union and staged strike for higher wages in Texas.
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Sep
3
1891
Houston, Charles Hamilton (1895-1950) - Birthday
Houston was born on September 3, 1895 in Washington, DC to parents William Houston, an attorney, and Mary Houston, a hairdresser and seamstress.
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Sep
3
1895
Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBS's television stations division, the
Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBSs television stations division, the highest ranking African American in network television. Rodgers had been general manager of WBBM-TV, CBSs Chicago Station
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Sep
3
1990
Travis, Geraldine Washington (1931- ) - Birthday
Geraldine Washington Travis was born in Albany, Georgia on September 3, 1931, the daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Washington.
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Sep
3
1931
Richard Allen, founder of the AME Church, purchases his freedom with his earning
Richard Allen, founder of the AME Church, purchases his freedom with his earnings as a self-employed teamster.
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Sep
3
1783
(1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man”
African Methodist Episcopal minister and later Bishop Henry McNeal Turner emerged immediately after the Civil War as one of the most ardent defenders of African Ameriacn rights. Turner was also among the first group of Reconstruction-era African American elected officials. In July 1868, Turner was
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Sep
3
1868
Five soldiers hanged
Five soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917.
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Sep
3
1918
Lincoln Motion Picture Company owned by African Americans Noble Johnson and Clar
Lincoln Motion Picture Company owned by African Americans Noble Johnson and Clarence Brooks releases its first feature length film, A Mans Duty
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Sep
3
1919
John Stephens Durham
John Stephens Durham, assistant editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, named minister to Haiti.
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Sep
3
1891
Lower house of Georgia legislature
Lower house of Georgia legislature, ruling that Blacks were ineligible to hold office, expelled twenty-eight representatives. Ten days later the senate expelled three Blacks. Congress refused to admit the state until the legislature seated the Black representatives.
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Sep
3
1868
Frederick Douglass Escapes
Frederick Douglass, disguised as a sailor escapes from slavery
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Sep
3
1838
Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South Ameri
Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. meet in Atlanta for the first Congress of African People.
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Sep
3
1970
Freedman's Bureau
U.S. Army commander in South Carolina ordered Freedmens Bureau to stop seizing abandoned land .
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Sep
3
1865
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