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Rainey, Ma(Gertrude Bridget) Born april 3, 1888. Known as theMother of the Blues, Ma Rainey was born in Columbus, Ga. She made her stage debut at the Columbus Opera House in 1900 in a talent show called The Bunch of Blackberries. She made her first recording in 1923 and her last on Dec
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Apr
3
1888
Roy deCarava, the first African American photographer to be awarded aGuggenhei
Roy deCarava, the first African American photographer to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, is born
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Dec
9
1919
Sit-in demonstrations and passive resistance
Sit-in demonstrations and passive resistance movement began in Cairo, Illinois. Demonstrations against segregation in swimming pool, skating rink and other facilities continued for several months.
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Jun
26
1962
Ambassador
Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.
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Mar
9
1961
Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came
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Apr
16
1862
The National Council of Negro Women sponsors its first Black Family Reunion at t
The National Council of Negro Women sponsors its first Black Family Reunion at the National Mall in Washington.
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Sep
12
1986
Etta Moten sings for President
Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.
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Jan
31
1934
Executive Order 9808
In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil
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Dec
5
1946
MaliVai Washington
Former tennis pro MaliVai Washington was born on June 20, 1969 in Glen Cove, New
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Jun
20
1969
Death of Thomas W. Waller
Death of Thomas W. (Fats) Waller (39), in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Dec
15
1943
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end segregation at once and operate now and hereafter only unitary schools. In Mississippi case, Alexander V. Holmes, the Court abandoned the principle of all deliberate speed.
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Oct
29
1969
On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot deliveredone of the most
On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered
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Jan
6
1874
Death of Carter G. Woodson
Death of Carter G. Woodson (74), father of Black history, Washington, D.C.
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Apr
3
1950
First Reconstruction legislature (27 Blacks, 150
First Reconstruction legislature (27 Blacks, 150 whites) met in Richmond, Virginia.
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Oct
5
1869
William A. Harper
William A. Harper, student of Henry O. Tanner at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most gifted African American artist of the early 20th century, born
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Dec
27
1873
1st Black Democratic Congressman
Arthur L. Mitchell defeated Oscar DePriest in a Chicago election and became the first Black Democratic congressman.
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Nov
7
1934
Death of Thaddeus Stevens
Death of Thaddeus Stevens (76), architect of the Radical Reconstruction program, in Washington.
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Aug
11
1868
Charles Chesnutt Born
Charles Chesnutt, one of the first African-Americans to gain a national audience, is born in Cleveland Ohio.
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Jun
20
1858
the Bronze Muse
On this day, the Bronze Muse died in
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Feb
22
1911
Aborigines to be counted in census
Ninety per cent of white Australians voted in todays referendum for a proposal to count Aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them. Until now their affairs have been administered solely by the states. The other proposal, to break the nexus between the
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May
27
1967
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress will no longer allow the importation of slaves.
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Dec
1
1774
A Day of Elections
Edward W. Brooke elected attorney general of Massachusetts. Gerald Lamb elected treasurer of Connecticut. Otis M. Smith elected to a full term on the Michigan Supreme Court. Five Blacks, including one newcomer, were elected to the House of Representatives. The newcomer, Augustus F. Hawkins, was
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Nov
6
1962
NAACP chairman Stephen Gill Spottswood
NAACP chairman Stephen Gill Spottswood told the NAACP convention that the Nixon administration was anti-Negro and was pressing a calculated Policy inimical to the needs and aspirations of the large majority of citizens.
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Jun
29
1970
Fontella Bass is Born
Fontella Bass, rhythm and blues singer noted for her recording of Rescue Me, is born.
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Jul
3
1940
Frederick Douglass Escapes
Frederick Douglass, disguised as a sailor escapes from slavery
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Sep
3
1838
1st Black to argue impeachment
Cheryl Mills, White House Deputy Counsel, becomes the first Black to argue a case before a U.S. Senate impeachment hearing in the case of Pres. William Clinton.
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Jan
20
1999
1641 Massachusett colony.
In 1641, the first colony to legalize slavery, and to forbid use of unjust violence in the capture of slaves, was Massachusetts.
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Jan
0
1641
Congress readmits Mississippi
Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.
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Feb
17
1870
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago
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Jan
23
1891
Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in
Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, elected two Black bishops Matthew W. Clair of Washington, D.C., and Robert E. Jones of New Orleans.
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May
23
1920
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