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A Seattle City Council Member Suggested Laying Off Officers By Race

A Seattle City Council member suggested laying off officers by race to deal with a potential 50% budget cut, but Police Chief Carmen Best immediately shut down the idea. According…

Source: The Black Chronicle

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Jane Matilda Bolin appointed judge of court of domestic relations in New York City, by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and became the first Black woman judge.

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22

1939

Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)

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Evelyn Boyd Granville is born

Evelyn Boyd Granville, Born May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school at the time. Her interest in mathematics was encouraged by two mathematics teachers. Granville worked with Einar Hille, a distinguished mathematician in the field of functional

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1

1924

Lane, William Henry/Master Juba (1825-c. 1852)

William Henry Lane is credited as one of the most influential figures in the creation of American tap dance. Lane developed a unique style of using his body as a musical instrument, blending African-derived syncopated rhythms with movements of the Irish jig and reel. Lane’s melding of these

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Death of Walter White

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21

1970

The Harlem Renaissance in the American West

In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the

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Inventor Granville T. Woods dies

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1910

Theodore Flowers wins the the world middleweight title in New York City

Theodore Flowers wins the the world middleweight title in New York City

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1926

Williams v. Mississippi (1898)

? Submitted March 18, 1898. Decided April 25, 1898. At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder. On the 15th day of June he made a motion to quash the indic

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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Born: 5/7/1905 Seattle, WashingtonLavizzo-Mourey heads the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest healthcare foundation in the U.S. She became the CEO in 2003, a position which has her overseeing an estimated 800 grants, a $10 billion endowment and annual disbursements of more than $450

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(1830) Rev. Peter Williams, Jr. “This is Our Country”

Fourteen years after its founding the American Colonization Society remained controversial among African Americans. By 1830 many of them opposed it and more generally the idea of forced or voluntary repatriation of blacks to Africa. One of these opponents, Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., the minister

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Jul

4

1830

Angela Bassett, actress born

Angela Bassett ACTRESS Birthplace: New York, New York August 16, 1958- Angela has starred in the following films: The Jacksons: An American Dream Malcolm X Whats Love Got To Do With It? (received Oscar nomination) Strange Days Vampire in Brooklyn

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Aug

16

1958

World renowed opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut in New York City, 1

World renowed opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut in New York City, 1958

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Nov

4

1958

National Urban League Formed

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Apr

19

1910

Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )

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2001

BLACK NAMED CHIEF SWEEPER

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Mar

0

1910

Cooperman, Hillel

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Nov

5

1862

Beah, Ishmael (1980– )

Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his personal history, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider. Beah was born on November 23, 1980, in Mattru Jong, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The Sierra Leone Civil War started in March

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23

1980

Fourth Pan-African Congress met in New York City

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Aug

21

1927

Tomlinson, Maurice (1971- )

Maurice Tomlinson is one of the most well-known gay rights activists in the world. He is an attorney-at-law, law lecturer, journalist, and HIV/AIDS and LGBTI (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Intersexual) activist in Jamaica and the

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Apr

9

1971

Streeter, Mel (1931-2006)

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15

2006

Death of Florence Mills, dancer and singer,

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Nov

1

1927

First Black Grandmaster

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Mar

17

1999

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Nov

13

1955

Irving C. Mollison

Irving C. Mollison, a Chicago Republican, sworn in as U.S. Customs Court judge in New York City.

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Nov

3

1945

Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955

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Evans, Melvin Herbert (1917–1984)

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