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Walker, George Theophilus (1922- )
Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of the multitude of richly deserved tributes to composer, pianist, and educator George TheophilusWalker. His prolific career continues into his 90s with his commissioned SinfoniaNo. 4 (Strands), premiered in 2012 by the New Jersey Symphony
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Jun
27
1922
Slavery and Freedom on the Minnesota Territory Frontier: The Strange Saga of Joseph Godfrey
New York historian Walt Bachman introduces Northern Slave, Black Dakota, his new biography of Joseph Godfrey, an African American who was born into slavery in the free territory that became Minnesota, fled from abusive masters to seek refuge among the Dakota Indians, and was a principal figure in
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Johnnie Tillmon Blackston, founder and director of
Johnnie Tillmon Blackston, founder and director of the National Welfare Rights Organization, born
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10
1926
Whitney Young Jr.
Whitney Young Jr. named executive director of the National Urban League.
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1
1961
G.W. Murray patents Planter
Murray, G. W. Planter June 05, 1894 Patent No. 520,887
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5
1894
Jenkins, Joseph Charles (1914-1959)
Joseph Charles Jenkins, the first African American naval officer, paved the way for the beginning of desegregation in the United States Coast Guard. Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1914. Unfortunately, there is little information regarding his
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Bodies of three civil rights workers discovered on
Bodies of three civil rights workers discovered on farm near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Three young men, two white and one Black, had been missing since June 21. FBI said they were murdered on night of their disappearance by segregationists. Eighteen whites, including several police officers, were
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4
1964
Buddy (Claude Henry Keystone) Young (1926-).
Buddy Young became the first black to score a Rose Bowl touchdown, in the University of Illinois vs. UCLA New Years Day game. Young joined the AAFC New York Yankees in 1947 and eventually played for the Cleveland Browns from 1953 to 1955. In 1964 he became the first director of players relations
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0
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Lionel Hampton
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Marion Perkins (Sculptor)
Sculptor, Marion Perkins, died on 12/17/61. During the Depression of the thirties, Marion Perkins sold papers at a newsstand on Chicagos South Side. In his free moments at the stand he busied himself whittling on bars of soap. Peter Pollack, then director of the Community Art Center Division of the
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17
1961
Jack Johnson, boxer died
Jack Johnson, heavyweight boxing champion Died: June 10, 1946
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10
1946
Slater, Rodney (1955- )
Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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23
1955
Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies
World famous African American cowboy Willie Bill Pickett died in Ponca, Oklahoma, hospital of injuries sustained after he was kicked in the head by a horse on the Millers Brothers Fabulous 101 Ranch.
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Apr
2
1932
Dr. Walter Massey
Dr. Walter Massey named director of the Argonne national Laboratory.
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9
1979
George Dixon's Birthday
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27
1890
Hendrix, Jimi
Hendrix, Jimi (James Marshall Hendrix), 1942–70, African-American rock guitarist, b. Seattle, Wash. Hendrix, in his short musical career, was known for an innovative and extremely influential guitar style that involved the explosive, yet often sensitively nuanced, use of feedback, distortion, and
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A&E Television Americas Black Warriors (on World War II) 1998
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Former Saint Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White is named president of the
Former Saint Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White is named president of the National League. He is the first African American to head a major sports league.
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1989
White, Lois Jean(1938- )
Lois Jean Barron White, the first African American President of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) was born in Nashville, Tennessee on March 21, 1938. She was raised by her grandmother, Rosa Barron, as her own mother lived away in Massachusetts.  White’s grandmother taught her the value
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21
1938
Fugitive Slave returned to the South
Fugitive slave Anthony Burns was returned to the South from Boston. It cost the federal government $100,000 to return Burns, who was later sold to a group of Bostonians who freed him.
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Jun
2
1854
Squires, Bernard (1904-1947)
Bernard Squires was the president of the Omaha chapter of the Urban League from 1935 to 1939 and the Seattle chapter of the Urban League from 1939 to 1943. Squires was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1904. He graduated from high school in Toledo, and went on to Ohio State University before graduating in
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Jun
1
1939
Streeter, Mel (1931-2006)
Mel Streeter was born in Riverside, California in 1931. He attended the University of Oregon on a basketball scholarship and was the second African-American basketball player at Oregon after declining an offer by legendary basketball coach John Wooden to attend UCLA, because UCLA did not have an
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15
2006
Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops
Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops at Battle of Okeechobee. Black chief John Horse shared command with Alligator Sam Jones and Wild Cat.
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Dec
25
1837
Dawson, Horace G. (1926- )
Horace G. Dawson, Jr. was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Botswana by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.  After his confirmation by the U.S. Senate he served in that post until 1983.  Dawson was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 30, 1926.  He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he earned
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2004
Josephine Baker born
Josephine Baker
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3
1906
Marshall, Thurgood (1908-1993)
Thurgood Marshall was an American civil rights activist with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.  He is remembered as a lawyer who had one of the highest rates of success before the
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NAACP elects Roy Wilkins as there new executive director
NAACP elects Roy Wilkins as there new executive director
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Jul
8
1965
Is This Mary Bowser?: The Use and Misuse of Photographs to Reconstruct History
Lois Leveen occupies an unusual role as both historian and novelist.  Leveen is the author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser,which is based on the true story of a black woman who became a Union spy in the Confederate White House during the Civil War.  Very few details about the historic Mary Bowser can
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Jennings, Thomas L. (1791- 1856)
Thomas L. Jennings was the first black man to receive a patent. The patent was awarded on March 3, 1821 (US Patent 3306x) for his discovery of a process called dry-scouring which was the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning.  Jennings was born free in New York City, New York in 1791.  In his
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Mar
3
1821
Josephine Baker dies
Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, she later took the name Baker from her stepfather. Surviving the 1917 riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, where the family was living, she ran away a few years alter at age thirteen and began dancing in vaudeville and on Broadway. In 1925, she
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1975
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