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Katherine Dunham (1910-)
American dancer, choreographer, and scholar. She was a pioneer in the use of folk and ethnic choreography, and considered one of the founders of the anthropological dance movement. With Aida in 1963, she became the first Black to choreograph for the Metropolitan Opera in New York city.
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6
2001
Cleveland Call & Post
Cleveland Call & Post established.
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Sep
10
1913
First Black Petition
First black legal protest in America pressed by
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0
1644
George Gervin
Born on April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, George Gervin is a retired professional basketball player who is known to be one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA
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Apr
27
1952
Helene Gayle
Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth
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Willie Mays, born
Baseball great Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama. Mays played with both the New York and San Francisco Giants. He was National League batting champion four times and twice the leagues Most Valuable Player.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
May
6
1931
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, Born May 29, 1914 in Mexia, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wiley College in 1934 and a Master of Science from Atlanta University in 1936. Henry McBay earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay served as an Instructor
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May
29
1914
Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis
Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their New York fight and became the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Feb
16
1970
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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Shirley Chisholm
Born: /30/924 Brooklyn, New YorkDied: //2005 Ormond Beach, FloridaShirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New Yorks 2th Congressional District for seven terms from
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(1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Definitions of Black Power”
On July 31, 1966, Stokely Carmichael, the newly appointed Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), describes black power to a mostly African American audience at Cobo Auditorium in Detroit.  Part of the address appears
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Jul
31
1966
Publisher of Cleveland Call Post
Death of William O. Walker (85), publisher of the Cleveland Call Post, in Cleveland.
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Oct
29
1981
Sonny Liston
Sonny Liston was a notable twentieth century African-American boxer. He was known for his punching power and intimidating appearance in the boxing ring. Liston earned the World Heavyweight Championship in 1962 when he knocked out his opponent Floyd
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The movie, Green Pastures, premieres in New York's
The movie, Green Pastures, premieres in New Yorks Radio City Music Hall.
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Jul
16
1936
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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Viro "Black Sam" Small makes his wrestling debutat Owney's Bastile in New York
Viro Black Sam Small makes his wrestling debut at Owneys Bastile in New York; he is the first known black wrestler in the U.S.
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Jan
0
1870
Opera singer Marian Anderson born
Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was entered in the New York Philharmonic Competition at age 17 by her music teacher, and placed first over 299 other singers. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1930, Anderson went to Europe for a year of study. She
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Feb
27
1902
(2015) President Barack Obama's Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney
VIDEO OF SPEECH
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Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam
Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, called for creation of a Black state in America at a New York meeting.
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Jul
31
1960
Zora Neale Hurston
Born: 1/7/1891 Notasulga, AlabamaDied: 1/28/1960 Fort Pierce, FloridaZora Neale Hurston was an American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Of Hurstons four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes
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Dorothy Dandridge, actress born
Dorothy Dandrige
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Nov
9
1922
Arthur Ashe is born
Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in
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Jul
10
1943
Colin L. Powell
Colin.L. Powell was born in 1937 in New York City,New York.
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Jan
0
1937
Spingarn Medal: Coleman A. Young
Spingarn Medal awarded to Coleman A. Young in recognition of his singular accomplishments as mayor of the City of Detroit.
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Sponsored by New York University
Nov
30
1981
N.Y. against racial discrimination
New York became the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market with adoption of Fair Housing Practices Law.
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Dec
5
1957
Jupiter Hammon, 1st Black poet
Jupiter Hammon, New York slave who was probably the first Black poet, published An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries.
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Dec
25
1760
City College President
Dr. Bernard Harleston, former dean of arts and sciences at Tufts University, appointed president of New Yorks City College.
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Mar
6
1981
Young, Coleman A. (1918-1997)
Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Coleman Young arrived in Detroit, Michigan with his family when he was five.  The Colemans settled in the working class neighborhood of Black Bottom (East Detroit), where his father operated a dry cleaning business and his mother was a schoolteacher.  Early in his life
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Norma Merrick Sklarek
Norma Merrick Sklarek was the first black woman to become a licensed architectin the state of New York and California.
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Jan
0
1966
Ralph Gardner
Ralph Gardner was born on this day in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a pioneer chemist whose research into plastics led to the development of so-called hard plastics. His innovations in the manipulation of catalytic chemicals led to the products for the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries as well
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3
1922
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