Commentary: We All Should Study Black History

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Commentary: We All Should Study Black History

The history of Black people didn’t start from the importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere. Nor did the history of man start with the cartoon show of Fred Flintstone. Scientists have been telling us for some years now that human life began in Africa. But there are other reasons we all should study Black history.

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African American History (slavery)

Portugal lands its first cargo of enslaved Africans in the Western Hemisphere. Diego Medez is a member of the crew on the Capitana when Christopher Columbus makes his last voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

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Jan

0

1502

Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay, Fla. was attacked

Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay, Fla., attacked by U.S. troops. The Fort, which was held by fugitive slaves and Indians, was taken after siege of several days.

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Jul

27

1816

Actor Ira Aldridge born

Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge is *believed* to have been born in Africa. Aldridge was an apprentice carpenter in Maryland, where he learned German and became interested in the theater. Aldridge played such roles as the Moorish Othello.

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Jul

24

1904

Survivors returned to Africa

Thirty-five Amistad survivors returned to Africa.

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Nov

25

1841

Zora Neale Hurston, writer/anthropologist born

Zora Neale Hurston

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Jan

7

1891

Colonization of Africa organized

Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin, November 15, February 26.

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Nov

15

1884

Congress Fight For Blacks Freedom

Congress authorized president to accept Blacks for military service. Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act, which freed the slaves of all rebels.

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Jul

17

1862

Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghana's 1st ambassador to the US

Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghanas 1st ambassador to the US

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Dec

13

1957

Anthony Jansen, a free new York mulatto, successfullysues a white man for unla

Anthony Jansen, a free new York mulatto, successfully sues a white man for unlawful bondage and receives compensation for his work.

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Jan

0

1654

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

New England seamen enter slave trade when Capt. William Pierce sails to the West Indies and exchanges enslaved Native Americans for Africans.

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Jan

0

1639

Nana Annor Adjaye Dies

Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W. Nzima, Ghana.

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Apr

10

1938

Prince Hall Masonry founded

Prince Hall founded Africa Lodge No. 1. It was the first Black Lodge of Free Masons in the United States.

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Jul

3

1775

African Americans Replaces Reluctant Whites

African Americans Replaces Reluctant Whites: By 1777, losses on the field of battle and rising White desertions had reduced the Continental Armys ranks of men. Northern colonies began to accept African Americans, free and slave, because these colonies could not fill their quotas with White man. In

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Oct

5

2002

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

Elijah Muhammad, born

Elijah Muhummad was born Elijah Poole in

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Oct

10

1897

Duke Ellington opened at the Cotton Club

Duke Ellington opened at the Cotton Club in

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Dec

4

1927

Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon

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Jan

0

1526

Did You Know That In...

1733 - Spanish decree promises escaped English slaves freedom in Florida.

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Jan

0

1733

New Orleans Tribune, first Black daily newspaper,

New Orleans Tribune, first Black daily newspaper, founded by Dr. Louis C. Roudanez. The newspaper, published in both English and French, started as a tri-weekly but soon became an influential daily.

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Oct

4

1864

Two Massachusetts slave merchants raid an African village, killing 100 persons; two blacks are brought to Massachusetts and sold; a local magistrate indicts the merchants for murder and man-stealing and orders that the slaves be returned to their Guinea home.

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Jan

0

1645

Independence Day, Ghana

Independence Day, Ghana

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Mar

6

0

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

Alexandar Pushkin, born

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin was born in Moscow on May 26, 1799. He was first published in the journal The Messenger of Europe in 1814. Pushkin today is regarded as the Father of Russian Literature.

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May

26

1799

Queen Tiye is regarded as one of the most influential

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Jan

0

1391

S.H. Love patents improvement to miltary gun

S. H. Love, born in 1893 in Colt, Arkansas, served

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Apr

22

1919

Haitian Revolution began with revolt of slaves in

Haitian Revolution began with revolt of slaves in northern province.

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Aug

22

1791

The first major conspiracy of people in Colonial America

The first major conspiracy of people in servitude was documented in Colonial America. A plot of black slaves and white servants was betrayed by a servant in Gloucester County, Virgina.

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Sep

13

1663

Africans accompany Spanish explorer Hernando de Sotos on a expedition and settles among Native Americans in the territory of present-day Alabama.

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Jan

0

1539

Continental Congress excluded slavery

Continental Congress excluded slavery from Northwest Territory.

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Jul

13

1787

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