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Ernie Davis dies
Ernie Davis, star running back at Syracuse University; first black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961. Died on May 18, 1962 of leukemia before playing a pro game.
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May
18
1962
"Purlie Victorious"
Purlie Victorious, a farce by playwright Ossie Davis, opened on Broadway.
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Sep
28
1961
Baseball star Ernie Banks born
Baseball great Ernie Banks, former Chicago Cub star, was born in Dallas, TX.
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Jan
31
1931
Storm of '28 Highlights
Wednesday September 19, 1928, Palm Beach Post reported: Well over 1200 negro refugees quartered in the auditorium of the Negro high school, where they are being fed and many housed.... hospital features of the refugee unit are under direction of Dr. J.C.Hodges, colored, who since Sunday night has
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Sep
16
1928
place names
the original name of Dominica in the West Indies is Wai tukubuli, the name given by the Caribs. it means her tall body and is one of many Carib names which still survives on the island. a leading dance group is known as the Waitukubuli Dancers.
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Jan
0
1999
Shirley Chisholm becomes first Black woman to be elected to Congress, representi
Shirley Chisholm becomes first Black woman to be elected to Congress, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NYC, 1968
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Nov
5
1968
Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
4
1922
Penn's 1996 Baccalaureate Speaker is The Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harri
Penns 1996 Baccalaureate Speaker is The Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris, a Philadelphian who was the first woman ever to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion. Bishop Harris entered the priesthood after a long and successful career in public and community relations in Philadelphia
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Feb
11
1989
Antislavery petition from free Blacks
Antislavery petition from free Blacks of Philadelphia presented to Congress.
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Jan
2
1800
Storm of '28 Heros
In an effort to pay honor where it is due, West Palm Beach, Florida, City Manager A.E. Parker yesterday paid tribute to two laborers who served throughout the trying period of intern here as volunteer workers. W.A. Watts, he said, worked 18 hours a day making coffins, and M.W. Stark supervised the
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Jan
0
1999
March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar
March
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Jan
0
2001
Salem Poor
Salem Poor was a Black hero of the Revoluntionary War. He distinguished himself so in battle that fourteen American officers praised him before Congress. On this day, a memorial was dedicated to him at Cambridge, Massachusetts which carried the citation that under our own observation, we declare
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Dec
5
1775
Samuel " Black Sam" Fraunces
George Washington gives his farewell address to his troops at Fraunces Tavern in NYC owned by ,Samuel Black Sam Fraunces a wealthy West Indian of African and French descent who aided Revolutionary forces with food and money
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Dec
4
1783
Slavery
Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
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Jan
0
1526
283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores
On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The
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Jul
18
1827
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. US
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Dec
18
1944
Blacks Elected to Congress
Sixteen Blacks were elected to Congress. Andrew Young of Atlanta was the first Black elected to Congress from the Deep South since the Reconstruction era. Also elected for the first time were Barbara Jordan (Tex.) and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Calif.). Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of
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Nov
17
1972
Congress bans the slave trade
Congress banned the slave trade, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States or the territories thereof after January 1, 1808.
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Jan
1
1808
Track star Carl Lewis born
Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis was born in Willingboro, New Jersey.
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Jul
1
1961
A Broadway Show
Take a Giant Step, drama by playwright Louis Peterson, opened on Broadway.
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Sep
24
1953
I.D. Shadd
I.D. Shadd elected Speaker of the lower house of the Mississippi legislature.
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Jan
14
1874
Segregation is morally wrong said Kennedy
President Kennedy told nation in radio-TV address that segregation was morally wrong and that it was time to act in the Congress, in your state and local legislature body, and...in all of our daily lives.
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Jun
11
1963
Whitney Houston, singer born
Whitney Houston
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Aug
9
1963
Field Order No. 15
Gen. William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15 setting aside the islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, for exclusive settlement by Blacks. The order provided that
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Jan
16
1865
Chris Rock Born
Comedian, author, recording artist, actor, and talk show host Chris Rock was born in South Carolina. He will become a critically comedian, hosting his self titled show on HBO. He will also bring to the forefront a boycott of the flag of his birthplace. He will star in and make a few movies of his
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Feb
7
1967
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insura
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insurance company in the state of Florida is ordered liquidated by a Florida circuit court judge.
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Aug
27
1991
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Re-elected
Harlem voters defied Congress and re-elected Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Apr
11
1967
Serena Williams
Serena Williams triumphs over her sister Venus to win the Wimbeldon Womens singles competition.
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Jul
6
2002
Anti-Slavery Law
The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by proclamation.
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Aug
3
1865
As part of the Compromise of 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850
As part of the Compromise of 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850
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Sep
18
1850
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