Cultured Books: A bookstore with a purpose

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Cultured Books: A bookstore with a purpose

Lorielle J. Hollaway and Cultured Books make sure that children who want to read have access to books. For her efforts, she received national recognition, a year's worth of services, over $7,000 worth of devices, security, tech support, and a $10,000 grant to help them recover and grow from Verizon. Photo courtesy of City of St. Pete […]

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Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space when she launched from the Kennedy Center to join Spacelab J, a joint U.S.-Japanese mission.

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1992

Coretta Scott King

Born: 4/27/927 Heiberger, AlabamaDied: /30/2006 Rosarito Beach, MexicoCoretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 953 until his death in 968. Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in

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Born on May 15, 1969, in Pensacola, Florida Emmitt Smith wished to be one of the Dallas Cowboys from a young age but the enthusiastic individual had to face many struggles before he could pursue a career in professional football. Belonging to a financially weak family, Smith had to juggle between

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15

1969

Terry McMillan, novelist born

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Oct

18

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The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is founded.

The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is

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4

1909

First African American Before US Supreme Court

John Sweat Rock (1825-1866), a noted Boston lawyer, became in 1865 the first African-American to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black person to speak before the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Feb

1

1865

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

On this day at the Grammy Awards ceremony, African-American musicians won awards in several categories. Lionel Richies Cant Slow Down won best album of 1984. Tina Turners Whats Love Got to Do With It took the best record slot and earned her the title Best Female Pop Vocalist. The Pointer Sisters

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26

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Harriet Tubman born

*Possible* date of Harriet Tubmans birth. Born into slavery in Maryland, Tubman escaped to the North only to return in over 80 trips to help other blacks escape their bondage. As part of the Underground Railroad, Tubman helped more than 300 African Americans escape slavery.

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

During its brief and rocky tenure from 1918 to 1924, pianist Gertrude Harvey Wright was one of four women in Seattle’s first black musicians’ union, the American Federation of Musicians’ Local 458. Wright, Virginia Hughes, a “Mrs. Austin,” and (Edythe) “Turnham,” all

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Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.

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27

1876

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopa

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest ordained in the U.S. , dies.

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1818

On this day, Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun'opened at the Ethel Bar

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1959

Scottsboro Boys Falsely Accused

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28

1963

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1907

Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.

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May

21

1881

Neurological Surgeon

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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

James Augustine Healy

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10

1854

Paul Bustill Robeson

Paul Bustill Robeson was born in

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1898

Daniel A. P. Murray born

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Mar

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1852

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1915

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William C. Carter patents an umbrella stand

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1885

Bellegarde, Dantès (1877-1966)

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1966

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

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1966

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