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Commissioner of Community Affairs
Julian Steele, a Boston Latin School and Harvard graduate, as the director of the Robert Gould Shaw House in the 1930s, was the leader in the expansion of social, recreational, and educational programs for the youth of the South End and lower Roxbury. From 1938-49 he directed the
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W.E.B. Du Bois died
W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in
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Aug
27
1963
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organized at a mass meeting in Elks Hall in Harlem. A Philip Randolph was elected president. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters would become one of the most successful union organizing efforts in history. The union gave voice to the many railroad porters and
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Aug
25
1925
Lloyd H. Dean
Lloyd H. Dean is President & Chief Executive Officer of Dignity Health. Dean is a nationally recognized leader within healthcare with over twenty years in the industry. Dean has led Dignity Health through significant strategic, operational and financial transformations to its current status as
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Gangster Disciples
The Gangster Disciples are a criminal gang which was formed on the South-side of Chicago in the late 1960s, by Larry Hoover, leader of the High Life Supreme Gangsters, and David Barksdale, leader of the Black Disciples. The two groups united to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN). They
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Oakwood University [Huntsville] (1896- )
Oakwood College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Huntsville, Alabama; the small urban campus is five minutes from downtown. Sitting on 1,185 acres, Oakwood University is one of the historical landmarks of Huntsville.  It is the only
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Hundley, Walter R. (1929-2002)
Walter R. Hundley, minister, sociologist, civil rights worker, and administrator, served in a number of important offices in Seattle government.  Hundley was born in Philadelphia on March 8, 1929, and raised there in a black neighborhood which he recalled as being pretty rough.  He graduated from
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Mar
8
1929
Robert H. Wood
Robert H. Wood, Mississippi political leader, elected mayor of Natchez.
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Dec
20
1870
(1957) Roy Wilkins, “The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”
In 1957 Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was next to Rev. Martin Luther King, the most recognized civil rights leader in the nation.  In October of that year he addressed the Commonwealth Club of California five weeks after
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Lionel Hampton, musician, born
Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist, drummer and band leader is born.
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Apr
20
1909
Somalia
The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed
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Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
NAACP leader, Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
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Sep
3
1895
Sir Grantley H. Adams
Sir Grantley H. Adams, political leader, president of Barbados, born on this day.
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Apr
12
1898
Cynthia Augustine
At DraftFCB, Cindy Augustine is responsible for leading all aspects of human resources, including recruiting, talent development, benefits and compensation, as well as inclusion programs for the global network. She is a master at creating high-performance teams that leverage organizational strength
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Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.
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Jun
30
1881
Paterson, David A. (1954- )
David A. Paterson, sworn in as Governor on March 17, 2008, is the first legally blind American Governor, the first black Governor of New York State, and only the fourth black Governor of any
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Mar
17
2008
South africa
Nelson Mandela, whose term as president cemented his reputation as one of the worlds most farsighted and magnanimous statesmen, retired in 1999. On June 2, 1999, Thabo Mbeki, the pragmatic deputy president and leader of the ANC, was elected president in a landslide, having already assumed many of
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Home of Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth
Home of Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth, Birmingham protest leader, destroyed by dynamite bomb.
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Dec
25
1956
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot is Executive Vice President and Treasurer for Wal-Mart
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Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker, opens the St Luke Penny Savings Bank
Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker, opens the St Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA, 1903
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Nov
2
1903
W. C. Handy (1873-1958)
1909 Memphis Blues, by W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, composer, cornetist, band leader, and publisher, was the first written blues composition. Handy is known as the Father of the Blues.
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Jan
0
1909
Perkins, Marvin (1963– )
Marvin Perkins is an accomplished recording vocal artist, a sought-after public speaker, and a leader in the effort to correct misunderstanding and incorrect assumptions about blacks, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
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Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa tä´bō mvo͝oyĕl´ə mbĕk´ē [key], 1942–, South African political leader. Mbeki was born into a politically active family his father, Govan Mbeki, an official with the African National Congress (ANC), was imprisoned (1964) at Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela , released
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Egypt
Tensions grew between the Wafd Party and the monarchy following independence, and in 1952, the army, led by Gen. Mohammed Naguib, seized power. Three days later, King Farouk abdicated in favor of his infant son. The monarchy was abolished and a republic proclaimed on June 18, 1953, with Naguib
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Jun
18
1953
Guinea
Guinea, in West Africa on the Atlantic, is also bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte dIvoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Slightly smaller than Oregon, the country consists of a coastal plain, a mountainous region, a savanna interior, and a forest area in the Guinea Highlands. The highest
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Joyce Banda
Born: 4/12/1950 Malemia, ZombaHer Excellency Dr Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician who was the President of Malawi from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. She is the founder and leader of the Peoples Party, created in 2011Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Johnson, Magic
Johnson, Magic (Earvin Johnson, Jr.), 1959–, African-American basketball player, b. Lansing, Mich. After winning the national championship with Michigan State Univ. (1979), he joined the Los Angeles Lakers and with them won five National Basketball Association championships
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St. Lucia
One of the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean, St. Lucia lies just south of Martinique. It is of volcanic origin. A chain of wooded mountains runs from north to south and from them flow many streams into fertile
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Jul
6
1964
What Was Apartheid in South Africa?
Apartheid is an Afrikaans word that means separation. It is the name given to the particular racial-social ideology developed in South Africa during the twentieth
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Mar
21
1960
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