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17
1956
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was a prominent African American leader born on June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was brought up in a liberal environment where his parents encouraged him to acquire an education and pursue his dreams. His mother taught him and his brother the works of classical
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26
1938
Nelson Mandela is released
Nelson Mandelas greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky
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Feb
11
1990
Venus Williams
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John Boyega
John Boyega is the rising young actor who was cast as one of the heroes of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. John Boyega was born to Nigerian parents in the Peckham neighborhood of London, which had a reputation as a rough urban area. However, Boyega became involved in youth theater and
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Curtis Mayfield, singer born
Curtis Mayfield was born on the 3rd of june 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, where he quickly
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Jun
3
1942
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institution of slavery.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Jan
0
1664
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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Sep
6
2001
Henrietta Bradberry patents Bed Rack
Bradberry invented the Bed Rack, Patent No. 2,320,027 on May 25, 1943, to attach to the bed frame and allow the bed clothes to hang on it while allowing the bed to air out.
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May
25
1943
Collins, George Washington (1925-1972)
Born on March 5, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, George Washington Collins graduated from Waller High School and immediately joined the United States Army in 1943 at the age of 18.  He rose to the rank of sergeant and was discharged in 1946.  Collins attended the Central Y.M.C.A. College in
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Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup a Violinist, married Anne Hampton on Christmas Day in 1828. In January of 1841 he was offered a job as a part-time violinist with a traveling band. This offer turned out to be a trick, where Solomon was sold into
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Jan
0
1841
Namibia
Namibia is bordered on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana, and on the east and south by South Africa. It is for the most part a portion of the high plateau of southern Africa, with a general elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000
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Ghana breaks colonialistic mold.
On this day, Ghana becomes a free self-governing nation. This country will be the first of the British Commonwealth of Nations to be self-governing.
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Sep
7
1957
Padmore, George (1901-1959)
A journalist, radical activist, and theoretician, George Padmore did more than perhaps any other single individual to shape the theory and discourse of Pan-African anti-imperialism in the first half of the twentieth
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Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity founded
At Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded by Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Harvey T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Guy L. Grant, Paul Caine, George W. Edmonds, Ezra D. Alexander and Edward
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Jan
5
1911
The Flip Wilson Show premieres on NBC. It is the first prime time variety show
The Flip Wilson Show premieres on NBC. It is the first prime time variety show starring an African American male since the Nat King Cole Show.
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Sep
17
1970
NAACP incorporated in New York
NAACP incorporated in New York.
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Jun
20
1911
(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”
Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public
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British ask for Ashanti Golden Stool
One inspiration of liberation can be seen in Queen Yaa Asantewa of the Ashanti. Ironically enough the Ashanti are included
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Mar
28
1900
The Presbyterian Synod of New York and Pennsylvania urgesits members to educat
The Presbyterian Synod of New York and Pennsylvania urges its members to educate their slaves.
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Jan
0
1787
Virgie Ammons patents fireplace damper actuator
Virgie M. Ammons of Eglon, West Virginia
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Sep
30
1975
Kwame Nkrumah ousted in military coup
Elected leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, ousted in military coup while he is away on a peace mission to Vietnam.
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Feb
24
1966
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
Muhammad Ali Loses Boxing Championship Recognition
World Boxing Association and New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of Muhammad Ali as world heavyweight boxing champion because of his refusal to serve in the U.S. armed forces.
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Apr
28
1967
Dancer Bojangles dies
Tap dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson dies in New York city.
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Nov
28
1949
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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Colonies give Statutory Recognition
Massachusetts became the first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery. Other colonies followed: Connecticut 1650; Virginia, 1661; Maryland, 1663; New York and New Jersey, 1664; South Carolina, 1682; Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, 1700; North Carolina. 1715; Georgia, 1750.
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Dec
1
1641
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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May
6
1931
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa award.
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa honors at New York University.
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Mar
28
1925
Born on this day Whoppi Goldberg
Born Caryn Johnson on November 13, 1955 in New York City, Goldberg began her long career when she was eight years old, performing with New Yorks Helena Rubenstein Childrens Theater. By virtue of her distinctive appearance and a persona that is both no-nonsense and empathic, Goldberg has emerged as
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Nov
13
1955
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