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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was a legendary singer and recording artist who came to be known as the “Prince of Soul”. Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his father “Reverend Marvin Gay Sr.” who was a very strict guardian. Gaye was musically
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Apr
2
1939
Mrs. M.L.K. and deacon Boykin were killed
A Black man shot and killed Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and deacon Edward Boykin during church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. The assailant, Marcus Chennault of Dayton, Ohio, was later convicted and sentenced to death.
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Jun
30
1974
Emmett Till
Born: 7/25/1941 Chicago, IllinoisDied: 8/28/1955 Money, MississippiEmmett Till was an African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14, after reportedly flirting with a white woman.Till was from Chicago, Illinois, and visiting relatives in Money, a small town in the
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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)
Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario.  He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed.  They settled briefly in New York until
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Dec
29
1913
White Students Support For Segregation
One thousand white students walked out of three, Gary, Ind. schools to protest integration. There were similar disturbances in Chicago and other Northern and Western metropolitan areas.
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Sep
18
1945
Martin Luther King Jr. Born
Martin Luther King Jr. born in Atlanta. He was first given the name of Michael Luther King Jr. The name was formally changed to Martin at a later date.
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Jan
15
1929
Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago
Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by artist and poet Margaret T. Burroughs in 1961, the DuSable is one of the oldest African American museums in the U.S.
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Sep
17
1991
James Baskett Wins Academy Award
In 1947 James Baskett(1904-1948)was given a Special Academy Award for his part in Disneys Song Of The South. He was the second American of African decent to recieve an Academy Award. Baskett was also the first American of African decent hired by Disney. Unfortunately Baskett was unable to attend
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Mar
21
1947
Fango, Gobo (1855-1886)
Gobo Fango was born in the Eastern Cape Colony in what is now South Africa around 1855, just before the beginning of the eighth of the nine Xhosa Wars (Cape Frontier Wars) against British and Boer settlers.  Fango was a member of the Gcaleka tribe, a sub-group of the Xhosa peoples.  These frontier
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Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlantas Ebenezer Baptist Church , the nearby crypt containing the remains of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his boyhood home are dedicated as part of a memorial to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change.
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Jan
15
1970
First Black Head of Veterans Organization
W. Robert Ming, Chicago lawyer, elected chairman of American Veterans Committee. He was the first Black to head a major national veterans organization.
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Apr
28
1957
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago
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Jan
23
1891
James B. Parsons
James B. Parsons becomes the first African American chief judge of a federal court, the U.S. District Court of Chicago. In 1961, Parsons became the first African American district court judge
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Mar
19
1975
The first African American nursing school
The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.
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Aug
13
1881
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Born: 7/16/1862 Holly Springs, MississippiDied: 3/25/1931 Chicago, IllinoisIda Bell Wells-Barnett, more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights MovementBusiness
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Race riot, Atlanta
Race riot, Atlanta.
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Sep
6
1966
Death of William L.Dawson
Death of William L. Dawson (84), Democratic congressman and party leader, in Chicago.
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Nov
9
1970
Politician Oscar De Priest born
Birthday in Florence, Alabama, of Oscar De Priest, who became a politician after moving to Chicago. Elected in 1928, De Priest was the first African American from Illinois elected to the House of Representatives.
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Mar
9
1871
Death of B.O.Davis Sr.
Death of B.O. Davis Sr. (93), first Black general, in Chicago.
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Nov
26
1970
Demonstrations against discrimination in
Demonstrations against discrimination in off-campus housing staged by students at University of Chicago, January 23-February 5. CORE charged that the University operated segregated apartment houses.
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Jan
23
1962
Shirley Franklin is sworn in
Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city.
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Jan
7
2002
Musician Herbie Hancock born
Contemporary jazz composer and musician Herbie Hancock was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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Apr
12
1940
Paul Robeson and Japanese Americans, 1942-1949
One hero and friend of Japanese Americans, both individuals and the community generally, was Paul Robeson. Robeson was (after Joe Louis) the most popular and visible African American of the 1930s and 1940s. He was a celebrated stage actor and movie star, an internationally famous folk
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The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the
The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear the name of the slain civil rights leader.
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Nov
4
1988
Otis Boykin
Otis F. Boykin was born on August 29, 1920 in Dallas, Texas. After graduating high school, he attended Fisk College in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated in 1941 and took a job as a laboratory assistant with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. He undertook various tasks but
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Basketball star Walt Frazier born
Basketball legend Walt Frazier was born in
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Mar
29
1945
Carter G. Woodson
Born: 12/19/1875 New Canton, VirginiaDied: 4/3/1950 Washington, D.C., United StatesKnown as the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson believed that documenting and sharing African American contributions was essential to cultivating positive self worth among African-Americans as
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Black Panther Leaders Killed
Two Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark - killed in Chicago police raid. Civil rights leaders said the two men were murdered in their
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Dec
4
1969
William A. Harper
William A. Harper, student of Henry O. Tanner at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most gifted African American artist of the early 20th century, born
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Dec
27
1873
Terry McMillan, novelist born
Terry McMillan
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1951
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