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Marjorie Joyner--patent for hair wave machine
Patent for a permanent wave machine which could
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Nov
27
1928
Shooting of Civil Rights Activist
Sammy Younge, Jr., 21, was shot to death by a 67 year old white service station attendant. A Tuskegee Institute student and civil rights activist, Younge was shot after using the Whites only restroom at the service station where the white attendant was working.
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Jan
3
1966
World renowed opera singer
World renowed opera singer, Leontyne Price, makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House
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Jan
27
1961
Dorothy V. McClendon--Microbiologist
Born: 1924
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Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Jan
0
1924
NAACP founded
Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights
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Feb
12
1909
birthday
Cab Calloway, bandleader and first jazz singer to sell a million records is born in Rochester,NY.
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Dec
25
1907
Valerie Simpson's Birthday
Singer and producer, Valerie Simpson Ashford, composer was born, 1946
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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Aug
26
1946
The American Nicodemus Town Company is founded
The American Nicodemus Town Company is founded by six African American settlers in northwestern Kansas. The town will be settled later in the year.
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Apr
18
1877
Donnie Hathaway, singer, born
Donnie Hathaway, singer, born
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Oct
1
1945
Smokey Robinson born
Soul singer William Smokey Robinson born in Detroit, Michigan. Robinsons first singing group was the Miracles which he formed in 1955 while still in high school. The groups first success came in 1960 with the hit, Shop Around.
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Feb
19
1940
Niagara Movement
Black intellectuals and activists organized Niagara movement (the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) at a meeting near Niagara Falls. Delegates from fourteen states, led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, demanded abolition of all distinctions
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Jul
11
1905
A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus
A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus
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Jan
0
1815
Fontella Bass is Born
Fontella Bass, rhythm and blues singer noted for her recording of Rescue Me, is born.
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Jul
3
1940
Boxing champion, Muhammad Ali
Boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, named the Associated Press Athelete of the Year, 1974
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Jan
16
1974
Nelson Mandela arrested
Nelson Mandela was arrested near Howick, South Africa, and charged with incitement; he received a five-year sentence later in the year.
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Aug
5
1962
BLACK NAMED CHIEF SWEEPER
COLUMBUS, OHIO,--a BLACK MAN, Mr. Everette Spurlock, has been named superintendent of this citys street cleaning department. The negroe community is overjoyed that the city has finally recognized the dependability of its colored
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Mar
0
1910
1000 people from twenty five states gather in Philadelphia and form the National
1000 people from twenty five states gather in Philadelphia and form the National Black Independent Party, 1980
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Nov
23
1980
Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland was born.
Singer Bobby Blue Bland is born in Rosemark, Tennessee.
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Jan
0
1930
Lou Rawls is born
Louis Allen Rawls AKA Lou Rawls born in Chicago. He is a three-time Grammy-winning singer and has been a popular black MOR singer since the Fifties.
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Dec
1
1935
Wendell P. Dabney establishes The Union.
Wendell P. Dabney establishes The Union. The Cincinnati, Ohio papers motto is For no people can become great without being united, for in union there is strength.
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Feb
13
1907
Singer Gladys Knight born
Singer Gladys Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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May
28
1944
Singer Al Jarreau born
Jazz singer Al Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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May
12
1940
Death
Carmen McRae A noted Jazz singer died on November 10, 1994
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Nov
10
1994
Reggae singer, Robert Nesta Marley, performs at Zimbabwe Independence Celebratio
Reggae singer, Robert Nesta Marley, performs at Zimbabwe Independence Celebration
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Apr
18
1980
born 20 December 20, 1957, Detroit, Michigan, USA.Soul singer
born 20 December
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Dec
20
1957
30 million people worldwide joined in pop singer Bob Geldof's "Race Against Time
30 million people worldwide joined in pop singer Bob Geldofs Race Against Time to raise money for the starving in Africa.
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May
25
1986
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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Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Jan
5
1911
Track star Wilma Rudolph born
Wilma Glodean Ruduolph Ward was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. Winner of three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Ward was named Athlete of the Year in 1960 and 1961.
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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Jun
23
1909
On October 1, 1945, noted R&B singer and songwriter, Donny Hathaway was born in
On October 1, 1945, noted R&B singer and songwriter, Donny Hathaway was born in Chicago, Illinois. Before his death, he often teamed up with songstress, Roberta Flack, on songs such as Where Is the Love.
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Oct
1
1945
James Brown, born
Flamboyant blues singer, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown is born in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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Jun
17
1928
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