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John Conyers Jr
John Conyers Jr. elected to House of Representatives from Detroit.
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Nov
3
1964
Miller, Rosalie Reddick (1925-2005)
Dr. Rosalie Reddick Miller was the first African American woman dentist to practice in the State of Washington.  She was born on December 29, 1925 in Waycross, Georgia.  She attended the all-black public schools in Columbus, Georgia and in 1946 received a B. A. degree from Fisk University in
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Dec
29
1925
Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs was born on January 2, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the oldest of five children born to Marcia and Andre Young. Diggs grew up in Rochester, New York where he attended Allendale Columbia School. He later transferred to School of the Arts. He also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
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Jan
2
1971
Rosalind Brewer
Born: 962 President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, U.S.ABrewer became CEO of discount membership club and retailer Sam’s club in 202, becoming the first woman and first African-American to head a Wal-Mart subsidiary. The $56 billion (revenues) division of Wal-Mart has operations in the
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METCO
METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity), is Americas longest running voluntary school desegregation
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Dec
13
1960
Sonny Liston
Sonny Liston was a notable twentieth century African-American boxer. He was known for his punching power and intimidating appearance in the boxing ring. Liston earned the World Heavyweight Championship in 1962 when he knocked out his opponent Floyd
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Students went on Strike at U.Michigan
Students struck at the University of Michigan and demanded increased Black enrollment. The strike ended April 2, after the administration agreed to meet their demands.
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Mar
20
1970
Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks
Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks in the District of Columbia was passed over President Andrew Johnsons veto.
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Jan
8
1867
Some three hundred Blacks and whites met at the
Some three hundred Blacks and whites met at the United Charities Building in New York City at the first NAACP conference, May 31 and June 1.
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May
31
1909
Helene Gayle
Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth
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Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit.
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Feb
28
1942
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
Blayton, Jesse B., Sr. (1879-1977)
Jesse B. Blayton, Sr., was a pioneer African American radio station entrepreneur.  Blayton founded WERD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949 making him the first African American to own and operate a radio station in the United
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Source: Black Past
Oct
3
1949
First Black Political Convention
Through the 12th - three thousand delegates and five thousand observers attended the first Black political convention in Gary, Indiana. The NAACP and other groups withdrew from the convention after the adoption of resolutions critical of busing and the state of Israel.
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Mar
10
1972
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter and actress who has been making hit records for almost 25 years. She was born on January 11, 1971 in the Bronx, New York to Cora and Thomas Blige. She grew up in a very neglected and disastrous neighborhood and her childhood was marked by
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Jan
11
1971
NAACP chairman Stephen Gill Spottswood
NAACP chairman Stephen Gill Spottswood told the NAACP convention that the Nixon administration was anti-Negro and was pressing a calculated Policy inimical to the needs and aspirations of the large majority of citizens.
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Jun
29
1970
Reginald F. Lewis
Lewis was born on this day in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1968. He was a partner in Murphy, Thorpes & Lewis, the first black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989 he became president and CEO of TLC Beatrice International food Company, Lewis became the
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Feb
3
0
Elected Auditor General of Michigan
Otis M. Smith elected auditor general of Michigan and became the first Black chosen in a statewide election since the Reconstruction period.
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Nov
8
1960
A Demonstration Led by NAACP
NAACP led protest demonstrations against the showing of the movie Birth of
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Dec
4
1915
First President of the National Negro Bowling Asso
The National Negro Bowling Association was organized in Detroit, Michigan and Wynston Brown became its first president.
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Aug
20
1939
La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1864-1868)
The New Orleans Tribune was the first African American daily newspaper in the United States. Started in 1864 by Charles Louise Roudanez the Tribune was notable in that it was bilingual. Articles were written in both French, for the majority of African Americans in Louisiana, and English, in order
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James Weldon Johnson was honored by NAACP
James Weldon Johnson was honored for his careers as an executive of the NAACP, a member of the United States Consul, editor, and poet by the NAACP in New York City.
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Jun
30
1926
Roy Wilkins is elected NAACP executive secretary
Roy Wilkins is elected NAACP executive secretary following the death of Walter White
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Apr
11
1955
Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
4
1922
NAACP report
NAACP report said 1946 was one of the grimmest years in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The report deplored reports of blow torch killing and eye-gouging of Negro veterans freshly returned from a war to end torture and racial extermination and said
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Jan
3
1947
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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Jun
26
1938
Senwosert I
Senwosert I was a 12th Dynasty King of Egypt (1897BC). Also
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Jan
0
0
Dawson, Horace G. (1926- )
Horace G. Dawson, Jr. was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Botswana by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.  After his confirmation by the U.S. Senate he served in that post until 1983.  Dawson was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 30, 1926.  He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he earned
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Source: Black Past
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Jan
14
2004
Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
In the following article University of Oregon historian Carlos Aguirre describes the self-taught poet, writer, and folklorist Nicomedes Santa Cruz, one of the understudied black intellectual leaders in Peru and Latin
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Feb
5
1992
Ford, Harold Sr. (1945- )
Harold Eugene Ford, Sr., a United States Representative from Tennessee from 1975 to 1997, was born on May 20, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee to Vera Davis and Newton Jackson Ford, a funeral home director.  Ford’s family was part of the local black elite dating back to the beginning of the 20th
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May
20
1945
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