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Hinderas, Natalie Leota (1927-1987)
Concert pianist Natalie Hinderas was born Natalie Leota Henderson on June 15, 1927, to parents Abram Henderson and Leota Palmer Henderson in Oberlin, Ohio. Hinderas came from a family of accomplished musicians.  Her great-grandfather had been a bandleader and teacher, her father was a jazz pianist
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Source: Black Past
Jul
22
1987
Rev. Richard Allen opens a day school in Philadelphia, PA.
Rev. Richard Allen opens a day school in Philadelphia, PA.
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Jan
0
1795
Black Students Barred From School
Black students entered Clay, Ky., elementary school under National Guard protection. They were barred from the school on September 17.
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Sep
12
1956
First Black Woman to Head a Medical School in the
Barbara Ross-Lee, practicing family physician, Naval officer, and medical educator, assumed the position as dean of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing Michigan. This position made her the first Black woman to head a medical school in the United States.
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Aug
1
1993
Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court
Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court which had confirmed $100,000 contempt fine imposed by Alabama on NAACP for refusing to divulge membership.
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Jun
30
1958
George Gervin
Born on April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, George Gervin is a retired professional basketball player who is known to be one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA
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Apr
27
1952
Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and
Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1923 the school merged with Cookman Institute and became Bethune-Cookman College. Seventy-six Blacks reported lynched in 1904.
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Oct
3
1904
National Guard mobilized to restore order in
National Guard mobilized to restore order in Boston school busing crisis.
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Oct
15
1974
Andrew F. Brimmer first Black governor of the Fede
Andrew F. Brimmer became the first Black governor of the Federal Reserve
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Jun
1
1995
Local composer to conduct Mass concert in New York
Local composer, author and music specialist at Elm Creative Arts School in Milwaukee, Wallace McClain Cheatham will be conducting Franz Peter Schuberts Mass In G Major for solo voice, chorus and full orchestra in May, 2021 at New Yorks prestigious Carnegie Hall. Dr. Cheatham was a public school
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Black Students Escorted To School
Soldiers of 101st Airborne Division escorted nine Black students to Central High school.
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Sep
24
1957
March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar
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Jan
0
2001
Hampton Institute
Hampton University was established in 1868 as a school for blacks. Hampton University was known prior to August 1984 as Hampton Institute. The university is a private coeducational institution in Hampton, Virginia. Its undergraduate college is still known as Hampton Institute.
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Apr
1
1868
Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin , (born March 11, 1950, New York, New York, U.S.), American musician noted for his tremendous vocal control and improvisational ability. He often sang a cappella, mixing folk songs, 1960s rock and soul tunes, and jazz themes with original lyrics. He preferred to sing without fixed
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Mar
11
1950
Brian McKnight Had The Entire Internet Swooning With A Surprise Live Performance
He was accompanied by just an electric piano.
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The Pennsylvania Society appoints a committee to superviseinstruction of free
The Pennsylvania Society appoints a committee to superviseinstruction of free blackyouth and to encourage theirschool attendance.
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Jan
0
1790
Dede, Edmund (1827-1903)
Musician and composer Edmund Dede was born on November 20, 1827 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents were free Creoles of color who moved to New Orleans from the French West Indies around 1809. Dede took his first music lessons from his father who was a bandmaster for a local military
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Nov
20
1827
United Order of True Reformer
United Order of True Reformer established.
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Dec
24
1881
Eleanor Holmes
Eleanor Holmes (later Eleanor Norton) is born in Washington, DC. A graduate of the Yale University School of Law, Norton will become chairperson of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and a Georgetown University law professor before being elected a non-voting delegate to Congress
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Jun
13
1937
U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of
U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was read by Chief Justice Earl B. Warren.
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May
17
1954
Education
Sarah Thompson Garnet becomes the first African American female principal in the New York City public school system.
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Apr
30
1863
Capital Savings Bank of Washigton, D.C., the first
Capital Savings Bank of Washigton, D.C., the first Black bank, opened in Washington, D.C. The Savings Bank of the Order of True Reformers (Richmond, Va.) was chartered on March 2, 1888.
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Mar
2
1888
Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series Kicks Off August 4 - Milwaukee Community Journal
Five summer concerts will kick off August 4 in Kenosha   KENOSHA, WI – Make the Anderson Arts Center your live music destination this summer for the free 2020 Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series taking place from August 4 through September 8. The series features regional jazz bands and legends
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Evelyn Bundy Band (c. 1926)
Formed in 1926, the Evelyn Bundy Band was one of the earliest and most influential local jazz ensembles to contribute to the Seattle, Washington jazz
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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, Thorpe & Lewis, the first Black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989 he became president and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holding Inc. With TLCs leverage
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Dec
7
1942
First Jazz Concert in Boston Church
A jazz concert of sacred music by the legendary Duke Ellington and his orchestra was performed at Union Methodist Church in July, 1966, the first time a jazz performance had been held in a Boston church.
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Executive Order 9808
In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil
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Dec
5
1946
The First Black Newspaper
Freedoms Journal, first black newspaper, published by John Russwurm and Samuel Cornish, founded 1827.
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Mar
0
1827
Local Entrepreneur Creates New Live Entertainment Platform; KA$H DOLL to perform
One of the very first industries to feel the effects of the global pandemic, was the live entertainment sector, seeing major music festivals and events cancelled and/or postponed, just as the first few cases of COVID-19 showed up
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The Riot of 1898
In November 1898, in two days of racial violence, a mob of whites, led by some of Wilmingtons most respected and influential citizens, destroyed the states only daily African American newspaper. Coroner reports confirm nine blacks were killed; some estimate hundreds died. Scores of others were
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Nov
8
1898
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