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Women's Auxiliary Volunteers for Emerge
The first African American women complete officer training for the WAVES (Womens Auxiliary Volunteers for Emergency Service). They had been admitted to the corps two months earlier.
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Dec
13
1944
abolition of slavery
On April 19, 1866, the African American citizensof Washington D.C. celebrated the abolition of slavery. 4,000 to 5,000 people assembled to the White House addressed by Andrew Johnson. Led by twoblack regiments the spectators, and the procession proceeded up the Pennsylvania Avenue to FranklinSquare
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Apr
19
1866
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
Series of events in African American history
Between the years of 1500-1884, there was a series of events that happened in African American history. Between the 1500-1600s, there were slave revolts in the West Indies; from 1655-17-38, there was the war between the British and Maroons; in 1750, there was a British free trade in human flesh; in
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Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn
Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn becomes lieutenant governor of Louisiana. It is the highest executive office held by an African American to date.
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Jun
13
1868
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
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt was a singer and actress who recorded the hit holiday song “Santa Baby”. She was born on January 17, 1927 in South Carolina to an African American mother and a white father. She was raised by Anna Mae Riley, as her biological mother had abandoned her. It wasn’t until later
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Jan
17
1927
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
Alex Haley
Alex Haley wrote Roots, one of the most celebrated novels of the 1970s. Haley spent 20 years in the Coast Guard (1939-59) then began a second career as a writer, working for magazines ranging from Readers Digest to Playboy. Haley was a ghostwriter on his first major book: The Autobiography of
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Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)
No. 02-516. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003
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Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil
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May
19
1925
Clifford Alexander Jr
Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army. He will hold the position until the end of President Jimmy Carters term.
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Feb
11
1976
Ota Benga, African native kept in zoo, kills self
An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were mans evolutionary ancestors - monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and a African of
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Mar
20
1916
White Democrats killed several Blacks
White Democrats killed several Blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Jul
4
1875
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her
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Oct
3
1954
Second Baseball Player to be Featured on a Stamp
Born in Puerto Rico of Black and Hispanic heritage, Roberto Clemente was the second baseball player to be featured on a stamp on this day.
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Aug
17
1984
Horace Harding Pippin!!!
In West Chester, Pennsylvania, African American painter Horace Pippin was born. Pippin is considered one of the major American painters of his period. One of his more significant works, John Brown Going to His Hanging, is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
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Feb
22
1888
John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET
1918 : John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET and Ebony magazines, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, the most successful African American publishing company in the U.S., owner of Fashion Fair cosmetics, and the first African American owned radio station in Chicago, born
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Jun
19
1918
Karen Farmer
Karen Farmer becomes the first African American member of the Daughters of the American Revolution when she traces her ancestry back to William Hood, a solider in the Revolutionary War.
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Dec
28
1977
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father was the first African American general in the U.S. Army
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May
22
1959
Donald Payne, first African American congressman f
Donald Payne, first African American congressman from New Jersey (1988), born
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Jul
16
1934
Quvenzhané Wallis
Quvenzhané Wallis is a child actress, model and singer. She was born on August 28, 2003 to a teacher named Qulyndreia, and a truck driver named Venjie Wallis, Sr. Her unique name reflects a combination of her parents’ names and the word “zhané” is Swalihi for fairy. She has two sisters
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Jun
27
2012
North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance
North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company founded by John Merrick and associates in Durham, North Carolina as the first African American owned insurance company.
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Oct
20
1898
Lee Roy Young becomes the first African American Texas Ranger in the police forc
Lee Roy Young becomes the first African American Texas Ranger in the police forces 165 year history.
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Sep
6
1988
P.B.S. Pinchback elected president
P.B.S. Pinchback is elected president pro tem of the Louisiana Senate and acting lieutenant governor. He is the first African American to serve in these positions in state government.
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Dec
6
1871
Alice Childress becomes the first African American woman to receive an Obie Awar
Alice Childress becomes the first African American woman to receive an Obie Award for her play, Trouble in Mind.
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Nov
29
1955
Sigma Gamma Rho, Sorority Inc. founded
Seven black women in Indianopolis, Indiana founded Sigma Gamma Rho sorority based on a desire to raise the standards of teachers in normal and other schools. These individuals included Mary Lou Allison Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae
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Nov
12
1922
The Cotton Bag Fort
A African American Designs The Cotton Bag Fort: When Andrew Jackson assembled his force at New Orleans, his soldiers, many of whom were African American slaves, were outnumbered by the British forces ten to one. Faced with this disadvantage, Jackson consulted with men as to what was the best
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Oct
2
2002
Withers, John Lovelle, II (1948- )
In 2007, Ambassador John L. Withers II, a second generation diplomat, was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Albania. Withers was born in 1948 in Guilford, North Carolina, to John L. Withers, Sr. and Daisy P. Withers. His father had briefly worked as a political
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