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Clarence Reed White
Clarence Reed White invented a two-dimensional slide rule.
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(1976) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, “Who, Then, Will Speak for the Common Good?”
In 1972 Barbara Charline Jordan became the first black member of Congress elected from Texas. Two years later this freshman Representative became a national figure because of her prominent role as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment hearings of President Richard
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Joe Louis
Born: 5/13/1914 La Fayette, AlabamaDied: 4/12/1981 Paradise, NevadaJoseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all timeAwards
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Kenneth A Gibson elected the first African American mayor of Newark. In 1976, he
Kenneth A Gibson elected the first African American mayor of Newark. In 1976, he will be elected the first African American president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Jun
16
1970
Protestors Arrested in Birmingham
An established 2,543 African American and white civil rights demonstrators protesting segregation were arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama.
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May
2
1963
Patricia Bath
Born: 11/4/1942 Manhattan, New YorkAmerican ophthalmologist, inventor and academic. She has broken ground for women and African Americans in a number of areas. Prior to Bath, no woman had served on the staff of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, headed a post-graduate training program in
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The First Black Psychic!
Shirley Ajayi was the first African American given a part on a television show as a psychic! The show lasted for about one year[actually six months] in Chicago, Illinois since the show was seasonal! Shirley started her career the minute her predictions came true! She was renamed Aura and hired to
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Sep
28
1986
Henderson, George Washington (c. 1850-1936)
Born a slave in Clark County, Virginia, George Washington Henderson graduated from the University of Vermont in 1877 and became the first African American to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), the highest academic honor society. He later received a bachelor’s degree in divinity from Yale
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Feb
3
1936
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
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
Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, dies, 1880
Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, born
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Aug
10
1880
ella baker
Born: 12/13/1903 Norfolk, VirginiaDied: 12/13/1986 New York City, New Yorkella baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned over five decades. She worked alongside some of the most famous civil rights
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Black Rebellion in Tampa, Florida
African Americans in Tampa, Florida rebelled after an African American man was killed by a white police officer while in custody.
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Feb
21
1987
Pressure From Congress
Pressure From Congress: After the Union Army suffered a series of military defeats in 1861 and 1862, pressure mounted on Lincoln to use African Americans as soldiers. Once again African American soldiers came to the rescue of America. As Charles Summer put it: I do not say carry the war into
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Aug
6
1861
John Roy Lynch, served in the 43rd, 44th, and 47th Congresses representing the S
John Roy Lynch, served in the 43rd, 44th, and 47th Congresses representing the State of Mississippi as a Republican, born. He also presided as a temporary chairman over the Republican National Convention of 1884 and was the first African American to deliver the keynote address.
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Sep
10
1847
Marian Anderson
Born: 2/27/1897 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDied: 4/8/1993 Portland, OregonAn African American operatic and concert singer that was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.B40Awards / Achievements:
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White Democrats attacked Republicans at Yazoo
White Democrats attacked Republicans at Yazoo City, Mississippi. One white and three Blacks were killed.
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Sep
1
1875
General B.O. Davis. Jr. dies
Four Star General Benjamin O. Davis, the first African American to become an Air Force General, died at age 89. He was the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. He led the Tuskegee Air Men. His father, Benjamin O. Davis. Sr. was the first African American Army General.
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Jul
4
2002
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.
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Jan
17
1924
Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama
In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the
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Doris A. Davis of Compton, California becom
Doris A. Davis of Compton, California becomes the first African American woman to govern a metropolitan city.
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Jun
5
1973
Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African American mayors of
Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African American mayors of Chapel Hill, N.C. and Fayette, Miss., respectively
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Nov
4
1969
First Prizefighter Bill Richmond born
Bill Richmond, son of a slave, became the first African American to distinguish himself as a prizefighter. On this date, Richmond knocked out Jack Holmes in England.
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Jul
8
1805
Through the 3 White Democrats and police attacked
Through the 3 White Democrats and police attacked freedmen and their white allies in Memphis, Tennessee. Forty-six Blacks and two white liberals were killed. More than seventy were wounded. Ninety homes, twelve schools and four churches were burned.
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May
1
1866
First African American, William Tucker, born
First African American, William Tucker, born
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Jan
3
1621
Andrew Brimmer
Andrew Brimmer becomes the first African American governor of the Federal Reserve Board when he is appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Feb
26
1966
In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board
In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board of Health to help meet the cost of a sutdy of syphilis in African American men living in rural Georgia and Alabama. Thus would begin a four decade long study of syphilis without treatment. Over 400 men were allowed to
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Feb
12
1930
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell was the first African American to hold the highest U.S. Military post. In August 1989 he was named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Aug
0
1989
Stephanie Ellis-Smith, Seattle, Washington
Stephanie Ellis-Smith has lived in Seattle for nearly 20 years and has a diverse background in the arts and civic engagement. Stephanie has degrees in English and biochemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and studied retroviruses at the University of
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Dr. Frantz O. Fanon author, dies
Dr. Frantz O. Fanon author, dies in Washington, D.C.. He penned Black Skins, White Masks, and Wretched of the Earth
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Dec
6
1961
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