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Yaoundé, Cameroon (1888- )
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1
1960
Death of Charlie Parker
Death of Charlie Parker (34), one of the founders of the modern jazz movement, in New York City.
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Mar
12
1955
Christianity
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Death of pianist Art Tatum
Death of pianist Art Tatum (46), Los Angeles.
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Nov
5
1956
Death of Charles Sumner
Death of Charles Sumner (63), militant white advocate of equal rights.
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Mar
11
1874
Nine Caravans of poor people arrived in Washington
Nine Caravans of poor people arrived in Washington for first phase of Poor Peoples Campaign. Caravans started from different sections of country on May 2 and picked up demonstrators along the way. In Washington, demonstrators erected camp called Resurrection City on sixteen-acre site near Lincoln
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11
1967
Death of Elijah Muhammad
Death of Elijah Muhammad (77), leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. He was succeeded by his son, Wallace D. Muhammad.
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1722 - In South Carolina, law punishes runaway slaves with death.
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Charles L. Blockson
On this date in 1933, Charles L. Blockson was born in Norristown, Pa. Blockson became an author and scholar of Black studies. He is considered one of the countrys leading experts on the Underground Railroad and chaired the National Park Services first Underground Railroad Advisory Committee.
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Dec
16
1933
Death of Booker T. Washington
Death of Booker T. Washington (59) educator and organizer, in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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1915
Death of Horace Mann Bond
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21
1972
Death of Daniel ("Chappie") James Jr
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1978
Storm of '28 Heros
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Death of Lincoln
Death of Abraham Lincoln, Washington.
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1865
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1981
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Death of Florence Mills (32), dancer and singer, New York City.
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1927
Black Hero of Argentina dies
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1810
Literary Critic and Editor
Death of Hoyt J. Fuller (57), literary critic and editor of First World magazine and former editor of Black World, in Atlanta.
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1981
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1768 - A black man convicted of rape is sentenced to death in Worcester, MA while a white man is sentenced to sit on the gallows for the same crime.
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Martin Luther King Jr's Death
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1968
Edimnia Lewis
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1959
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1993
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Death of B.O. Davis Sr. (93), first Black general, in Chicago.
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26
1970
Death of Richard Wright
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28
1960
Mrs. M.L.K. and deacon Boykin were killed
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1974
Death of Ferdinand
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Madagascar
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Death of John W. Davis
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