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National Football League star David “Deacon” Jones was a dominant player in the League.  During Jones’ years on the football field he singlehandedly revolutionized the defensive end position. Throughout his fourteen-year stint in the NFL Jones managed to play in 190 games, missing only
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3
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Jackie Robinson
Born: 1/31/1919 Cairo, GeorgiaDied: 10/24/1972 Stamford, ConnecticutJackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers
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15
1947
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Dec
12
1911
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16
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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
Black History Month Special Feature, 2012 - Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
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Negro Baseball League player, Orlando Cepeda was born, 1937
Negro Baseball League player, Orlando Cepeda was born, 1937
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Sep
16
1937
Duke Ellington
Name at birth: Edward Kennedy Ellington
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Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett was a professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins of the Major Baseball League. He was born on March 14, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in a public housing project in Chicago. He attended and graduated from Calumet High School, where he played baseball. Due to his short
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14
1960
Lester Granger
Lester Granger named executive director of the National Urban League.
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Dec
7
1941
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla khōl-ēhlä´hlä mändā´lä [key], 1918–2013, South African statesman. He earned a degree (B.A., 1943) after being expelled from the University College of Fort Hare (for taking part in a student protest) and finishing his studies with the Univ. of South Africa, studied
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Ernie Davis dies
Ernie Davis, star running back at Syracuse University; first black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961. Died on May 18, 1962 of leukemia before playing a pro game.
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Lou Brock stole a record of 935th bases and became the all-time major league record holder.
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National Urban League presented one-hour program over a national radio network and urged equal participation for Blacks in national defense program.
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1911
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1950
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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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The Cheyney State Training School was established in Pennsylvania.
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Dec
25
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Negro Baseball League player, William Foster was born, 1889
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16
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National Negro Business League organized at Boston meeting. Booker T. Washington was elected president. (8/23-24).
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Aug
23
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Elston Howard: First Black to win AL MVP
On Nov. 7 1963, Elston Howard, catcher for the New York Yankees became the first African American to win the American leagues Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
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All blacks and Native Americans who live with or are servants of the English settlers in Massachusetts are required to undergo militar training due to an every present Indian danger.
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Pollard, Fritz (1894-1986)
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Fats Waller
Name at birth: Thomas Wright Waller
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Florence Dolorez Griffith Joyner was an American athlete, who is considered to be one of the fastest women of all time. She was also known for being a trend setter on the field, with her fashionable outfits and long nails. She was born in Los Angeles, California on December 21, 1959 and raised in
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University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (1873- )
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