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Walter Francis White was born on this day.
Walter Francis White was born on this day.
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Jul
1
1863
First Coin Honoring a Black and Designed by a Blac
The first coin honoring a Black and designed by a Black was issued. The fifty-cent piece, which became available on this day, contained the bust of Booker T. Washington.
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Dec
16
1946
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is one of the most interesting inventors ever, not simply because of his invention but more so because of his celebrated and controversial life. Johnson was born on March 31, 1878 in Galveston, Texas under the name John Arthur Johnson and spent much of his teenage life working on boats
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Maxine Waters birth
Maxine Waters was born this day. Congresswoman Waters is a Democrat fromCalifornia.
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Aug
15
1938
Paris Exposition
African-American painter Henry O. Tanner was one of the 6,916 American exhibitors at the Paris Expoition which closed its gates on this day. Tanner won a silver medal for his entry.
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Nov
12
1900
Benjamin Hooks was born on this day.
Benjamin Hooks was born on this day.
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Jan
13
1925
First Black Daily Newspaper In Modern Times
Founded on this day by William A. Scott, III, the Atlanta Daily World was the first Black daily newspaper in modern times.
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Aug
3
1928
On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot deliveredone of the most
On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered
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Jan
6
1874
The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, bec
The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first Black person to play in an NBA game (beating out Charles Cooper and Nat Clifton by a day), 1950
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Oct
21
1950
Bill Pickett, cowboy born
Born this day in Travis County, TX., only 57 and 145 pounds, Pickett was one of the toughest cowboys. Invented unique form of steer wrestling called bulldogging. Died Apr. 2, 1932.
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Dec
5
1870
Egypt
The day after the violence—the worst since the revolution began in 2011—the interim military government named Hazem el-Beblawy, a respected economist who supported the ouster of Mubarak, as prime minister and said a new constitution would be drafted and elections would be held within six
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Josiah T. Walls
Born on this day in Winchester, VA, Josiah T. Walls was elected to the U.S. Congress for the state of Florida.
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Dec
30
1842
The Great Migration
The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following
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Dec
4
1915
Crispus Attucks
On this day, Crispus Attucks, an escaped slave became the first man killed in the cause of Americas freedom. This event is better known as the Boston Massacre.
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Mar
5
1770
Mauritania
Coup attempts in June 2003 and Aug. 2004 were thwarted. Tayas crackdown on Islamists and his support for Israel and the U.S. were believed to have sparked the attempts to overthrow him. In Aug. 2005, however, President Taya was deposed by military officers while out of the country. In June
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George Washington Carver Day
January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of
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Jan
5
1943
First Woman Millionaire
Madame C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove on this day, starts a Black hair-care business in Denver, CO; she alters curling irons that were popularized by the French to suit the texture of Black womens hair. She is arguably ther first woman millionaire in the U.S.
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Dec
23
1867
Father of Black Nationalism Born
Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements was born on this day in St. Anns Bay, Jamiaca.
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Aug
17
1887
Alain Locke was born on this day.
Alain Locke was born on this day.
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Sep
13
1885
First Black College Founded in Tennesee
The first Black college founded in Tennesee was Fisk University. Although work on the school was started in October 1865, it did not become incorporated under Tennesee law until this day.
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Aug
22
1867
Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
NAACP leader, Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
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Sep
3
1895
Harry Belafonte
Born on this day. HARRY BELAFONTE is the son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he became one of the most popular vocalists of the postwar era.
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Mar
1
1927
Birthday - Dwight Gooden
Born on this day in Tampa, Florida, Dwight Gooden went on to become the youngest player selected as the National League Rookie of the Year in 1984, the youngest to be chosen for the All-Star Game, and the youngest to win the Cy Young Award.
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Nov
16
1964
emancipation
August 1 marks the anniversary of the proclamation of emancipation in 1838. On this date slavery was officially abolished as a result of the unyielding resistance of the enslaved Africans and the Parliamentary and religious support which they received from British liberals. The day is recognised by
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Aug
1
1999
Claude McKay was born on this day.
Claude McKay was born on this day.
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Sep
15
1889
Johnson, Robert Louis (1946 - )
Robert Louis Johnson, founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Entertainment Television (BET), is also the majority owner of the Charlotte (North Carolina) Bobcats of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the first African American billionaire. He was born in
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Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.
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Dec
29
1907
Katherine Dunham was born on this day.
Katherine Dunham was born on this day.
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Jun
22
1909
Jamaica Kincaid Born
Novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid was born on this day in Antigua. Ms. Kincaid will pen novels such as Annie John and Lucy.
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May
25
1949
Slave uprise in Maryland
In 1739, the Black slaves of Prince Georges County, Maryland, secretly organized themselves into
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Jan
0
1739
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