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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)

Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario. He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed. They settled briefly in New York until

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29

1913

Physician Bernard A. Harris, Jr is born

Physician Bernard A. Harris, Jr was born in

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Jun

26

1956

Wally "Famous" Amos's signature panama hat and embroidered shirt are donated to

Wally Famous Amoss signature panama hat and embroidered shirt are donated to the National Museum of American Historys Business Americana collection. It is the first memorabilia added to the collection by An African American entrepreneur and recognizes the achievement of Amos who built his company

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Nov

18

1980

History of Black America began like this

History of Black America began with landing of twenty Blacks at Jamestown, Virginia. John Rolfe said the ship arrived about the latter end of August and that it brought not anything but 20 and odd Negroes. Surviving evidence suggests that the twenty Blacks were accorded the status of indentured

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Aug

1

1619

Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)

Idi Amin was the Ugandan military dictator and President from 1971 to 1979. During his reign Amin’s military forces are estimated to have killed 500,000 people and exiled roughly 70,000 non-Ugandan nationals (mostly Indians) from

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In Feb. 2002, Mauritius went through four presidents in succession. Two resigned within days of each other, each after refusing to sign a controversial anti-terrorism law that severely curtailed the rights of suspects. The law, supported by the prime minister, was ultimately signed by

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John Morront becomes 1st black missionary to work withIndians is ordained as

John Morront becomes 1st black missionary to work with Indians is ordained as a methodist misinister in London,England

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May

15

1795

African History: Biographies

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Dziko, Trish Millines (1957- )

Trish Millines Dziko is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation. A native of New Jersey, Dziko focused on college and ultimately became a first-generation college student. Ms. Dziko also made history by becoming the first woman to be awarded a full basketball

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Oct

1

1996

Negro History week originated by Carter G.Woodson isobserved for the first tim

Negro History week originated by Carter G.Woodson is observed for the first time .

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Feb

7

1926

Lower house of Georgia legislature

Lower house of Georgia legislature, ruling that Blacks were ineligible to hold office, expelled twenty-eight representatives. Ten days later the senate expelled three Blacks. Congress refused to admit the state until the legislature seated the Black representatives.

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Sep

3

1868

Negro History Week Begins

What is now known as Black History Month, was first celebrated on this date as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson. It became a month long celebration in 1976.

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Feb

1

1926

Harold R. Perry became second Black Roman Catholic bishop in U.S. history.

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Jan

16

1966

Nash, Charles Edmund (1844-1913)

Republican Charles Edmund Nash served in the 44th Congress as Louisiana’s only black representative. Nash was born in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on May 23, 1844. Before his time in Congress Nash attended common schools, was a bricklayer in New Orleans, and had enlisted as a private

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May

23

1844

Study of Negro Life And History

Association for they Study of Negro Life and History organized at Chicago meeting. The name of the organization, the major organizing center for the dissemination of information on Black history, was changed in the sixties to the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.

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Sep

9

1913

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organized at a mass meeting in Elks Hall in Harlem. A Philip Randolph was elected president. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters would become one of the most successful union organizing efforts in history. The union gave voice to the many railroad porters and

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Aug

25

1925

Branford Marsalis

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Alex Haley, renowned author, dies

American biographer, scriptwriter, author who became famous with the publication of the novel ROOTS, which traces his ancestry back to Africa and covers seven American generations as they are taken slaves to the United States. The book was adapted to television series, and woke up an interest in

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Feb

10

1992

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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March on Washington

More than 250,000 persons participated in March on Washington demonstration, the largest single demonstration in US History at the time, begins, 1963

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Aug

28

1963

Taylor, John (1952- )

John David Beckett Taylor, the Baron of Warwick, was born on September 21, 1952 in Birmingham, England. His parents, Derief, a professional cricket player, and Enid, a nurse, were originally from Jamaica. Taylor was educated at Moseley Grammar School and later studied English Literature and Law at

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Sep

21

1952

Secession From the Union

Southern states believed the election of Lincoln as president meant the end to slavery. Immediately after the election in Novembet 1860, several states began holding conventions and debate secession from the Union. Before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, seven states had seceded fron the

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Mar

4

1861

Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424 (2008)

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The World's Anti-Slavery Convention

The Worlds Anti-Slavery Convention convenes in London, England.

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Jun

12

1840

McGee, Henry Wadsworth, Sr. (1910-2000)

The first African American Postmaster of a major postal facility, Henry W. McGee, Sr. was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1910, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1927. McGee was the first person to rise from the ranks of letter carriers to achieve the status of Postmaster, a post to which he was

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Negro History Week

Carter G. Woddson started Negro History Week. This week would later become Black History Month.

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Feb

26

1926

Abbott, Cleveland Leigh (1892–1955)

Cleveland Leigh Abbott was born December 9, 1892 in Yankton, South Dakota. He is most remembered for his coaching career at Tuskegee Institute (now University) in

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Jun

5

1955

Isaac Murphy later considered one of the greatest jockeys in US history rides

Isaac Murphy later considered one of the greatest jockeys in US history rides his first race in Louisville, KY.

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Jan

0

1875

Racial distrubances.

May 1-October 1, 1867, was the worst summer for racial distrubances in U.S. history, more than 40 riots and 100 other distrubances occurred.

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Oct

1

1867

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