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W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
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Oct
9
1984
Arthur Ashe, first Black male to winWimbledon, is denied entry to
Arthur Ashe, first Black male to win Wimbledon, is denied entry to compete on the US Team for the South African Open tennis championships due to Ashes sentiments on South Africas racial policies
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Jan
28
1970
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
Major General Frederick E. Davidson
Major General Frederick E. Davidson first African American to lead an Army division
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Apr
25
1972
Saxophonist Dexter Gordon dies
Saxophonist Dexter Gordon, the last of the beboppers, died of kidney failure in Philadelphia.
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Apr
25
1990
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected St
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.
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May
10
1994
Black Ambassador to South Africa
On this date, President Ronald Reagan appointed Edward J. Perkins ambassador to South Africa.
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Oct
2
1986
Survivors returned to Africa
Thirty-five Amistad survivors returned to Africa.
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Nov
25
1841
A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus
A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus
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Jan
0
1815
1787 Georgia's House of Assembly named Willliam Few, Abraham Baldwin,William
1787 Georgias House of Assembly named Willliam Few, Abraham Baldwin, William Pierce, Georgie Walton, William Houston, and Nathaniel Pendleton as Georgias commissioners to the Philadelphia constitutional convention.
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Feb
10
1787
Pan-African Congress Meeting
Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, met a Grand Hotel, Paris. There were fifty-seven delegates sixteen from the United States and fourteen from Africa form sixteen countries and colonies. Blaise Diagne of Senegal was elected president and Du Bois was named secretary.
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Feb
19
1919
Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in
Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in Philadelphia to protest a theatrical presentation of Thomas Dixons The Clansman. Sixty-two Blacks reported lynched in 1906.2
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Oct
22
1906
Second Pan-African Congress met in London
Second Pan-African Congress met in London, Brussels and Paris, August 28 to September 6. Of the 113 delegates, 39 were form Africa and 36 were from America.
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Aug
28
1921
First Black To Lead Army Division
Maj. Gen. Frederic E. Davidson assumed command of the Eighth Infantry Division in Germany and became the first Black to lead an army division.
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Apr
19
1960
Namibia gains independence
The History of NamibiaThe country has ever since that historical day; 21 March 1990 enjoyed peace, stability and progress in many ways. Namibia is also known as the smile of Africa because, of its geographical position and the friendliness and warmth of its citizens. Currently the country has
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Mar
21
1990
Quakers organize the Society for the Free Instruction ofOrderly Blacks and Peo
Quakers organize the Society for the Free Instruction of Orderly Blacks and People of Color, Philadelphia PA.
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Jan
0
1789
Reverend Barbara Harris's election as bishop
Reverend Barbara Harriss election as bishop is ratified by the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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Jan
24
1989
Ota Benga, African native kept in zoo, kills self
An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were mans evolutionary ancestors - monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and a African of
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Mar
20
1916
Edward Thomas Demby
Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.
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Sep
29
1918
Rev. G.W. Hobbs
Rev. G.W. Hobbss 1785 pastel of Richard Allen, a political leader is considered to be the first portrait of a black by another black.
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Jan
0
1785
John M
John M. Burgess installed as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts.
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Jan
17
1970
Nelson Mandela is released
Nelson Mandelas greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky
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Feb
11
1990
Henry McNeal Turner Born
Henry McNeal Turner was born on what is now Hannah Circuit, near Newberry, which was then in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Young Turner was bound out to the hardest king of labor in the cotton fields and the blacksmiths trade in Abbeville until his manhood at age
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Feb
1
1834
Series of events in African American history
Between the years of 1500-1884, there was a series of events that happened in African American history. Between the 1500-1600s, there were slave revolts in the West Indies; from 1655-17-38, there was the war between the British and Maroons; in 1750, there was a British free trade in human flesh; in
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Jan
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0
Black division, under command
Black division, under command of Maj. Gen. Charles Paine, participated in Fort Fisher (N.C.) expedition which closed Confederates last major port.
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Jan
15
1865
Sixth national Black convention met
Sixth national Black convention met in Philadelphia with thirty-five delegates from six states and the District of Columbia.
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Jun
1
1835
First National Negro Convention
In Philadelphia Richard Allen chairs the first National Negro Convention, 1830
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Aug
20
1830
Opera singer Marian Anderson born
Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was entered in the New York Philharmonic Competition at age 17 by her music teacher, and placed first over 299 other singers. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1930, Anderson went to Europe for a year of study. She
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Feb
27
1902
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona
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May
18
1955
James Theodore Holly
James Theodore Holly, a Black American who emigrated to Haiti in 1861, elected bishop of Haiti. He was consecrated in a ceremony at New Yorks Grace Church on November 8.
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Nov
3
1874
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