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Anti-Slavery Society started
American Anti-Slavery Society
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Dec
4
1833
William "Bill" Richmond is taken by General Earl Percy,commander of the Britis
William Bill Richmond is taken by General Earl Percy, commander of the British forces occupying New York, to England to box against British soldiers.
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Jan
0
1777
Four national chain stores announced
Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.
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Mar
1
1960
Third national Black convention met
Third national Black convention met in Philadelphia with twenty-nine delegates from eight states. Henry Sipkins of New York was elected president.
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Jun
4
1832
Dr
Dr. Clifford R. Wharton Jr. named chancellor of the State University of New York.
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Oct
26
1977
Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis
Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their New York fight and became the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Feb
16
1970
Born on this day Whoppi Goldberg
Born Caryn Johnson on November 13, 1955 in New York City, Goldberg began her long career when she was eight years old, performing with New Yorks Helena Rubenstein Childrens Theater. By virtue of her distinctive appearance and a persona that is both no-nonsense and empathic, Goldberg has emerged as
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Nov
13
1955
Anti-lynching Bill Proposed
African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.
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Jan
20
1900
First Slave revolt in America
The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years
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Jan
0
1526
Florida constitutional convention (eighteen
Florida constitutional convention (eighteen Blacks, twenty-seven whites) met in Tallahassee.
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Jan
20
1868
Reginald F. Lewis
Lewis was born on this day in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1968. He was a partner in Murphy, Thorpe & Lewis, the first Black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989 he became president and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holding Inc. With TLCs leverage
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Dec
7
1942
Arthur Ashe is born
Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in
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Jul
10
1943
Ethiopia Invaded by Italy
Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior
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Oct
3
1935
Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Caro
Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Carolina, 6th Virginia, 9th Ohio, 9th Illinois, 23rd Kansas and 10th Cavalry regiments, some units with African American officers, took part in the Spanish-American War on Cuban soil. Some of these veterans, upon return to
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Apr
21
1898
Did You Know That In...
1706 - A New York act is passed encouraging the baptism of slaves, although the baptism does not entitle a slave to freedom.
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Jan
0
1706
James Baldwin born
James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, and educated in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews and immediately was recognized as establishing a profound and permanent new voice in American letters.
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Aug
2
1924
Jan Earnest Matzeliger
Jan Earnest Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852 in
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Sep
15
1852
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, Born May 29, 1914 in Mexia, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wiley College in 1934 and a Master of Science from Atlanta University in 1936. Henry McBay earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay served as an Instructor
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May
29
1914
The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the
The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the shoe capital of the
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Mar
19
1883
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1712 - A New York act bans black mulatoos and Native Americans from home ownership.
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Jan
0
1712
First Black Woman to Head a Medical School in the
Barbara Ross-Lee, practicing family physician, Naval officer, and medical educator, assumed the position as dean of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing Michigan. This position made her the first Black woman to head a medical school in the United States.
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Aug
1
1993
Rebellion After Suspicious Death During Arrest
In Tampa,Florida, a rebellion followed the suspicious death of Edgar Allen Price, a police suspect who died during an arrest. Police contended that Price hit his head on the ground several times.
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Feb
2
1989
Muhammad Ali Loses Boxing Championship Recognition
World Boxing Association and New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of Muhammad Ali as world heavyweight boxing champion because of his refusal to serve in the U.S. armed forces.
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Apr
28
1967
Col.B.O. Davis Jr.
Col. B.O. Davis Jr. Named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army Air Force base in the United States.
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Jun
21
1945
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa award.
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa honors at New York University.
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Mar
28
1925
Slavery
Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
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Jan
0
1526
Black Men and Women Elected To Congress
A record number of Black congressmen and the first Black woman representative were elected to Congress. The nine Black congressmen and Sen. Edward W. Brooke topped the previous high of eight in the Forty-fourth Congress of 1875-77. The first Black woman representative, Shirley Chisholm of the
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Nov
5
1968
Civil Rights
New York Slave Revolt. April 7, 1712 Nine whites were killed in a slave revolt in New York City. Planned by 27 slaves, the rebellion was begun by setting fire to an outhouse; as whites came to put the fire out, there were shot. The state militia was called out to capture the rebels and the city of
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Apr
7
1712
Matthew Henson
In 1909 Matthew Henson an ex-seamen became the first American to journey to the North Pole and claim it for the United States.
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Jan
0
1909
Frances Watkins Harper, writer born
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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Sep
24
1825
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