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Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. The most common type of heart failure occurs when the heart does not squeeze well enough to pump blood throughout to the body.

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COINTELPRO Memorandum

A memorandum sent to field offices of the FBI set goals for what was termed as a new counterintelligence program against African American Nationalist groups. The objective was to block attempts by targeted groups to coalesce, grow and exist. The agencey believed unity was the first step toward

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Mar

3

1968

William A. Harper

William A. Harper, student of Henry O. Tanner at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most gifted African American artist of the early 20th century, born

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Dec

27

1873

Massacre in Mississippi

White Democrats killed seventy-five Republicans in massacre at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Dec

7

1874

White Democrats attacked demonstrators

White Democrats attacked demonstrators, who were marching from Albany to Camilla, Ga., and killed nine Blacks. Several whites were wounded.

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Sep

19

1868

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of Life magazine; first time an African American is featured on the cover in the magazines 13 year history

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May

10

1950

Laurence Fishburne, Jr. Born

Actor Laurence Fishburne, Jr. was born on this day in Augusta, GA. Fishburne , nicknamed Fish will start his theatrical career at the young age of 10. He will become the son of the first African American family featured on a daytime drama at the age of 11. He will continue his rise to fame starring

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Jul

31

1961

Congress repeals the Enforcement Act

Congress repeals the Enforcement Act which makes it easier for some states to disenfranchise African American voters.

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Feb

8

1894

Cellular Phone Invented

Henry Sampson, an african-american, invented the cellular phone.

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Jul

6

1971

Ruth Moore 1st Black Female Ph.D. in Bacteriology

Ruth Ella Moore was born in 1903. She received a Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University in 1926 and a Master of

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Jan

0

1903

The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson

The Chip Womans Fortune by Willis Richardson, the first dramatic work by an African American playwright to be mounted on Broadway, opens at the Frazee Theatre on Broadway

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May

15

1923

On this day at the Grammy Awards ceremony, African-American musicians won awards in several categories. Lionel Richies Cant Slow Down won best album of 1984. Tina Turners Whats Love Got to Do With It took the best record slot and earned her the title Best Female Pop Vocalist. The Pointer Sisters

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Feb

26

1985

Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.

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Nov

28

1961

Mary Eliza Mohoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African-American professional nurse.

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Jan

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0

Founder of Pro-Line

Comer Cottrell, founder and president of Pro-Line Corporation (1970), the largest African American owned business in the Southwest and the first African American to be part owner of a major league baseball team (1989), the Texas Rangers, born

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Dec

7

1931

Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist

Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.

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Jan

17

1924

Ann Thompson was the first African-American woman prosecutor.

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Jan

0

0

Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies

World famous African American cowboy Willie Bill Pickett died in Ponca, Oklahoma, hospital of injuries sustained after he was kicked in the head by a horse on the Millers Brothers Fabulous 101 Ranch.

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Apr

2

1932

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen (1932-).

On June 6, 1950, Frank Petersen enlisted in the Navy. At the age of 20, he was the first Afro-American to be named a naval aviator in the Marine Corp. He was also the first African American to command a fighter squadon, a fighter air group, an air wing, and a major

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Jun

6

1950

Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, dies, 1880

Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, born

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Aug

10

1880

Danville, VA coup and massacre

A political coup and a race riot. On November 3, white conservatives in Danville, Virginia, seized control of the local government, racially integrated and popularly elected, killing four African-Americans in the process.

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Nov

3

1883

Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish

Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish slavery.

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Mar

1

1780

Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bi

Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bishop in the U.S. He is assigned to Washington, D.C.

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Sep

12

1974

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.

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Sep

27

1876

Larry Doby is born. He will become the first African American in baseballs American League, playing for the Cleveland Indians. He will be the 1954 RBI leader.

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Dec

13

1924

The First Black Psychic

Shirley Ajayi was the first African American given a part on a television show as a psychic! The show lasted for about one year[actually six months] in Chicago, Illinois since the show was seasonal! Shirley started her career the minute her predictions came true! She was renamed Aura and hired to

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Mar

27

2002

Shirley Franklin is sworn in

Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city.

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Jan

7

2002

MaliVai Washington

Former tennis pro MaliVai Washington was born on June 20, 1969 in Glen Cove, New

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Jun

20

1969

The first African American nursing school

The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.

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Aug

13

1881

Baseball Great Jackie Robinson born

In Cairo, Georgia on this date baseball great Jackie Robinson was born. The fifth African American to play major league baseball with a white team, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, ending five decades of segregated baseball. At the time of his retirement in October 1972, Robinson is

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Jan

31

1919

Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Te

Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Texas. A skilled pianist and composer, Joplin started a 20-year ragtime craze with the release of his composition Maple Leaf Rag in 1897, during the Gay Nineties. Ragtime-scored piano music-at the time was considered

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Apr

1

1917

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