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Katherine G. Johnson is born
Katherine G. Johnson, Born August 26, 1918. died February 24, 2020, worked for NASA with the tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. Ms. Johnson was an Aerospace Technologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Trained
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Aug
26
1918
Lawrence Douglas Wilder assumes title as governor
In Richmond, Virginia former Lt. Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder took office as the first popularly elected African American governor of an American state.
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Jan
14
1990
Birth of William Seymour
William Seymour was born in Centerville, Louisiana. He is credited as being the inspirational force behind the birth of Pentecostalism in the United States.
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May
2
1870
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.
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Dec
2
1895
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
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
Anti-Slavery Society started
American Anti-Slavery Society
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Dec
4
1833
Virginia statue imposes reduced import duties on merchants who bring slaves in
Virginia statue imposes reduced import duties on merchants who bring slaves into the colony.
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Jan
0
1659
Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson
Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York
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Jul
2
1961
Katherine Dunham, dancer/anthropologist born
Katherine Dunham
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Jun
22
1912
Wilberforce University (1856- )
Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Named after 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce, it was the first private, historically black university in the United
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Bacon's Rebellion
African Americans fought in the first armed rebellion against British authority in the colonies, Bacons Rebellion, in 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the rising generation of colonial planters who resented British rule and, particularly, the British protection of Indian lands that lay just
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Mar
26
2002
James Cameron, Founder Black Holocaust Musem born
James Cameron
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Aug
7
1930
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz musician who is widely credited as being one of the creators of modern day jazz. He was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Thelonious and Barbara Monk. He had an older sister named Marion and a younger brother named Thomas. When
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Oct
10
1917
Freedom To Male Slaves
Lord Dunmore, deposed royal governor of Virginia, issued proclamation which promised freedom to male slaves who joined the British army.
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Nov
7
1775
Johnson, Gregory Lee (1945- )
On August 5, 1999 President William Clinton appointed Gregory Lee Johnson U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland.  He served in that post from November 16, 1999 to October 18, 2001. Johnson began his career in the Foreign Service in 1968 and has served in Vietnam (1968-1971).  His next posts were in Japan
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On October 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He
On October 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He became an anti-slavery revolutioniary and an insurrectionist (rebel).
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Oct
2
1800
Frederick Douglass
Born: 2/1/1818 Maryland, United StatesDied: 2/20/1895 Washington, D.C., United StatesA former slave, Douglass became a leading figurehead in the anti-slavery movement. One of the most prominent African American leaders of the Nineteenth Century. His autobiography of life as a slave, and his
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Booker Taliaferro Washington (Booker T. Washington)was born on this day.
Booker Taliaferro Washington (Booker T. Washington)was born on this day in Hales Ford, Virginia.
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Apr
5
1856
Arthur Ashe
Born: 7/10/1943 Richmond, VirginiaDied: 2/6/1993 New York City, New YorkArthur Ashe was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States.Ashe was the first black player selected to the United States
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Nat Turner Executed.
Nat Turner was captured almost two months after the uprising in Southampton county, Virginia in 1831. He had dug a hole and remained there for weeks at a time, hiding from his would-be captures. On the morning of October 30th, Turner left his place of hiding in search of food and provisions. Soon
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Nov
11
1831
Young, Andrew (1932 - )
Andrew Young, Jr., came into prominence as a civil rights activist and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the modern civil rights movement in the United States.  Young worked with various organizations early in the movement, but his civil rights work was largely done with the
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Mar
12
1932
Did You Know That In...
1669 - A Virginia act rules that slave owners will not be held liable for killing their slaves.
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Jan
0
1669
Did You Know That In...
1623 - William Tucker, of Jamestown, Virginia, is the first black child born in English colonies.
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Jan
0
1623
Virginia statue provides that baptism will not affectthe bondage of slaves.
Virginia statue provides that baptism will not affect the bondage of slaves.
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Jan
0
1667
Virginia enacts statue that denies equality before the law to freed blacks.
Virginia enacts statue that denies equality before the law to freed blacks.
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Jan
0
1668
Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
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Dec
24
1881
Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the
Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the Capitol, delivered memorial sermon on the abolition of slavery at services in the House of Representatives. Henry Highland Garnet was born a slave in New Market, Maryland, in 1815. He escaped in 1824 and made his way to New York where he studied at
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Feb
12
1865
Burkina Faso
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its neighbors are Côte dIvoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the
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In "Re Sweat", the Virginia court rules that a blackservant woman and Robert S
In Re Sweat, the Virginia court rules that a black servant woman and Robert Sweat be whipped publicly because Sweat impregnated her.
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Jan
0
1639
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