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James Weldon Johnson
Trained in music and other subjects by his mother, a schoolteacher, Johnson graduated from Atlanta University with A.B. (1894) and M.A. (1904) degrees and later studied at Columbia University. For several years he was principal of the black high school in Jacksonville, Fla. He read law at the same
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience Yes
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Price, Mary Violet Leontyne (1927- )
Born to James and Kate Price on February 10, 1927, in Laurel, Mississippi, Leontyne Price became one of the world’s leading opera sopranos and among the first African Americans to gain prominence in major performance halls in that musical genre. Her parents were amateur musicians and instilled in
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Feb
10
1927
Stevie Wonder - Living for the city 1974
Stevie Wonder - Living for the city 1974
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John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Car
John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Caribbean mother and a French father.
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Apr
26
1785
James Forten receives a patent for his "sail control"invention.
James Forten receives a patent for his sail control invention.
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Jan
0
1850
Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)
James Lloyd Jackson was one of the little known heroes of the D-Day Landing at Normandy Beach in France in 1944.  Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1938. For the next five years he worked for the
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Dec
27
1953
Boxer Larry Holmes - Fight-by-Fight Career Record
Larry Holmes posted a remarkable 69 wins, including 44 KOs against only six losses, during a career that spanned nearly three decades. Holmes, whose, left jab is rated among the best in boxing history, according to Wikipedia, was the World Boxing Council heavyweight champ from 1978 to 1983. He also
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James B. Parsons
James B. Parsons named chief judge of the Federal District Court in Chicago and became the first Black to hold that position.
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Apr
18
1955
Death of Daniel ("Chappie") James Jr
Death of Daniel (Chappie) James Jr. (58), retired Air Force general and the first Black promoted to four-star rank, at the Air Force Academy, Colorado.
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Feb
25
1978
The South Carolina Gazette reports that Cae
The South Carolina Gazette reports that Caesar, a South Carolina slave has been granted his freedom and a life time annuity in exchange for his cures for poison and rattlesnake bite. Caesar and the famous James Derham of New Orleans are two of the earliest know African American medical
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May
9
1750
The first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, James Meredith
The first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, James Meredith, graduates from University of Mississippi, 1963
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Aug
18
1963
James Brown, born
Flamboyant blues singer, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown is born in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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Jun
17
1928
For a Lincoln birthday celebration, James Weldon Johnson writes the lyrics for
For a Lincoln birthday celebration, James Weldon Johnson writes the lyrics for Lift Every Voice and Sing. With music by his brother, J. Rosamond, the song is first sung by 500 children in Jacksonville, Fla. It will become known as the Negro National Anthem.
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Feb
12
1900
James Baskett Wins Academy Award
In 1947 James Baskett(1904-1948)was given a Special Academy Award for his part in Disneys Song Of The South. He was the second American of African decent to recieve an Academy Award. Baskett was also the first American of African decent hired by Disney. Unfortunately Baskett was unable to attend
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Mar
21
1947
Ulysses S
Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Rapidan and began his duel with Robert E. Lee. At the same time Ben Butlers Army of the James moved on Lees forces. Black division in Grants army did not play a prominent role in Wilderness Campaign, but Ben Butler gave his Black infantrymen and his eighteen hundred
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May
4
1864
Fighting for Racial Justice in the Pacific Northwest: Lillian Walker and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights
In the following account John C. Hughes, chief oral historian for the Washington State Legacy Project, discusses the life and legacy of Lillian Walker, who has been a civil rights activist in Bremerton, Washington, since World War II. Established in 2008 by Washington Secretary of State Sam
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James H. Meredith
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacated an order of a lower court, ruling that the University of Mississippi had to admit James H. Meredith, a Black Air Force veteran whose application for admission had been on file and in the courts for fourteen months.
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Sep
10
1962
The Emancipation Proclamation
On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln went into effect.  The Proclamation, written the previous September, declared free all enslaved people in the Confederate States (or portions of those states) who resided in territory still in rebellion
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Jan
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1863
Van Der Zee, James
Van Der Zee, James, 1886–1983, American photographer, b. Lenox, Mass. The son of Ulysses S. Grants maid and butler, Van Der Zee opened his first studio in Harlem, New York City, in 1915. For 60 years, working in obscurity, he made a visual record of Harlem life unsurpassed in scope and detail. In
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On October 1, 1952, Juanita James was born. She is a writer, who has been coined
On October 1, 1952, Juanita James was born. She is a writer, who has been coined, the gatekeeper of prose.
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Oct
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1952
Waller, Fats
Waller, Fats, 1904–43, American jazz musician, singer, and composer, whose original name was Thomas Wright Waller, b. New York City. Waller began playing the piano as a child, and later studied with Carl Bohm and Leopold Godowsky. He became a protégé of James P. Johnson, who gave him piano lessons
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James Baldwin was born on this day.
James Baldwin was born on this day.
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Aug
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1924
Government: local (Mississippi).
In Fayette, Mississippi on May 13,1969; James Charles Evers (1922-) was elected the first black mayor of a racially mixed Mississippi town. In June 1971, he became the first black in this century to seek the governors office.
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May
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1969
Heavy weight boxer Jimmy Ellis born
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis was born James Albert Ellis in Louisville, Kentucky. Ellis won the World Boxing Association title after beating Jerry Quarry in April 1968.
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Feb
24
1940
Bishop James Augustine Healy
James Augustine Healy, the first African American Roman Catholic Bishop, born in Macon, Georgia.
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Jun
2
1875
Atty
Atty. James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia.
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25
1915
Louis defeated Braddock
Joe Louis defeated James J. Braddock for heavyweight boxing Championship.
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Jun
22
1937
Negro Repertory Company (Seattle) 1936-1939
The Negro Repertory Company (NRC) was established in 1936 by Florence and James Burton, directors of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse (SRP), as the Negro unit of the Federal Theatre Program, a part of the WPA. In its short life it produced ambitious and controversial plays that reached a wide
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Oct
27
1936
Assassin of M.L.K. Captured
James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured at London airport.
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Jun
8
1968
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