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Who Is Rich Paul And Why Is He The Most Powerful Man In All Of Sports?

The mega-millionaire sports agent and his company KLUTCH Sports Group have taken the sports world by storm.

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A Chicago Picketing

Dont Buy Where You Cant Work campaign began in Chicago with picketing of Chain stores on South Side, fall. The campaign spread to New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles and other cities and continued throughout the Depression.

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Dec

30

1929

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

Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church

Atlantas Ebenezer Baptist Church , the nearby crypt containing the remains of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his boyhood home are dedicated as part of a memorial to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change.

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Jan

15

1970

Declared State of Emergency

Governor James A. Rhodes declared state of emergency in Cleveland and dispatched National Guard troops to riot-torn Hough district.

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Jul

19

1966

Coach John Thompson

Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first Black coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament.

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Apr

2

1984

The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the

The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear the name of the slain civil rights leader.

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Oct

4

1988

Howard Beach Incident

White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.

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Jan

7

1986

Julia premieres on NBC with Diahann Carroll in the title role. It is the first

Julia premieres on NBC with Diahann Carroll in the title role. It is the first modern television show to star an African American woman since Beulah in the 1950s.

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Sep

17

1968

City University of New York had open admissions

City University of New York inaugurated open admissions policy designed to increase the number of poor and minority students.

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Aug

14

1970

Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in and ordered to serve four months in the Georgia State Prison for violating a probated traffic sentence.

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Oct

19

1960

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm, a New York Democrat, is the 1st African American woman elected to Congress.

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Nov

5

1974

Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard born

Sugar Ray Leonard

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May

17

1956

Race riot, Atlanta

Race riot, Atlanta.

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Sep

6

1966

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup a Violinist, married Anne Hampton on Christmas Day in 1828. In January of 1841 he was offered a job as a part-time violinist with a traveling band. This offer turned out to be a trick, where Solomon was sold into

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Jan

0

1841

Lady Bo birthday.

Lady Bo, Bo Diddleys original girl guitar player and the first female guitarist in history to be hired by a major rock & roll musician, is born Peggy Jones in New York, NY, USA.

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Jul

14

1940

Bill Pickett, dies

At the age of 72 black cowboy Bill Pickett died after being kicked while roping a bronco. a star of the 101 Ranch wild West Show, Mr. Pickett invented the rodeo event of bulldogging , an event in which the contestant must wrestle a longhorn steer to the ground with his bare hands.

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Apr

24

1944

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 star Ernie Banks born

Baseball great Ernie Banks, former Chicago Cub star, was born in Dallas, TX.

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Jan

31

1931

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

NAACP Executive Director

Death of Roy Wilkins (80), longtime executive director of the NAACP, in New York.

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Sep

8

1981

The first black professional baseball team, the Cuban Giants, was organized in 1895 by a group of New York waiters.

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Jan

0

1895

Race riot in Cleveland

Race riot, Cleveland. Eleven persons, including three policemen, were killed and National Guard was mobilized. Riot was sparked by alleged ambush of police detail by Black radicals.

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Jul

23

1968

Michael Jordan leads Chicago to 1st NBA Title

Michael Jordan lead Chicago Bulls in win over L.A. Lakers in five games to capture his first NBA Championship.

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Jun

12

1991

Twenty Million Dollar Gift to Spelman College

Bill and Camille Cosby gave an unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Nov

4

1988

Death of Asa Philip Randolph (90), labor leader

Death of Asa Philip Randolph (90), labor leader and civil rights pioneer, in New York.

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May

16

1979

In 1990, Elaine Weddington Steward was named assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox, making her the first Black woman executive of a professional baseball organization.

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Jan

26

1990

N.Y. against racial discrimination

New York became the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market with adoption of Fair Housing Practices Law.

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Dec

5

1957

William Tecumseh Sherman occupied Atlanta. In series of battles around Chaffins Farm in suburb of Richmond, Black troops captured entrenchments at New Market Heights, made gallant but unsuccessful assault on Fort Gilmer and helped repulse Confederate counterattack on Fort Harrison. Thirty-ninth

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Sep

2

1864

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

Basketball star Moses "The Mailman" Malone born

National Basketball Association star, Moses The Mailman Malone is born in Petersburg, Virginia.

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Mar

23

1954

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