Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first permanent settlement at 'Sk
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first
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Mar
13
1773
Spingarn Award: Mary Mcleod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune awarded Spingarn Medal for her work as founder-president of Bethune Cookman College and her national leadership.
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Dec
5
1935
the Bronze Muse
On this day, the Bronze Muse died in
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Feb
22
1911
Blacks organize a National Steamboat Company
Blacks organized the National Steamboat Company in Washington, D.C. The company sailed a steamboat, the George Leary, between DC and Norfolk, Virginia. The luxury boat held a capacity of 1,500 passengers and included three decks, sixty-four state rooms, on hundred berths, and a dining room.
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Jan
14
1895
Eva Jessye
Eva Jessye was the first black woman to win international distinction as the director of a professional choral group, The Eva Jessye Singers.
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Jan
0
1999
National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in
National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, North Carolina. Two persons killed. Until the 9th.
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Feb
4
1971
Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana by five ministers including Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Joseph Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and C.K. Steele. Dr. King was the founding president, Abernathy president emeritus and Rep. Walter
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Jan
10
1957
Miles Vandehurst Lynk,
Miles Vandehurst Lynk, founder of the first African American medical journal and organizer of the National Medical Association, born.
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Jun
3
1871
Six-day insurrection started in L.A.
Six-day insurrection started in Watts section of Los Angeles. National Guard was mobilized on August 13, Rebellion toll: 34 killed, 1,032 injured, 3,952 arrested, $35 million in property damage.
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Aug
11
1965
Maya Angelou (Marguerite Johnson, 1928-)
Maya Angelou, actress, dancer, and writer, was the first black to have an original screenplay produced, Georgia, Georgia, which she directed. Angelou was also the first black woman to have a non-fiction work on the best-seller list. Her autobiographical I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) evoked
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Jan
0
1970
Walter E. Fauntroy born
Walter E. Fauntroy was born in Washington, D.C. He went on to become a District of Columbia delegate to the House of Representatives.
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Feb
6
1933
Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the
Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the National Defense Program met with President Roosevelt. National Newspaper Publishers Association founded. Spingarn Medal presented to Dr. Louis T. Wright for his civil rights leadership and his contributions as a surgeon.
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Oct
25
1940
National Afro-American Council
National Afro-American Council founded in Rochester, New York. Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church was elected president. The organization proposed a program of assertion and protest.
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Sep
15
1898
George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer
Patent # 4,618,380
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Oct
21
1986
Hand Stamp Patented
Walter B. Purvis patented hand stamp.
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Feb
27
1883
Loss of Teaching Jobs
National Education Association study revealed that Blacks had lost thirty thousand teaching jobs since 1954 in seventeen Southern and Border states because of discrimination and desegregation.
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Apr
19
1960
Riot, Memphis, National Guard mobilized
Riot, Memphis, National Guard mobilized.
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Jul
20
1967
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
Roy Wilkins is elected NAACP executive secretary
Roy Wilkins is elected NAACP executive secretary following the death of Walter White
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Apr
11
1955
National Guard mobilized to quell riot in
National Guard mobilized to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee. One person was killed and four hundred were arrested.
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May
21
1971
Race Riot in Michigan
Race riot, Benton Harbor, Michigan. National Guard mobilized.
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Aug
30
1966
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona
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May
18
1955
Sculptor Elizabeth Catlett born
Lithographer and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett was born in Washington, DC. Catlett was the first woman to teach sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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Apr
15
1919
Jamaican national hero, Paul Bogle, leads a successful protest march to the Mora
Jamaican national hero, Paul Bogle, leads a successful protest march to the Morant Bay Courthouse, 1865
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Oct
11
1865
John R Lynch Presides over Republican National Convention
John R Lynch Presides over Republican National Convention
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Sep
9
1884
A commemorative stamp is issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor Henry Ossawa
A commemorative stamp is issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American artist elected to the National Academy of Design
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Sep
10
1973
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, major league baseballplayer, named all-time
Leroy Satchel Paige, major league baseball player, named all-time outstanding player by National Baseball Congress
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Jan
30
1965
Lloyd Richards wins a Tony
Lloyd Richards wins a Tony as best director for the August Wilson play Fences. The play also wins Tonys for best play, best performance by an actor, and best performance by a featured actress
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Jun
7
1987
Governor Adlai Stevenson, called out National
Governor Adlai Stevenson, called out National Guard to stop rioting in Cicero, Illinois. Mob of 3,500 tried to keep Black family from moving into all-white city.
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Jul
12
1951
Walter E. Washington
President Lyndon B. Johnson named Walter E. Washington commissioner and unofficial mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Sep
6
1967

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