Pullman Company formally recognized the

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Jan

23

1941

David Bryant Fulton: Black Polemicist and Author

In 1887, Fulton relocated to New York where he joined the Pullman Palace Car Company as a porter in

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Spingarn Medal: Damon J. Keith

Spingarn Medal awarded Damon J. Keith in tribute to his steadfast defense of constitutional principles as revealed in a series of memorable decisions he handed down as a United States District Court judge.

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Nov

5

1974

Spingarn Medal

Spingarn Medal awarded to Col. Charles Young, U.S. Army, for organizing the Liberian constabulary and establishing order on the frontiers of Liberia.

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Nov

7

1916

Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial

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Karen Boykin-Towns

In this role, Boykin-Towns leads all of Pfizer’s public affairs, government relations, policy and communication efforts around the

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Omega Psi Phi

Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) is an international fraternity with over 750 undergraduate and graduate chapters. The fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911 by three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, and their faculty adviser, Dr. Ernest Everett Just. Omega

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Spingarn Medal: Jackie Robinson

Spingarn Medal awarded Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, first Black in the major leagues, for his conduct on and off the baseball field.

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Dec

27

1956

Jesse Owens

James Cleveland Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936

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Birth of a Nation

On February 18, 1915, the silent film Birth of a Nation (originally titled The Clansman) by director/producer D.W. Griffith premiered at Clunes Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The 12-reel, three-hour-long film was a first in American film history for its length, cost, music, and

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)[a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield

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Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban

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Aug

28

1963

African American History and Women Timeline 1860-1869

[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1860-1869 • founded in 1832 and accepting male and female, white and black students, by 1860 Oberlin College had a student population that was one-third African American • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, wa

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Black nationalism

Anthem

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Spingarn Medal

Spingarn Medal awarded to Alexander P. Haley for his unsurpassed effective in portraying the legendary story of an American of African descent.

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Nov

12

1977

Spingarn Medal Awarded: Charles S. Gilpin

Spingarn Medal awarded to actor Charles S. Gilpin for his performance in the title role of Emperor Jones.

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Dec

21

1921

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

African-American Civil Rights Movement redirects here. For the movement in the early 20th century, see African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954). For the movement in the 19th century, see African-American Civil Rights Movement

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Spingarn Medal: Carter G. Woodson

Spingarn Medal awarded to Carter G. Woodson for ten years devoted service in collecting and publishing the records of the Negro in America.

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Jul

26

1926

African-Americans and the Progressive Era

The Progressive Era spanned the years from 1890 to 1920 when the United States was experiencing rapid growth. Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe arrived in droves. Cities were overcrowded, and those living in poverty suffered greatly. Politicians in the major cities controlled their power

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Spingarn Medal: Mary B.Talbert

Spingarn Medal awarded to Mary B. Talbert, former president of the National Association of Colored Women, for service to Black women and for restoration of the Frederick Douglas home.

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Nov

20

1922

List of topics related to the African diaspora

List of topics related to the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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Spingarn Medal : Max Yergan

Spingarn Medal presented to YMCA secretary Max Yergan for his achievements as a missionary in South Africa, representing the gift of cooperation...American Negroes may send back to their Motherland.

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Mar

15

1933

Edward L. Cooper, Sr.

In 1933 Edward L. Cooper, Sr., was the first African-American to be hired to manage a major food chain in Boston, the First National Store on Shawmut Avenue. From 1942-48 he was Deputy Secretary of the Urban League and served as Executive Secretary from 1948-54. From 1954-62 he served as the first

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Spingarn Medal: James Weldon Johnson

Spingarn Medal awarded to James Weldon Johnson, former U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua and NAACP executive secretary, for his work as an author, diplomat and leader.

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Nov

11

1925

First Female President of NAACP Branch

In 1948, when Florence LeSuerer was elected president of Boston's branch of the NAACP, she became the first woman in the country to head a local NAACP chapter. She served as branch president from 1948 to 1951.

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William E. B. DuBois

William E. B. DuBois (1868-1963), born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was the first African-American to receive the Ph.D. degree from Harvard (1895). His thesis was on the African Slave Trade. DuBois was influenced by Boston's fiery and 'radical' civil rights leader William Monroe Trotter in

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Spingarn Medal; Roy Wilkins

Spingarn Medal presented to NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins for his contribution to the advancement of the American people and the national purpose.

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Dec

3

1964

Spingarn Award: William Taylor

Spingarn Medal awarded to William Taylor Burwell Williams, Tuskegee dean and agent of the Jeanes and Slater funds, for his achievements as an educator.

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Dec

15

1934

Spingarn Medal: Alvin Ailey

Spingarn Medal presented to Alvin Ailey in recognition of his international pre-eminence in the field of dance.

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Dec

21

1976

Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Leader: A Biography

Known for her civil rights activism, Fannie Lou Hamer was called the spirit of the civil rights movement. Born a sharecropper, she worked from the age of six as a timekeeper on a cotton plantation. Later, she became involved in the Black Freedom Struggle and eventually moved on to become a field

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Oct

6

1917

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