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Sep

17

1970

A African American Designs The Cotton Bag Fort: When Andrew Jackson assembled his force at New Orleans, his soldiers, many of whom were African American slaves, were outnumbered by the British forces ten to one. Faced with this disadvantage, Jackson consulted with men as to what was the best

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Oct

2

2002

Wellington Webb is elected mayor

City Auditor Wellington Webb is elected mayor of Denver, Colo. He is the first African American to hold the post.

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Jun

18

1991

First Prizefighter Bill Richmond born

Bill Richmond, son of a slave, became the first African American to distinguish himself as a prizefighter. On this date, Richmond knocked out Jack Holmes in England.

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Jul

8

1805

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexanderbecomes the first African American to earn a P

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander becomes the first African American to earn a Ph.D in economics is born in Philadelphia ,PA.

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Jan

2

1898

Massachusetts bars blacks and Native Americans from military service becauseco

Massachusetts bars blacks and Native Americans from military service because colonists fear black and Native American uprisings.

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Jan

0

1656

Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the fi

Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the first African American game show host.

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Jun

16

1975

Army Brig. Gen. Sherian Grace CAdoria born.

Birthday of Army Brig. Gen. Sherian Grace Cadoria, in Marksville, Louisiana. A graduate of Southern University, Gen. Cadoria was the highest ranking African American woman officer in the US Armed Forces at the end of 1990.

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Jan

26

1940

Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military A

Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was born in Thomasville, Georgia. Enduring heavy racism during his schooling, Flipper went on to establish a military career. This was ended however after he was falsely accused of embezzling

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Mar

31

1856

Cheryl Adrienne Brown

Cheryl Adrienne Brown wins the Miss Iowa pageant and becomes the first African American to compete in the Miss America beauty pageant.

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Jun

14

1970

Richard Theodore Greener

Richard Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate from Harvard University

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Jan

30

1844

Ambassador

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

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Mar

9

1961

Former Saint Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White is named president of the

Former Saint Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White is named president of the National League. He is the first African American to head a major sports league.

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Feb

3

1989

White terrorists attacked Black Republicans

White terrorists attacked Black Republicans in Hamburg, S.C., killing five.

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Jul

8

1876

World Middleweight Title

Thomas Hit Man Hearns wins the World Middleweight title. This is one of five weight classes that he has won a boxing title making him the first Black to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.

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Apr

15

1985

Dr. J.

Julius Erving scores his 25,000th career point, becoming the ninth professional basketball player to achieve this mark.

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Dec

20

1983

First African American Intercollegiate football

Livingstone and Biddle College (now Johnson C. Smith) play the first African American intercollegiate football game

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Dec

27

1892

Frank Mingo, one of the pioneering advertising executives who specialized in tar

Frank Mingo, one of the pioneering advertising executives who specialized in targeting African American consumers, dies

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Oct

30

1989

52 nurses lead by Martha M. Franklin

52 nurses lead by Martha M. Franklin form the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, to improve the status of African American nurses

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Aug

23

1908

The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical

The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School (later Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) is chartered in Los Angeles. It is the only African American focused medical school west of the Mississippi

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Aug

2

1966

John Singleton, Director

John Singleton,the first African American director to be nominated for the Academy Award is nominated for best director and best screenplay for his first film Boyz N the Hood.

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Feb

19

1992

William "Bill" Richmond fights and loses to Tom Cribb, English boxing champion

William Bill Richmond fights and loses to Tom Cribb, English boxing champion, Halsham, England; it is the first time a black Americn athlete competes for a world title in any sport.

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Jan

0

1805

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtic

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the first African American to coach an NBA team.

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Mar

28

1966

Colin L. Powell

Colin L. Powell was the first African American to hold the highest U.S. Military post. In August 1989 he was named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Aug

0

1989

WBC Junior Middleweight Title

Thomas Hit Man Hearns wins the WBC Junior Middleweight title. This is one of five weight classes that he has won a boxing title making him the first Black to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.

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Dec

3

1982

Mary Eliza Mahoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African American to graduate from a nursing school, graduates from the nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children

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Aug

1

1879

Sugar Ray Robinson dies

Sugar Ray Robinson, five-time winner of the world middleweight boxing championship and unbeaten welterweight champion, dies.

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Apr

12

1989

Z. Alexander Looby

Z. Alexander Looby the first African American to serve on the Nashville City Council dies

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Mar

24

1972

Bo Diddley is born.

Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates on Sunday December 30th 1928 on a small farm near the town of McComb, Mississippi, USA, in rural Pike County, close to the Louisiana border, the only child of Ethel Wilson and Eugene Bates. He had 3 half-brothers and

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Dec

30

1928

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.

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Nov

6

1928

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