Black Facts for October 10th

Mya
Mya Marie Harrison, or simply Mya, is a Grammy award winning singer, actress and dancer who has appeared in a variety of roles over the years. Named after acclaimed poet Maya Angelou, Mya was born on October 10, 1979 in Washington D.C. Her father Sherman is an African American while her mother
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Source: Black History Resources
Oct
10
1979
Jazz pianist Theolonius Monk is born in Rocky Mount, NC.He was only oneof 3
Jazz pianist Theolonius Monk is born in Rocky Mount, NC. He was only one of 3 jazz musicians ever featured on the cover of Time magazine
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Oct
10
1917
Elijah Muhammad, born
Elijah Muhummad was born Elijah Poole in
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Oct
10
1897
Otis M
Otis M. Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court.
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Oct
10
1961
African Free School opened
African Free School opened in New York.
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Oct
10
1788
Issac R. Johnson
Isaac R.Johnson patents bicycle frame.
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
Oct
10
1899
Singer, Ben Vereen, born, 1946
Singer, Ben Vereen, born, 1946
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Oct
10
1946
Saint Francis Xavier Church
The first exclusively Black parish in the United States was Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland. It was purchased on this day and dedicated months later.
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Oct
10
1863
South Carolina Republicans carried election with
South Carolina Republicans carried election with reduced margin. Republican tickets was composed of four whites and four Blacks: R.H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henry E. Hayne, secretary, of state; H.W. Purvis, adjutant general.
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Oct
10
1874
Founding of the Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party Founded October 10, 1966 Oakland, Ca. by Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale
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Oct
10
1966
Death of Congressman Ralph H
Death of Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe (68), in Chicago.
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Oct
10
1978
(1906) Mary Church Terrell, “What It Means to be Colored in Capital of the U.S."
By 1906 Mary Church Terrell of Washington, D.C., had become one of the most prominent African American women in the nation.  Ten years earlier she was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and from 1895 to 1901 she was a member of the board of trustees of the
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Oct
10
1906
Frederick Douglass Patterson - Birthday
Frederick Douglass Patterson , (born October 10, 1901, Washington, D.
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Source: Brittanica
Oct
10
1901
Porgy and Bess premieres in NYC
Porgy and Bess premieres in NYC
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Oct
10
1935
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz musician who is widely credited as being one of the creators of modern day jazz. He was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Thelonious and Barbara Monk. He had an older sister named Marion and a younger brother named Thomas. When
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Oct
10
1917
Frederick Douglass Patterson, veterinarian and founder of the United Negro Colle
Frederick Douglass Patterson, veterinarian and founder of the United Negro College Fund, born
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Oct
10
1901
Fundraising Events (in Pictures) for BlackPast.org, Past, Present, and Future
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Oct
10
2009
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