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Courier Founded

Pittsburgh Courier founded.

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Dec

19

1910

Sixty-seven Blacks reported lynched in 1910.

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Dec

19

1910

Left of Black with Marc Lamont Hill and Salamishah Tillet

Season 1, Episode 12

Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Dec

19

2010

Carter G. Woodson's Birth

Carter G.Woodson, founder of Black History Month, born in New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia.

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Dec

19

1875

(1828) David Walker, “The Necessity of A General Union Among Us”

David Walker (1796-1830) is best known for his revolutionary pamphlet, Walker’s Appeal, in Four Ariticles: together with a preamble, to the coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular and Very expressly to those of the United States of America. This twenty-six-page pamphlet warned of a bloody

Source: Black Past

Dec

19

1828

Actress Cicely Tyson is born in New York, NY

Actress Cicely Tyson is born in New York, NY

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Dec

19

1933

James Weldon Johnson resigned

James Weldon Johnson resigned as executive secretary of the NAACP, citing health reasons.

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Dec

19

1930

Institution of Higher Learning Founded

North Carolina College founded.

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Dec

19

1910

Journal/Guide Established

Norfolk Journal and Guide established under the leadership of P. B. Young Sr.

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Dec

19

1910

Democratic governor elected in Georgia

Democratic governor elected in Georgia in campaign marked by violence and acting lieutenant governor.

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Dec

19

1871

Intergrated Residential Areas

First city ordinance required white and black residential areas was passed by Baltimore City Council. Similar laws were passed in Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Greensboro, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Louisville.

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Dec

19

1910

Reggie White - Birthday

Reginald Howard White was born on December 19, 1961 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Source: Black History Resources

Dec

19

1961

Carter G Woodson and the Origins of Black History Month

What we now call Black History Month originated in 1926, founded by Carter G Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in that

Source: ThoughtCo

Dec

19

1875

First Black Priest Ordained in the United States

Charles Randolph Uncles became the first Black priest ordained in the United States on this day in Baltimore, Maryland

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Dec

19

1891

Woodson, Carter G. (1875-1950)

Historian Carter G. Woodson was born to poor, yet land-owning, former slaves in New Canton, Virginia on December 19, 1875. During the 1890s, he hired himself out as a farm and manual laborer, drove a garbage truck, worked in coalmines, and attended high school and college in Berea

Source: Black Past

Dec

19

1875

African American Inventors

Yes, this vehicle was intented to fly, float, and drive in two different

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Dec

19

2006

Sorority Founded

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, founded at Howard University in 1913, incorporated.

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Dec

19

1930

Spingarn Award: Henry A. Hunt

Spingarn Medal awarded to Henry A. Hunt, Principal, Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., for his pioneering work as an educator.

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Dec

19

1930

From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States - Death

Johnson remained a member of the Bristol County Bar until his death in December 19, 1896.

Source: Black Past

Dec

19

1896

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