30 Black Facts for 1891

P.B. downing patents Street Letter Drop Box
Downing, P. B. Street Letter Box Oct. 27, 1891 Patent No. 462,096
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Oct
27
1891
Locker, Jessie Dwight (1891-1955) - Birthday
Jessie Dwight Locker was born in College Hill (Cincinnati), Ohio on May 31, 1891 to Laban and Sarah Elizabeth Locker.
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Source: Black Past
May
31
1891
Death of George Washington Williams
Death of George Washington Williams (41), Blackpool, England. Williams served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881, during the 64th session of the General Assembly. He was the first African-American to serve in the Ohio Legislature.
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Aug
4
1891
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an American author and anthropologist of the 19th century. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama. Her parents John and Lucy Ann Hurston were former slaves. John Hurston was a pastor and he moved his family to Florida when Zora was still a young child. He
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Source: Black History Resources
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Jan
7
1891
Lillian Evans, world famous opera star
Lillian Evans, world famous opera star and a founder of the National Negro Opera company, born
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Aug
12
1891
alumni
North Carolina Agicultural and Technical State University is founded in Greensboro, NC.
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Mar
9
1891
Lodge Bill
Lodge Bill, which called for federal supervision of U. elections, abandoned in the Senate after a Southern filibuster.
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Jan
22
1891
Zora Neale Hurston, writer/anthropologist born
Zora Neale Hurston
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Jan
7
1891
West Virginia State College is founded in Institute.
West Virginia State College is founded in Institute.
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Mar
17
1891
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
Cottonpickers organized union and strike
Cottonpickers organized union and staged strike for higher wages in Texas.
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Sep
3
1891
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago
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Jan
23
1891
Archibald John Motley, painter, born
Archibald John Motley, painter, born
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Oct
7
1891
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School.
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May
4
1891
Earl Warren - Birthday
Earl Warren , (born March 19, 1891, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Source: Brittanica
Mar
19
1891
Institutions Of Higher Learning
North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and West Virginia State College established.
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Dec
2
1891
The famous inventor, J Standard, awarded patent for makeing the refrigerator, 18
The famous inventor, J Standard, awarded patent for makeing the refrigerator, 1891
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Jul
14
1891
Hyman, John Adams (1840-1891)
John Adams Hyman was born into slavery on July 23, 1840 in Warren County, North Carolina. Hymans thirst for knowledge resulted in him being sold away from his family for attempting to read a spelling book that was given to him by a sympathetic white jeweler. He continued to seek knowledge at his
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Sep
14
1891
Churn Invented
A. C. Richardson, a black inventor, invented the churn, patent #466,470
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Feb
17
1891
Philip Downing
In 1891, anyone interested in mailing a letter would have to make the long trip to the post office. Philip B. Downing designed a metal box with four legs which he patented on October 27, 1891. He called his device a street letter box and it is the predecessor of
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Source: Black History Resources
Oct
27
1891
Lynchings
One hundred and thirteen Blacks were reported lynched in 1891.
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Dec
2
1891
Fifty-second Congress convened
Fifty-second Congress convened. One Black congressman: Henry P. Cheatham, North Carolina.
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Dec
2
1891
Historian, Charles Wesley was born, 1891
Historian, Charles Wesley was born, 1891
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Dec
2
1891
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891[1] [2] – January 28, 1960) was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist known for her contributions to African-American literature, her portrayal of racial struggles in the American South, and works documenting her research
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Source: BlackHistory.com
Jan
7
1891
John Stephens Durham
John Stephens Durham, assistant editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, named minister to Haiti.
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Sep
3
1891
Granville T Woods puts patents the electric railway, 1891
Granville T Woods puts patents the electric railway, 1891
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Nov
10
1891
Inventor, FW Leslie, patents the envelope seal, 1891
Inventor, FW Leslie, patents the envelope seal, 1891
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Sep
21
1891
Nella Larsen is born
Nella Larsen is born in Chicago, Ill. She will write two important novels of the Harlem Renaissance, Quicksand and
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Apr
13
1891
A black jockey, "Monk" Overton, won six straight horse races at the Washington P
A black jockey, Monk Overton, won six straight horse races at the Washington Park race track in Chicago. In 1907, another black jockey, Jimmy Lee, also won six straight races at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Prior to 1907, only two other jockeys had equalled the achievements of Overton and
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Jul
10
1891
Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960)
Zora Neale Hurston, known for her audacious spirit and sharp wit, was a talented and prolific writer and a skilled anthropologist from the Harlem (New York) Renaissance to the Civil Rights Era. Born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama, she grew up in the all-black town of
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Jan
7
1891
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