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Forerunner of the National Dental Associati

Forerunner of the National Dental Association for African American dentists in the U.S., the Tri-Sate Dental Association is formed.

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Jul

19

1913

George W. Buckner

George W. Buckner, a physician from Indiana, named minister to Liberia.

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Sep

10

1913

Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)

Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario. He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed. They settled briefly in New York until

Source: Black Past

Dec

29

1913

Muddy Waters was a twentieth century African American blues musician. He is deemed the “father of modern Chicago blues” and influenced the 1960s generation of England which resulted in the appearance of British

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Apr

4

1913

Clara Stanton Jones

Clara Stanton Jones born ; first African American director of the Detroit Public Library and first African American president of the American Library Association

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May

14

1913

Jacques Rabemananjara - Birthday

Jacques Rabemananjara , (born June 23, 1913, Tananarive, Madagascar—died April 1, 2005, Paris, France), Malagasy politician, playwright, and poet.

Source: Brittanica

Jun

23

1913

Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

Black Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. Major celebrations were held at Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Nashville. Three states--Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey--appropriated money for official celebrations of the event.

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Jan

29

1913

First Black Elected to the American College of Sur

The first Black elected to the American College of Surgeons was Dr. Daniel Hale Williams who was also the first person to perform openheart surgery.

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Nov

13

1913

Archibald Lee Wright

Archibald Lee Wright is born in Benoit, Mississippi. Better known as Archie Moore, he will become a boxer and win the light heavyweight crown in 1952. He will reign as champion until 1960.

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Dec

13

1913

Harriet Tubman | Underground Railroad Heroine

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, managed to escape to freedom in the North, and devoted herself to helping other slaves escape via the Underground

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Mar

10

1913

Harriet Tubman | Abolitionist | Underground Railroad

Born Harriet Ross, c. 1819-1820, Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman was born into

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Mar

10

1913

The National Urban League is founded

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Apr

23

1913

Pioneering surgeon, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, becomes a member of the American Co

Pioneering surgeon, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, becomes a member of the American College of Surgeons, 1913

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Nov

13

1913

Robert Hayden - Birthday

Robert Hayden , in full Robert Earl Hayden, original name Asa Bundy Sheffey (born August 4, 1913, Detroit, Michigan, U.

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Aug

4

1913

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Founded

Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913

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Jan

13

1913

Harriet Tubman Biography: Later Years

Previous: 3: Civil War Service: Nurse, Scout, Spy

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Mar

10

1913

Jack Cope , byname of Robert Knox Cope (born June 3, 1913, Mooi River, South Africa—died May 1991, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England), South African writer best known for his short stories and novels about South African

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Jun

3

1913

Harriet Tubman Facts: Underground Railroad and More

Harriet Tubman was a fugitive slave, underground railroad conductor, abolitionist, spy, soldier, Civil War, African American, nurse, known for her work with Underground Railroad, Civil War service, and later, her advocacy of civil rights and woman

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Mar

10

1913

Aimé Césaire - Birthday

Aimé Césaire , in full Aimé-Fernand-David Césaire (born June 26, 1913, Basse-Pointe, Mart.

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Jun

26

1913

Death of Harriet Tubman

Death of Harriet Tubman, Auburn, New York.

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Mar

10

1913

James P. Thomas

Before his death on this day, James P. Thomas opened a barbershop in his Tennessee home; over his lifetime he accumulated almost $100,000 in assests and property.

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Dec

17

1913

Jesse Owens was a renowned twentieth century African-American track and field athlete. He was considered the most famous athlete, as he excelled in the sprints and the long jump. He earned fame and respect in the sports world by achieving four gold medals in

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Sep

12

1913

Study of Negro Life And History

Association for they Study of Negro Life and History organized at Chicago meeting. The name of the organization, the major organizing center for the dissemination of information on Black history, was changed in the sixties to the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.

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Sep

9

1913

Harriet Tubman Biography: From Slavery to Freedom

While Harriet Tubman (about 1820 - March 10, 1913) remains one of historys best-known African Americans, until recently there have been few biographies of her written for adults. Because her life is inspiring, there are appropriately many childrens stories about Tubman, but these tend to stress her

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Mar

10

1913

Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta

Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, founded on the campus of Howard University, 1913

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Jan

13

1913

Lionel Hampton is born

Lionel Hampton, musician and bandleader, Born April 12, 1913. He recorded with Louis Armstrong and worked with Benny Goodman and was also responsible for introducing the vibraphone into jazz.

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Apr

12

1913

Cleveland Call & Post

Cleveland Call & Post established.

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Sep

10

1913

Jesse Owens was born on this day.

Jesse Owens was born on this day.

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Sep

12

1913

Fifty-one Blacks reported lynched in 1913.

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Sep

10

1913

Graves, Letitia A. (1863-1952)

Early 20th Century Seattle civil rights activist Letitia Ann Dennie Graves was born in 1863 in Illinois to Martha Murphy and George Dennie. Very little is known about Gravess early life otherthan the fact that she and her husband, John Henry Graves, a Kansasstonemason, migrated to

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Oct

23

1913

Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born on this day.

Rosa Parks (born Rosa Louise McCauley) was born on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama

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Feb

4

1913

Bonds, Margaret (1913-1972) - Birthday

Bonds was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 3, 1913.

Source: Black Past

Mar

3

1913

Death of Menelik II of Ethiopia

Menelik II of Ethiopia died on December 13, 1913 after a reign that lasted from 1889 to 1913.

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Dec

13

1913

Smythe, Hugh Heyne (1913-1977) - Birthday

Diplomat, scholar and author Hugh Heyne Smythe was born on August 19, 1913 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Source: Black Past

Aug

19

1913

Jesse Owens - Birthday

Owens was the youngest of ten children, three girls and seven boys, born to Henry Cleveland Owens (a sharecropper) and Mary Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913.

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Sep

12

1913

James Cleveland Owens, better known as Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals a

James Cleveland Owens, better known as Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, born

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Sep

12

1913

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