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Pilot shot down Nazi plane

Lt. Charles Hall, Brazil, Ind., became first Black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane.

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Jul

2

1943

Death of Thomas W. Waller

Death of Thomas W. (Fats) Waller (39), in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Dec

15

1943

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver , (born 1861?, near Diamond Grove, Missouri, U.S.—died January 5, 1943, Tuskegee, Alabama), American agricultural chemist, agronomist, and experimenter whose development of new products derived from peanuts (groundnuts), sweet potatoes, and soybeans helped revolutionize

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Jan

5

1943

On October 1, 1943, Willie L. Williams was born, one of seven children, in Phila

On October 1, 1943, Willie L. Williams was born, one of seven children, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became a Los Angeles Police Chief. He is the first Black man to head the Los Angeles police force.

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Oct

1

1943

Frazer, Victor O. (1943- )

Victor O. Frazer, attorney and politician, was born May 24, 1943 in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to Albert Frazer and Amanda Blyden. He graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School in 1960. In 1964, he earned a B.A. degree from Fisk University. In 1971, he received his

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May

24

1943

Stanfield, Sylvia Gaye (1943- ) - Birthday

Ambassador Stanfield was born on October 28, 1943, in Houston, Texas.

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Oct

28

1943

First warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon was launched in Qu

First warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon was launched in Quincy, MA, 1943

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Jul

25

1943

William H. Hastie

William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigned to protest segregation and discrimination in armed forces.

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Jan

5

1943

Newspaper Established

San Francisco Sun-Reporter established.

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Dec

15

1943

First Black male to win Wimbledon, Arthur Ashe was born

First Black male to win Wimbledon, Arthur Ashe was born

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Jul

10

1943

W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

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Dec

22

1943

Activist Faye Wattleton

Faye Wattleton, a rgeistered nurse and New York activist, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Wattleton served as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1978 to 1992.

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Jul

8

1943

First Black Woman Major in the Women's Army Corps

Harriet M. West was the first Black woman major in the Womens Army Corps (WAC).

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Aug

21

1943

Nikki Giovanni, poet, born

Nikki Giovanni, poet, born

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Jun

7

1943

Detroit race riot of 1943

The Detroit race riot of 1943 took place in Detroit, Michigan, of the United States, from the evening of June 20 through the early morning of June 22. The race riot was ultimately suppressed by the use of 6,000 federal troops. It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social

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Jun

20

1943

Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway with Anne Brown

Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan in starring roles.

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Feb

28

1943

President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African

President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African president to pay an official visit to an American president, arrived at White House.

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May

26

1943

William Dawson Elected Black Democratic Party vice presidential candidate

William Dawson Elected Black Democratic Party vice presidential candidate

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Aug

26

1943

Carson, Johnnie (1943- ) - Birthday

Carson was born on April 7, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Apr

7

1943

Race riot in Harlem

Race riot, Harlem. (8/1-8/2).

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Aug

1

1943

Civil rights activist WEB Dubois, founds the Niagra Movement

Civil rights activist WEB Dubois, founds the Niagra Movement

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Jul

11

1943

William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.

William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.

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Jan

4

1943

Arthur Ashe, first African American American Davis

Arthur Ashe, first African American American Davis Cup team member, first African American to win the U.S. Open and the mens singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, born

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Apr

10

1943

Race riot, Beaumont, Texas

Race riot, Beaumont, Texas. Two killed.

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Jun

16

1943

Harvey B. Gantt born

Harve B. Gantt, the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University in Charleston, South Carolina. Gantt became mayor pro tem of Charleston in 1983 and later served as mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987.

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Jan

14

1943

Actor and activist, Paul Robeson, portrays Othello for the 296th time at New Yor

Actor and activist, Paul Robeson, portrays Othello for the 296th time at New York Citys Shubert Theater, 1943

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Sep

15

1943

Arthur Ashe was a twentieth century famous African American tennis player. He is considered the world’s number one tennis player after he won three Grand Slam titles. He was the first black man to be selected for the United States Davis Cup team and won the singles title at

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Jul

10

1943

Joe Leonard Morgan is a former baseball player and is considered to be one of the greatest second basemen of all time. He was born on September 19, 1943 in Bonham, Texas, but grew up in Oakland, California. He attended Castlemont High School where he played baseball and established an excellent

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Sep

19

1943

Detroit Anti-Black Riot

Whites began a riot in Detroit after it was rumored a black man had killed a white woman and her infant. A similar rumor, alleging the victims were white and the perpetrator white, soon found its way into the black community. In truth, no one had been killed. An estimated 25 blacks and 9 whites

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Jun

20

1943

Sharpless, Mattie R. (1943- ) - Birthday

Sharpless was born in Hampstead, North Carolina on July 1, 1943 to James and Lecola Sharpless.

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Jul

1

1943

National Congress of Racial Equality organized

National Congress of Racial Equality organized.

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Jun

20

1943

George Washington Carver

Born in Missouri around 1864 during the years of Civil War (the exact date and year in which he was born not being known), George Washington Carver was a son of an enslaved couple, Mary and Giles. Only a week after his birth, invaders from Arkansas, a neighboring state, kidnapped him along with his

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Jan

5

1943

Lola Falana, dancer, born

Lola Falana, dancer, born

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Sep

11

1943

Ninety-ninth Pursuit Squadron flew first combat mission, strafing enemy positions on the heavily fortified Italian Island of Pantelleria.

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Jun

2

1943

World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass - North Africa

The Battle of Kasserine Pass was fought February 19-25, 1943, during World War II

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Jan

23

1943

Spinarn Metal: William H. Hastie

Spingarn Medal presented to William H. Hastie for his distinguished career as a jurist and as an uncompromising champion of equal justice.

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Dec

15

1943

Henrietta Bradberry patents Bed Rack

Bradberry invented the Bed Rack, Patent No. 2,320,027 on May 25, 1943, to attach to the bed frame and allow the bed clothes to hang on it while allowing the bed to air out.

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May

25

1943

Nikki Giovanni Born

Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee. A leading poet of the Black Arts Movement, Giovannis graduated from Fisk University and published her first poetry collection, Black Feeling.

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Jun

7

1943

Gale Sayers, youngest player ever to be elected to the Football Hall of Fame, bo

Gale Sayers, youngest player ever to be elected to the Football Hall of Fame, born

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May

30

1943

Kole Omotoso , (born April 21, 1943, Akure, Nigeria), Nigerian novelist, playwright, and critic who wrote from a Yoruba perspective and coupled the folklore he learned as a child with his adult studies in Arabic and English. His major themes include interracial marriage, comic aspects of the

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Apr

21

1943

Theater Guild presentation of Othello opened at

Theater Guild presentation of Othello opened at Shubert Theater with Paul Robeson in title role. Production ran for 296 performances and set record for Shakespearean drama on Broadway.

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Oct

19

1943

Gale Sayers was born on May 30, 1943, in Kansas to a family whose only bread winner was an auto mechanic. In 1951, Sayers and his family moved to Omaha where he grew up to an athletic child and showed natural ability in a number of sports, especially American

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May

30

1943

Donald C. Johanson

Donald C. Johanson , in full Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American paleoanthropologist best known for his discovery of “ Lucy,” one of the most complete skeletons of Australopithecus afarensis known, in the Afar region of Ethiopia in

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Jun

28

1943

George Washington Carver Day

January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of

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Jan

5

1943

Singer Leslie Uggams born

Singer Leslie Uggams, who made her singing debut with the Lawrence Welk Band, was born in New York city.

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May

25

1943

Perry, June Carter (1943- ) - Birthday

Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas.

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Nov

13

1943

Jazz artist George Benson born

George Benson, jazz guitarist, protege and student of guitarist extraordinaire Chet Atkins, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Among Bensons hits are Breezin, Masquerade, The Greatest Love of All, and Love X Love.

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Mar

2

1943

Arthur Ashe is born

Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in

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Jul

10

1943

Gantt, Harvey Bernard (1943- ) - Birthday

Gantt, architect and politician, was born January 14, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina to Christopher and Wilhelmenia Gantt.

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Jan

14

1943

Davis, Ruth A. (1943 - ) - Birthday

Although born in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 28, 1943, to a former World War II soldier who later became a postal worker and a schoolteacher mother, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia during her early childhood.

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May

28

1943

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