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President Eisenhower established Government

President Eisenhower established Government Contract Compliance Committee to supervise anti-discrimination regulations in government contracts.

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Aug

13

1953

Meeks, Gregory W. (1953- )

U.S. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks was born on September 25, 1953 in East Harlem, New York City. He was raised in a public housing project in East Harlem and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Political Science from New York’s Adelphi University. He earned his Juris

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Sep

25

1953

Hulan Jack sworn in a Manhattan Borough president.

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Dec

31

1953

Mau Mau (1952-1960)

The Mau Mau Uprising, a revolt against colonial rule in Kenya, lasted from 1952 through 1960 and helped to hasten Kenya’s independence. Issues like the expulsion of Kikuyu tenants from settler farms, loss of land to white settlers, poverty, and lack of true political representation for Africans

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Mar

26

1953

Birthday of award winning actress Alfre Woodard

Birthday of award winning actress Alfre Woodard

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Nov

8

1953

Tensions grew between the Wafd Party and the monarchy following independence, and in 1952, the army, led by Gen. Mohammed Naguib, seized power. Three days later, King Farouk abdicated in favor of his infant son. The monarchy was abolished and a republic proclaimed on June 18, 1953, with Naguib

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Jun

18

1953

Walter Payton - Birthday

He was born in Columbia, Mississippi on July 25, 1953 to Peter and Alyne Payton.

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Jul

25

1953

Leon Spinks - Birthday

Leon Spinks (born July 11, 1953) is a former American boxer who made a name for himself in the international heavyweight championship; he has an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses as well as three draws as a professional- he made 14 of those wins via knockouts.

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Jul

11

1953

Springarn Medal: Paul R. Williams

Spingarn Medal presented to Paul R. Williams for his achievements as an architect.

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Dec

31

1953

Martin Luther King Jr. Marries

In 1953, King, Sr., performs the marriage ceremony of King, Jr., and Coretta Scott at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.

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Jun

8

1953

Whitfield, Lynn (1953– )

Lynn Whitfield is an American actress and producer. Whitfield is best known for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film, The Josephine Baker Story (1991), where she won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries and a movie along with a Golden

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May

6

1953

Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)

James Lloyd Jackson was one of the little known heroes of the D-Day Landing at Normandy Beach in France in 1944. Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1938. For the next five years he worked for the

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Dec

27

1953

Boycott in Louisianna

Bus Boycott began Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Jun

19

1953

Dr. Rufus Clement

Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University elected to Atlanta Board of Education.

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Dec

2

1953

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover.

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Jul

3

1953

Cornel West , (born June 2, 1953, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.), American philosopher, scholar of African American studies, and political activist. His influential book Race Matters (1993) lamented what he saw as the spiritual impoverishment of the African American underclass and critically examined the

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Jun

2

1953

(1953) Thurgood Marshall, “Argument Before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education”

Many historians and legal scholars consider the U.S. Supreme Courts 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education to be one of the most important and far reaching pronouncements in the history of the Court. On December 8, 1953 Thurgood Marshall, the chief legal counsel of the National Association

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Dec

8

1953

A Broadway Show

Take a Giant Step, drama by playwright Louis Peterson, opened on Broadway.

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Sep

24

1953

Roy Campanella was named most valuable player of the National Baseball League fo

Roy Campanella was named most valuable player of the National Baseball League for the second time, 1953

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Nov

19

1953

Jakob Daniel Du Toit

Jakob Daniel Du Toit , pseudonym Totius (born Feb. 21, 1877, Paarl, Cape Colony, S.Af.—died July 1, 1953, Pretoria, Transvaal), Afrikaaner poet, pastor, biblical scholar, and the compiler of an Afrikaans Psalter (1936) that is regarded as one of the finest poetic achievements of its kind in

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Jul

1

1953

Egypt becomes republic

Egypt becomes a republic after the forced abdication of King Farouk I.

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Jun

18

1953

Florence Price, composer born - Death

Florence Beatrice Smith Price COMPOSER Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas April 9, 1888- June 3, 1953 Florence's mother was a music teacher, so naturally, she learned how to play the piano at an early age.

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Jun

3

1953

Neurological Surgeon

Clarence S. Green becomes the first African-American certified in neurological surgery.

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Oct

22

1953

J.H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, elected president of the National Baptist Convention at Miami meeting.

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Sep

11

1953

Movement of Black families into Trumbull Park

Movement of Black families into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago triggered virtually continuous riot which lasted more than three years and required assignment of more than one thousand policemen to keep order.

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Aug

4

1953

irst Black person to play in an NBA All-Star Game

Don Barksdale becomes first Black person to play in an NBA All-Star Game

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Jan

13

1953

Albert W. Dent, president of Dillard University, elected president of National Health Council.

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Jun

19

1953

Freeman, Joseph (1953– ) - Birthday

Freeman was born July 24, 1953, in Vanceboro, North Carolina, to Rose Lee Smith and Joseph Freeman Sr.

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Jul

24

1953

Hulan Jack was elected first Black Borough President of Manhattan, NYC, 1953

Hulan Jack was elected first Black Borough President of Manhattan, NYC, 1953

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Nov

4

1953

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