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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
In the following account sports historian Charles Kastner describes the Bunion Derby, the 1928 cross country footrace that captured the nation’s attention in the spring of 1928 and the remarkable group of black runners who participated in that event. For a detailed discussion of the race, see
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26
1928
Twilight, Alexander (1795-1857)
Reputed to be the first African American in the United States to graduate from college, Alexander Twilight was born on a farm in Corinth, Vermont to a white or fair-skinned mother, Mary Twilight, and a mixed-race father, Ichabod Twilight, who had served as a private in the American Revolution.  The
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19
1857
Constitution of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1918
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities’ League is a social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society, and is founded by persons desiring to the utmost to work for the general uplift of the Negro peoples of the
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Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West
In the article below historian Robin Dearmon Muhammad discusses the growth of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) or the Garvey Movement in the American West, with particular emphasis on its influence in black working-class organizing in the San Francisco Bay Area after World War
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(1988) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “Keep Hope Alive.”
In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.  Jackson, however, gave another major address at the Democratic National Convention which met in Atlanta, Georgia.  The address, delivered on
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Josh Gibson
Baseballs Josh Gibson Negro league star/National League Hall of famer dies on this day.
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1947
Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election
Addressing voting rights issues has been a core responsibility for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights since the Commission was founded in 1957. The Commission has broad authority over voting rights. It has general jurisdiction to examine allegations regarding the right of U.S. citizens to vote and
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Free Soil party organized at Buffalo, N.Y.
Free Soil party organized at Buffalo, N.Y., convention attended by Black abolitionists. (8/9-10).
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Aug
9
1848
Trayvon Martin
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2013
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Nightclub comedian and actor Nipsey Russell born in Buffalo, NY.
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1924
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired professional boxer who has a boxing record of 36 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. Leonard was the first ever boxer to win more than a hundred million dollars in purses, owing to his world titles in five separate weight divisions and high profile fights with Wilfred
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Fred Williamson
Born on March 5, 1938, in Gary, Indiana, Fred Williamson has remained under the spotlight in various fields for a long time. Former Football player and actor, Williamson has produced and directed various movies along with being a black belt in Kenpo, Shotokan Karate and
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Cuba
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Thomas Mensah
Thomas Mensah was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1950. His father, J.K. Mensah, was a businessman who shipped cocoa products to chocolate manufacturers in France. Thomas was an exceptionally bright child, learning to read newspapers at an early age and becoming fluent in French. As a child, he often
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Dakar, Senegal (1857- )
Dakar was the political center of French West Africa and is the capital of modern Senegal. Located on Cape Verde, the westernmost point of the African mainland, Ndaxaru, known by its French name, Dakar, has been occupied at least since Europeans began to explore the area. The French, attracted by
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First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington (1886- )
Established in 1886 when Washington was still a territory, the First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Seattle, Washington is the state’s oldest black church.  Initially, members began by meeting in each other’s homes.  These meetings eventually led to the opening of a home based Sunday
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George Alcorn
Pioneer in the fields of aerospace and semiconductor
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(1993) Lani Guinier, “Seeking a Conversation on Race"
By 1993 Lani Guinier, a Yale Law School graduate, had crafted an impressive career as an NAACP attorney who specialized in voting rights cases, member of the law faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, and special assistant in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department in the Carter
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1993
William "Willie the Pro" Thrower (1930-2002)
William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Thrower was born on March 22, 1930, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Although his statistics as a college and high school football player are good, and his pro
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Mar
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1930
LeBron James
LeBron James is an American basketball superstar who currently plays for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team “Cleveland Cavaliers”. He is six feet, eight inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. He was born to a 16 year old single mother named Gloria Marie James on December
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Gittens, Charles LeRoy (1928–2011)
Charles L. Gittens was an American Secret Service agent.  He joined the Secret Service in 1956, becoming the agencys first African American agent.  An Army veteran, Gittens began his career at the agencys office in Charlotte, North Carolina.  However, he was soon posted to its New York field
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2011
Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds is the son of Bobby Bonds, a major league player from 1968-81… Bonds batted and threw left-handed, and wore #25… Barry Bonds joined the elite 40-40 club in 1996, hitting 42 home runs and stealing 40 bases… He hit his 715th career home run on 28 May 2006, surpassing Babe Ruth for second
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(1968) Robert F. Kennedy, “On the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
On April 4, 1968, during an Indianapolis, Indiana rally for his presidential campaign, attended by a large number of African Americans, Robert F. Kennedy, despite suggestions he shouldnt appear at all, decided to proceed and announce the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., to a group unaware
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(2017) New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's Address on the Removal of Confederate Monuments in New Orleans
On May 19, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed an audience in his city as a backdrop and explanation of the city’s recent decision to remove statutes of General Robert E. Lee and other Confederate military and political leaders from public squares in New Orleans.  His speech
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Death of Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Death of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (63), former congressman and civil rights leader, in Miami.
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1972
Slater, Rodney (1955- )
Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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(1860) Abraham Lincoln, “Cooper Union Address”
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a presidential candidate who had yet to win the Republican nomination, accepted an invitation to speak to the Young Mens Republican Union at Cooper Union Hall before a capacity crowd of 1,500.  Lincoln used the occasion to outline his views on slavery in the
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Blacks participated in a national political
Blacks participated in a national political convention for the first time at Liberty party convention in Buffalo. Samuel R. Ward led the convention in prayer; Henry Highland Garnet was a member of the nominating committee; and Charles R. Ray was one of the convention secretaries.
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