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Angela Bassett, actress born
Angela Bassett ACTRESS Birthplace: New York, New York August 16, 1958- Angela has starred in the following films: The Jacksons: An American Dream Malcolm X Whats Love Got To Do With It? (received Oscar nomination) Strange Days Vampire in Brooklyn
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16
1958
6 Must-See Malcolm X Posters
6 Must-See Malcolm X Posters
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Sidney Poitier born
2/20/1927: On this day Sidney Poitier, who will be the first AfricanAmerican to win an Academy Award in a starring role, is born in Miami, Fl. (Can you name the movie he received the Academy Award for?)
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Feb
20
1927
Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn
Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn becomes lieutenant governor of Louisiana. It is the highest executive office held by an African American to date.
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Jun
13
1868
Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop, better known as Jamie Foxx is one of the many talented individuals the world has seen. He is an actor, singer-songwriter, musician and stand-up comedian. Foxx is a December baby and was born in Terrell, Texas. Within a short period of time, his parents’ marriage fell apart and
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DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)
A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871.  In 1878 his family moved to Salina, Kansas. Sometime in the late 1880s DePriest moved to Chicago, Illinois where he found work as a house painter and decorator.  DePriest created his own
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May
12
1951
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt was a singer and actress who recorded the hit holiday song “Santa Baby”. She was born on January 17, 1927 in South Carolina to an African American mother and a white father. She was raised by Anna Mae Riley, as her biological mother had abandoned her. It wasn’t until later
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Jan
17
1927
Grambling State University (1901-- )
Grambling State University was founded in 1901 in Grambling, Louisiana. In the post- Civil War effort to build schools for former African American slaves, several colleges were established in Louisiana.  All of them were concentrated in the more populous southern portion of the state including
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Southern University ][Baton Rouge] (1880- )
Southern University, Baton Rouge,the largest historically black university in Louisiana, was chartered in 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana as a state supported institution for the education of black Louisianans.   It was founded in response to the efforts of African American political leaders such as
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Trévigne, Paul (1825-1908)
Creole New Orleans newspaper editor Paul Trévigne, thebiracial son of a Battle of New Orleans veteran, was born in New Orleans in1825. Trévigne was part of the free people of color community in Louisiana thatprotested racial injustice before the Civil War and helped establish Republicanpolitics in
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Birth of William Seymour
William Seymour was born in Centerville, Louisiana. He is credited as being the inspirational force behind the birth of Pentecostalism in the United States.
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May
2
1870
Quvenzhané Wallis
Quvenzhané Wallis is a child actress, model and singer. She was born on August 28, 2003 to a teacher named Qulyndreia, and a truck driver named Venjie Wallis, Sr. Her unique name reflects a combination of her parents’ names and the word “zhané” is Swalihi for fairy. She has two sisters
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27
2012
Loren Miller: Legal Crusader in the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century
In the essay below, journalist and historian Amina Hassan describes her 2015 biography of Loren Miller, a significant but understudied figure in the long twentieth century campaign for civil rights and racial
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Dec
5
1945
LeMelle, Wilbert J., Sr. (1931-2003)
Wilbert J. LeMelle, Sr., was a scholar, development specialist, and ambassador to Kenya and the Republic of Seychelles between 1977 and 1980.  In both his academic and diplomatic work, LeMelle urged the United States to become more engaged in Africa, focusing on economic development and human
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Shippen, John Matthew, Jr. (1879-1968)
John Matthew Shippen, Jr. was the first African American professional golfer and known as one of Americas golf pioneers. Shippen achieved this distinction when he competed in the US Open in
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Dec
5
1879
O’Neal, Adrienne S. (1954- )
In 2011, Adrienne S. O’Neal, career Foreign Service officer with the rank of Minister Counselor, was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde (or Cape Verde). O’Neal was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1954 to Samuel and Vernese Boulware ONeal. Her
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St. John A.M.E Church Topeka, Kansas (1868- )
St. John African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Topeka, Kansas was officially organized in 1877 when it was chartered by Reverend John M. Wilkerson of the Missouri African Methodist Episcopal Conference.  In 1868, nine years before the charter, however, early black settlers, many of whom
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(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”
Schoolteacher, dentist, physician, lawyer, graduate of the American Medical College in Philadelphia, member of the Massachusetts bar, proficient in Greek and Latin, Dr. John S. Rock was unequivocally one of the most distinguished African American leaders to emerge in the United States during the
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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
His brother, actor Omar Gooding, also played a football star in the 2003 ESPN series Playmakers… His father, Cuba Gooding, Sr., sang lead for the pop group The Main Ingredient; their big hit (1972) was “Everybody Plays the Fool”… Cuba Gooding, Jr. has two sons: Spencer (b. 1993) and
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John W. Menard speaks in Congress
John W. Menard spoke in Congress in defense of his claim to a contested seat in Louisianas Second Congressional District. Congress decided against both claimants. Congressman James A. Garfield of the examining committee said it was too early to admit a Negro to the U.S. Congress. Menard was the
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Feb
27
1869
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker is an acclaimed American actor, producer and director. He was born on July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas to an insurance salesman named Forest Steven Jr. and a special education teacher named Laura Francis. The family moved to California when Whitaker was four years old. He attended
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Sponsored by Intellitech
Jul
15
1961
BLACKS IN UNION ARMY
BLACKS IN UNION ARMY: The 185,000 Black soldiers in the Union army were organized into 166 all Black regiments (145 infantry, 7 cavalry, 12 heavy artillery, 1 light artillery, 1 engineer). Largest number of Black soldiers came from Louisiana (24,052), followed by Kentucky (23, 703) and Tennessee
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Dec
18
1859
Southern University [Shreveport] (1964 -- )
Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and
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Nov
16
1972
The Southern Negro Youth Congress: A Participant Recalls Its Past
In the article below historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall recounts her role as a founder of the New Orleans Youth Congress and the early years of the Southern Negro Youth Congress.  This account is part of her soon to be published
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Nov
15
1974
(1920) Archibald Grimke, “The Shame of America, or the Negro’s Case Against the Republic”
Archibald Grimke was born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina in 1849.  After the Civil War, Archibald and his younger brother Francis, enrolled at Lincoln University.  Archibald graduated in 1872 and then entered Harvard Law School.  After graduation he practiced in Boston.  By the 1880s Grimke
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Norbert Rillieux installs the first working modelon his triple-effect evaporat
Norbert Rillieux installs the first working model on his triple-effect evaporator on the plantation of Zenon Ramon in Louisiana; this endeavor is unsuccessful due to mechanical failure.
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Jan
0
1834
Jefferson, William J. (1947-- )
William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that resulted in his conviction in
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4
2007
Menard, John Willis (1838-1893)
John Willis Menard, abolitionist, author, journalist and politician, was born in 1838 in Kaskaskia, Illinois, to French Creole parents. He was the first African American elected to Congress, but was not seated after a dispute over the election results. Menard attended Iberia College, an
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Dorothy V. McClendon--Microbiologist
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Jan
0
1924
Baskett, James (1904-1948)
James Baskett, the first male African American to win an Academy Award, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 16, 1904.  After high school Baskett planned to study pharmacy, but after he was offered a small part in a show in Chicago, Illinois his career path was forever changed.  Baskett
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