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Events After Martin Luther King Jr's Death
Martin Luther King Jr. buried after funeral services at Ebenezer Baptist Church and memorial services at Morehouse College, Atlanta. More than 300,000 persons marched behind the coffin of the slain leader which was carried through streets of Atlanta on farm wagon pulled by two Georgia
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Apr
9
1968
The first African American nursing school
The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.
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Aug
13
1881
Smokey Robinson born
Soul singer William Smokey Robinson born in Detroit, Michigan. Robinsons first singing group was the Miracles which he formed in 1955 while still in high school. The groups first success came in 1960 with the hit, Shop Around.
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Feb
19
1940
Jurist Mifflin Gibbs born
Arkansas jurist Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gibbs became the nations first African American judge in 1873. From 1850-1858, he served as U.S. consul to Madagascar.
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Apr
17
1823
Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel founded by Leon H. Washington.
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Mar
15
1933
MaliVai Washington
Former tennis pro MaliVai Washington was born on June 20, 1969 in Glen Cove, New
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Jun
20
1969
First Black radiso station, WERD, begins operating in Atlanta, GA, 1949
First Black radio station, WERD, begins operating in Atlanta, GA, 1949
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Oct
3
1949
Richard Allen born in slavery in Philadelphia
Richard Allen born in slavery in Philadelphia.
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Feb
14
1760
Black Troops
William Tecumseh Sherman occupied Atlanta. In series of battles around Chaffins Farm in suburb of Richmond, Black troops captured entrenchments at New Market Heights, made gallant but unsuccessful assault on Fort Gilmer and helped repulse Confederate counterattack on Fort Harrison. Thirty-ninth
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Sep
2
1864
Dance, Pearl Primus dies
Primus, who founded her own dance company in 1946, was best known for her primitive dances. She was famed for her energy and her physical daring, which were characterized by leaps up to five feet in the air. Dance critics praised her movements as forceful and dramatic, yet graceful and deliberately
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Oct
29
1994
Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor O
Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor Oval Faubus who calls out the National Guard, 1957
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
Sep
4
1957
Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at
Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.
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Sep
27
1876
Urban League President
Vernon E. Jordan resigned as president of the National Urban League and announced plans to join a Washington law firm. He was succeeded by John E. Jacob, executive vice president of the league.
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Sep
9
1981
Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed special
Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed special assistant to the Secretary of War. His role was to advise in Negro matters.
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Nov
5
1917
First Black Mayor of Kansas City in 1991
The Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II was elected as the mayor of the City of Kansas City, Missouri in 1991. At the time of his election, the black population in Kansas City was approximately 15 percent and the fact that not all blacks are registered to vote or take the time to vote indicates that black
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Apr
0
1991
Civil Rights workers disappear and are later found
Civil Rights workers disappear and are later found murdered near Philadelphia, Miss.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Jun
21
1964
Renowed educator and former president of Morehouse College, Benjamin E Mays was
Renowed educator and former president of Morehouse College, Benjamin E Mays was born, 1895
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Aug
1
1895
Government: Washington state.
In 1889, William Owen Bush (1832-1907)was the first black elected to the Washington
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Oct
7
2001
Death of Horace Mann Bond
Death of Horace Mann Bond (70), former president of Lincoln University (Pa.), in Atlanta.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Dec
21
1972
Maynard Jackson, three term mayor of Atlanta dies at age 65.
Maynard Jackson, three term mayor of Atlanta dies at age 65.
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Jun
23
2003
Walter E. Washington
President Lyndon B. Johnson named Walter E. Washington commissioner and unofficial mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Sep
6
1967
Booker T. Washington gains honorary degree
Booker T. Washington receives an honorary degree from Harvard University.
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Apr
15
1896
Black Economist and Dean
Death of Brailsford Reese Brazeal (76), economist and former dean of Morehouse College, in Atlanta.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Apr
22
1981
Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in
Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in Philadelphia to protest a theatrical presentation of Thomas Dixons The Clansman. Sixty-two Blacks reported lynched in 1906.2
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Sponsored by Intellitech
Oct
22
1906
John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET
1918 : John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET and Ebony magazines, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, the most successful African American publishing company in the U.S., owner of Fashion Fair cosmetics, and the first African American owned radio station in Chicago, born
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Jun
19
1918
First Coin Honoring a Black and Designed by a Blac
The first coin honoring a Black and designed by a Black was issued. The fifty-cent piece, which became available on this day, contained the bust of Booker T. Washington.
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Dec
16
1946
Richard Allen
Richard Allen organized Philadelphias Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Jul
17
1794
National Medical Association founded in Atlanta
National Medical Association founded in Atlanta.
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Oct
16
1895
Robert Smalls steals Confederate ship
It has just gotten dark on the evening of May 12, 1862. General Roswell Ripley and the other white confederate officers of the
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
May
12
1862
Race Riot in Atlanta
In a race riot in Atlanta, ten Blacks and two whites killed. Martial law proclaimed.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Sep
22
1905
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