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Barbara Jordan: Elected to Congress
When Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972 she became the first African-American woman to represent a previously Confederate state in Congress.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Nov
7
1972
Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Nov
28
1961
Opera singer Marian Anderson born
Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was entered in the New York Philharmonic Competition at age 17 by her music teacher, and placed first over 299 other singers. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1930, Anderson went to Europe for a year of study. She
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Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Feb
27
1902
Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders called
Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders called for stepped up campaign against discrimination and desegregation. President Eisenhower was sharply criticized for a speech which, in effect, urged the leaders to be patient in seeking full citizenship rights.
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May
12
1958
Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs
Civil rights group demonstrated at Harlem construction sites to Protest discrimination in building trades unions. Demonstrations and marches were held in metropolitan areas in June, July and August to dramatize discontent over housing, school and job discrimination.
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Jun
12
1963
William C. Carter patents an umbrella stand
African-American inventor, William C. Carter, patented an umbrella stand (U.S. patent#323,397).
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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Aug
8
1885
Neurological Surgeon
Clarence S. Green becomes the first African-American certified in neurological surgery.
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Oct
22
1953
'This Far By Faith'
On this date in 1999, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released This Far By Faith: An African American Resource for Worship, which compiles hymns of liturgies of Lutheran African Americans.
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Apr
8
1999
Black Rebellion in Tampa, Florida
African Americans in Tampa, Florida rebelled after an African American man was killed by a white police officer while in custody.
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Feb
21
1987
Emmet Ashford becomes the first African American
Emmet Ashford becomes the first African American major league umpire when he is named to the American League
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Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Apr
12
1966
Death of Richard Allen
Death of Richard Allen (71), who was nominated by author Vernon Loggins for the title Father of the
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Mar
26
1831
Fort Negro
Garcia And Fort Negro: After the War of 1812, over three hundred African Americans occupied an abandoned British fort on the banks of the Apalachicola River in what is now Florida. Known as Fort Negro, it was headed by an African American man named Garcia. The heavily armed fort became a symbol of
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Jul
27
1816
The Great Migration
The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Dec
4
1915
Phyllis Wheatley Dies
Phyllis Wheatley, the first African-American author to be published in book form, dies in poverty at the age of thirty-one. Wheatley astonished Bostonians with her ability to write poetry while yet being a slave.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Dec
5
1784
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former
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Jan
4
1958
New Jersey begins to abolish slavery
The New Jersey Legislature approved a law calling for gradual emancipation of African Americans. In so doing, New Jersey became the last Northern state to outlaw slavery.
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Feb
15
1804
Matthew Henson
In 1909 Matthew Henson an ex-seamen became the first American to journey to the North Pole and claim it for the United States.
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Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Jan
0
1909
Moore's Ford Lynching
During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into
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Jul
25
1946
storm of 28
More than 3000 African Americans died when Lake Okeechobee fooded Western Palm Beach County, Florida, with a 10-15 foot tidal wave. There are at least 3 mass graves containing the bodies of negroes interned without coffins or identification
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Sep
16
1928
Noble Johnson
George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African
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Jan
0
1916
Arthur Ashe is born
Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in
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Jul
10
1943
William Cooper Nell
was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be
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May
25
1874
Paul Bustill Robeson
Paul Bustill Robeson was born in
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Apr
9
1898
The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the
The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the shoe capital of the
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Sponsored by New York University
Mar
19
1883
A Demonstration Led by NAACP
NAACP led protest demonstrations against the showing of the movie Birth of
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Dec
4
1915
Blacks Declared Non-Citizens of US
The Acting Commissioner of General Lands for the United States, J.S. Wilson, stated that blacks were not citizens of the United States, and therefore were not legally entitled to preempt public lands.
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Mar
7
1859
Carol Mosely Braun
Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois, becomes the 1st African American woman elected to the United States Senate.
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Nov
3
1992
Sharon J. Barnes, Chemist at Dow Chemical
Sharon J. Barnes, Chemist at Dow Chemical part of a team of five (two African Americans) who were assigned U.S. Patent #4,988,211 for an application in Infra-Red Thermography
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Jan
29
1991
Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came
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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Apr
16
1862
Cellular Phone Invented
Henry Sampson, an african-american, invented the cellular phone.
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Jul
6
1971
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