Ruth E. Carter helps Hollywood highlight our history like no one else

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Ruth E. Carter helps Hollywood highlight our history like no one else

Ruth E. Carter is an American costume designer, an artist, and a trailblazer whose work has helped Hollywood highlight our... View Article

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Thurgood Marshall, dies

First Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, dies, 1993

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Jan

24

1993

Pulitzer Prize Awarded

Pulitzer Prize for photography awarded to Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony magazine. He was the first Black male cited by the Pulitzer

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Dec

4

1969

Death of artist Charles White (61), in Los Angeles

Death of artist Charles White (61), in Los Angeles.

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Oct

3

1979

Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church

Atlantas Ebenezer Baptist Church , the nearby crypt containing the remains of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his boyhood home are dedicated as part of a memorial to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change.

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Jan

15

1970

Tina Turner Born

Grammy-winning singer and actress Tina Turner was born on this day as Annie Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee. Turner will reach stardom with her husband Ike Turner. She will record such hits such as Whats Love Got to Do With It, Private Dancer, and Proud Mary. She will also have roles in the

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Nov

26

1939

Idahao Recognizes MLK Holiday

Idaho became the 47th state to recognize Jan. 15 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and as a national holiday.

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Apr

11

1990

Did You Know That In...

1782 - Los Angeles, California is founded by 44 settlers, of whom at least 26 are black.

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Jan

0

1782

Actor Louis Gossett Jr. born

Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY. Gossett won an Academy Award for his role in the movie An Officer and a Gentleman.

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May

27

1936

Frank Holoman born

Frank Holomon, elected to the California Assembly from the Los Angeles area in 1972, born in 1934.

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Jan

10

1934

Rodney King is beaten by a group of white policemen in Los Angeles, Calif

Rodney King is beaten by a group of white policemen in Los Angeles, Calif

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Mar

3

1991

Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Dec

5

1957

Marchers led by Martin Luther King

Thousands of marchers, led by Martin Luther King Jr. completed first leg of five-day Selma-to-Montgomery march. Marchers were protected by federalized Alabama National Guardsmen and U.S. Army troops. Selma-to-Montgomery march ended with rally of some fifty thousands at Alabama capitol. One of the

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Mar

7

1965

Hattie McDaniel

On this day, Hattie McDaniel known for her supporting roles became the first African American to win the Oscar Award for her role as Mammyin the movie Gone With The Wind. Not only was she the first African American to receive this award, but the was the only woman to have received it until Whoopi

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Feb

29

1940

Martin Luther King, Jr

Martin Luther King, Jr. denounced Vietnam War which he said was rapidly degenerating into a sordid military adventure.

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Apr

12

1960

A Day of Elections

Edward W. Brooke elected attorney general of Massachusetts. Gerald Lamb elected treasurer of Connecticut. Otis M. Smith elected to a full term on the Michigan Supreme Court. Five Blacks, including one newcomer, were elected to the House of Representatives. The newcomer, Augustus F. Hawkins, was

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Nov

6

1962

METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity), is Americas longest running voluntary school desegregation

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Dec

13

1960

Dorothy Dandridge, actress born

Dorothy Dandrige

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Nov

9

1922

British ask for Ashanti Golden Stool

One inspiration of liberation can be seen in Queen Yaa Asantewa of the Ashanti. Ironically enough the Ashanti are included

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Mar

28

1900

Slave rebels, led by Joseph Cinquez

Slave rebels, led by Joseph Cinquez, killed captain and took over slaver Amistad in most celebrated of American slave mutinies. Rebels were captured off Long Island on August 26.

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Jul

30

1839

Highest Elective officer

Oscar J. Dunn, a former slave, formally installed as lieutenant governor of Louisiana, the highest elective officer held to date by an American Black. Antoine Dubuclet was installed as state treasurer.

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Jul

13

1868

Samuel L. Jackson

Actor Samuel Jackson was born on this day in Washington, DC. Jackson will begin his acting career as a student at Morehouse College. He will star in over 40 movies including box office hits The Long Kiss Goodnight, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and A Time to Kill.

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Dec

21

1941

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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Aug

16

1958

Poor People's Campaign

Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for Poor Peoples Campaign in Washington. He said he would lead a massive civil disobedience campaign in the capital to pressure the government to provide jobs and income for all Americans. He told a press conference that an army of poor white, poor Blacks and

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Mar

4

1968

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.

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Nov

6

1928

Series of events in African American history

Between the years of 1500-1884, there was a series of events that happened in African American history. Between the 1500-1600s, there were slave revolts in the West Indies; from 1655-17-38, there was the war between the British and Maroons; in 1750, there was a British free trade in human flesh; in

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Jan

0

0

Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr. released on bond from the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville. Political observers said the Kennedy call increased the number of Blacks voters who insured his election.

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Oct

27

1960

The English government grants monopolies to several slave trading companies.

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0

1618

Martin Luther King,Jr. Ordained

Martin Luther King ordained as a Baptist minister

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Feb

25

1948

Rev. Thomas Kilgore, a Los Angeles pastor, was elected president of the predominantly white American Baptist Convention.

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May

17

1969

Football star Earl Campbell born

Football star Earl Campbell was born in Tyler, Texas.

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Mar

29

1955

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