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President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice-president Chester A. Arthur.

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Born: 6/3/1904 Washington, D.C., U.S.Died: 4/1/1950 Burlington, North CarolinaCharles Drew was an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing

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Million Man March

Nation of Islams Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families.

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Oct

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1995

The first Black network anchor, Max Robinson, who joined ABCs World News Tonight died on this day of complication from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in Washington, DC.

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Dec

20

1986

Huey Percy Newton was an African American leader and co-founder of the Black Panther Party. He was the youngest of seven children born to Armelia Johnson and Walter Newton on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana and named after the former Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. His family was not very

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22

1989

Coretta Scott is born

Coretta Scott is born in Marion, Ala. She will marry Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1953 and be an integral part of his civil rights activities. After his assassination in 1968, she will continue her civil rights activities, founding the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change in

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1927

Born: 8/17/1887 Saint Anns Bay, JamaicaDied: 6/10/1940 London, United KingdomMarcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro

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Death of Charles Hamilton Houston

Death of Charles Hamilton Houston (54), architect of the NAACP legal campaign Washington, D.C.

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Apr

22

1950

Charles Edward Anderson--Meteorologist

Born: August 13, 1919

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1919

Perkins, Marvin (1963– )

Marvin Perkins is an accomplished recording vocal artist, a sought-after public speaker, and a leader in the effort to correct misunderstanding and incorrect assumptions about blacks, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

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Buddy Guy is born.

Influential blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy is born in Lettsworth, LA, USA. His most poular records include First Time I Met The Blues and Stone Crazy.

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Jul

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1936

Lincoln Motion Picture Company

African American audiences were generally ignored by the major motion picture studios in the first two decades of the 20th Century. Nonetheless, demand for films aimed at black theaters in both the South and larger Northern cities prompted the formation of several “black” motion picture

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Andey Rooney suspended for racist comments

Andy Rooney, a CBS 60 Minutes commentator, received a 90-day suspension from work because of racist remarks about African Americans attributed to him by Chris Bull, a New York-based reporter for The Advocate, a bi-weekly national gay & lesbian newsmagazine published in Los Angeles. Bull quoted

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1990

Grose, William (1835-1898)

Before the Civil War, when he was 18, William Grose left his home in Washington, D.C. and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Assigned to the USS Vincennes in 1853, he went to South Africa, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia and the Arctic during his tour of duty. Grose, who was honorably discharged in San

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Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904

In the article below Bruce Mouser, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, discusses his new book, For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics which describes his efforts to chronicle the

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Belizean Kriols

By the 1500s, black slaves had been distributed through much of the Caribbean. Slavery, however, began much later in Central America. By 1724 the British were transporting slaves from Jamaica to Belize to cut logwood, particularly Mahogany. These slaves became known as

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Death of P.B.S. Pinchback

Death of P.B.S. Pinchback (84), major Reconstruction politician, Washington, D.C.

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1921

Top 10 Most Famous Black Actors of All Time

Hollywood is a giant industry which provides work to hundreds of actors. At the advent of this industry only white actors ruled the silver screen and the blacks were given only minor roles. As the time progressed, blacks were given the voice in the society and eventually allowed white collar

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Withers, John Lovelle, II (1948- )

In 2007, Ambassador John L. Withers II, a second generation diplomat, was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Albania. Withers was born in 1948 in Guilford, North Carolina, to John L. Withers, Sr. and Daisy P. Withers. His father had briefly worked as a political

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Walter F. Craig

1986 Max Robinson

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Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I

Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former

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1958

Duke Ellington Born

Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington, world famous musician, born in Washington, D.C.

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Apr

29

1899

Los Angeles begins clean up and rebuilding

Los Angeles begins clean up and rebuilding after the Rodney King riots (58 deaths, 600 fires, 1 billion dollars of property damage)

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May

2

1992

Ragsdale, Marguerita (1948- )

Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale was born in April 1948 in Richmond, Virginia to Lillie and Vernon Ragsdale and raised alongside her five sisters on a farm in McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. After starting her undergraduate work at Virginia State University in Petersburg, she transferred to

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Warren Moon is a retired football player, who played for the Canadian and American football leagues. He was born in Los Angeles, California on November 18, 1956 and was the only brother of 6 sisters. His father was a laborer who died of liver disease when Warren was a young child and his mother was

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1956

Civil Rights Timeline

The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation. The decision overturns the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that sanctioned

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Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.

Born: 7/1/1877 Washington, D.C., United StatesDied: 11/26/1970 Chicago, IllinoisBrigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. was the first African-American general officer in the United States Army. He was the father of Air Force General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.Business / Schooling: Awards

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson, born Walker Smith Junior, was an American Professional Boxer. A member of the international boxing hall of fame, Robinson is believed by many to be the greatest boxer of all time; owing mostly to his 91 fight unbeaten streak, and his remarkable

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1940

Dixon, Julian (1934-2000)

Born in Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1934, Julian Dixon represented part of Los Angeles in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1960, Dixon attended California State University, Los Angeles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1962 and

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1934

Benjamin Banneker, inventor and scientist, dies

Benjamin Banneker, inventor and scientist, dies October 26, 1806 at the age of

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