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EVENT
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Activist
Fannie Moore Richard's birthday - 1814
Dr.
E.J. Scott appointed as Special Assistant Secretary of War - 1917
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2
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Alexander
T. Augusta, African American doctor of the Civil War - 1863 |
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3
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Vernon E. Jordan was appointed to the Clemency Board - 1974 |
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4
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Born
a slave, this is the birth date of Black politician John Roy Lynch
- 1847 |
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5
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Monroe Baker, a well-to-do African-American businessman, is named
mayor of St. Martin, Louisiana, becoming probably the first black
to serve as mayor of a town in the U.S. - 1867
Convertible
settee-bed was introduced and patented by J.H. Evans - 1897
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6
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First
tour of Fisk Jubilee Singers - 1871
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7
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Gabriel
Prosser is executed - 1800
Author
Toni Morrison is first African American woman to win the Nobel
Prize - 1993
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8
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Jean
Jacques I was crowned Emperor of Haiti - 1804
Activist
Rev. Jesse Jackson's birthday - 1941
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9
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Morgan
State College was founded - 1869 |
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10
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Entertainer
Ben Vereen's birthday - 1946
Busing
violence in Boston - 1974
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11
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Jazz
musician Art Blakey's birthday - 1919
Martin
Luther King, Jr. receives Nobel Peace Prize - 1964
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12
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Columbus
Day Traditional
Comedian
and activist Dick Gregory's birthday - 1932
Frank
Robinson became the first African American baseball player - 1975
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13
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Henry
Blair is granted a patent for the corn planting machine - 1834
Poet
Arna Bontemp's birthday - 1902
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14
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - 1964
African
American coach Leroy T. Walker was named to the Olympics squad
- 1974
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15
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Jackie
Robinson is honored at the Cincinnati Stadiumm - 1972 |
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16
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John
Brown raided Harper's Ferry - 1859
The
Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. - 1995
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17
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Equal
education facilities are demanded by African American's - 1787 |
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18
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Rock
& Roll legend Chuck Berry's birthday - 1926
Reggie
Jackson hit 3 home runs in the 1977 World Series
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19
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Actor
Paul Robeson premiered as "Othello" in 1943 |
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20
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W.E.B.
DuBois "Behold the Lord speech" - 1946 |
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21
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Fugitive
slave act not enforced in Chicago - 1850
John
Conyers Sr. is the first African American in the U.S. Naval Academy
- 1872
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22
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Frank
E. Peterson, Jr. was commissioned Marine flight officer in 1952 |
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23
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U.N.Petitioned
by NAACP on racial injustices - 1947 |
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24
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Death
of baseball great Jackie Robinson - 1972 |
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25
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Brooklyn
Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson in 1945 |
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26
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Mahalia
Jackson, 1911-1972, "Queen of Gospel Singers" |
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27
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New
York paper displayed advertisment for African American play - 1821 |
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28
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Founder of the 'Underground Railroad' Levi Coffin's birthday -
1798
Publication
of Jackie Robinson's biography - 1972
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29
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Elizabeth
Taylor Greenfield sang before Queen Victoria - 1854
Supreme
Court rule that all school districts end segregation - 1969
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30
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African
American units in the armed forces is dissolved - 1954 |
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31
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Halloween
Daylight-Savings
Time Ends
Entertainer,
Ethel Walters' Birthday - 1900
Booker
T. Washington was named to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1945
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