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EVENT
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1
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Congress
chartered Howard University - 1867
Gwendolyn
Brooks is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize
- 1950
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2
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Master
Inventor with more than 50 patents, Elijah McCoy's birthday -
1844
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3
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The
Supreme court outlawed restrictive covenants - 1847 |
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4
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J.H.
Smith invented the lawn sprinkler - 1897 |
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5
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Thaddeus
Kosciusko's will promoting African American education - 1798
Reformer,
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.'s birthday - 1865
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6
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First
African American Masonic Lodge is formed - 1787
Civil
Rights Act - 1960
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7
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Inventor,
J.R. Winters receives patent for the fire escape ladder - 1878
Birmingham
demonstration - 1963
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8
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The
Black Panther "Chicago Seven" indictment dropped - 1970 |
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9
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Abolitionist,
John Brown's birthday - 1800
Georgia,
South Carolina, and Florida slaves freed - 1862
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10
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Pinckney
B.S. Pinchback 1837-1920, Public Official Governor of Louisiana |
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11
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Ira
Aldridge, actor, 1805-1867
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12
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Sit-in
demonstration in Louisville Kentucky - 1871 |
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13
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Robert
Smalls captured the Confederate ship "The Planter" -
1862
Heavyweight
boxing champion, Joe "The Brown Bombers" birthday -
1914
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14
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Slavery
abolished in Brazil - 1888 |
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15
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Mulattoes
in French colonies freed by Civil Rights - 1791 |
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16
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Founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, John Conyers Jr.'s
birthday - 1929
Philanthropist
Theodore K. Lawless honored in Chicago - 1963
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17
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Armed Forces Day
Supreme Court school segregation decision- 1954 |
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18
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Plessy
vs. Ferguson - 1896 |
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19
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Malcolm
X, born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska - 1925 |
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20
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Robert N.C. Nix elected to Congress - 1958 |
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21
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Jean
B.P. DeSable, 1745-1818, was the first Chicago Settler |
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22
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Sergeant William H. Carney, ex-slave, earned metal of honor - 1863 |
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23
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Assault
on Port Hudson - 1863
Sergeant
William Carney, Civil War hero, is the first African American
to receive the Medal of Honor - 1900
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24
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Lincoln
University founded - 1854 |
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25
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Willie
Mays entered major league baseball - 1951 |
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26
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Voting
Rights Bill passed - 1965
Jazz
trumpeter, Miles Davis' birthday - 1926
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27
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Michael
Howard attended West Point Academy - 1870 |
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28
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C.B.
patented street sweeper - 1896
Actor,
Louis Gossett Jr.'s birthday - 1936
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29
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Ascension
Day
American Bowling Congress dropped racial barriers - 1950
Thomas
Bradley is elected the first African American mayor of Los Angeles
- 1973
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30
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Memorial
Day Traditional
Poet,
Countee P. Cullen's birthday - 1903
First
Meeting of the National Negro Committee (now NAACP) - 1909
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31
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Supreme Court orders school integration - 1955 |
