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C.C.
Spalding, 1874-1952, was a life insurance pioneer. |
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2
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Underground
railroad started by William Still - 1850
Author
James Baldwin's birthday - 1924
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3
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California
organized Allenworth Township for former slaves - 1909 |
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4
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Abolitionist
Robert Purvis Sr.'s birthday - 1810
W.S.
Gant patented curtain rod supports - 1896
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5
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The
Congressional medal of honor was bestowed upon a gunner named
John Lawson in 1864.
Harriet
Tubman receives pension form congress for work during the Civil
War - 1892
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6
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President Lyndon Johnson signed Voting Rights Bill - 1965 |
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7
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Nashville
Tennessee hosted Equal Rights Meeting - 1865
The
first African American Nobel prize winner, Ralph Bunche's birthday
- 1904
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8
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Polar
explorer, Mathew A. Henson, 1867-1955, was a Congressional Medal
of Honor winner. |
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9
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Jesse
Owens wins four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics - 1936
Judge
James Parsons was appointed to the U.S. District Court - 1961
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10
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Judge
Thurgood Marshall was named Solicitor General - 1965 |
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11
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Portrait
of Martin Luther King hung in Georgia's capitol - 1974 |
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12
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Mississippi excluded African American's from participating in
politics - 1890
Activist
Stenen Biko is arrested in South Africa - 1977
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13
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The first issue of African American Newspaper was published in Baltimore
in 1890 |
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14
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President
Lincoln spoke to an African American audience at the White House
- 1862
Basketball
great Earvin 'Magic' Johnson's birthday - 1959
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15
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Freddy Beshone was defeated by Ezzard Charles - 1950 |
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16
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Federal
Governmet issued a warrant for Angela Davis - 1970 |
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17
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Boxer
Henry Armstrong won the light heavyweight title - 1938 |
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18
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James
Meredith graduated form "Ole Miss" - 1963 |
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19
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M.C. Harvey patented the lantern - 1884
Edith
Sampson is the first African American representative to the United
Nations - 1950
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20
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Twenty
African American brought to Jamestowm as slaves. They were the first
group of Africans to be forcibly settled in the "New World"
- 1619 |
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21
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Nat Turner led slave revolution - 1831
Musician
William 'Count' Basie's birthday - 1904
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22
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Henry Highland Garnett called general slave strike in Buffalo, NY
- 1843 |
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23
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AME
Zion Church was formed in 1796 |
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24
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Henry
Blair patented the cotton planting machine - 1836 |
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25
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The
Federal Government armed 5,000 slaves - 1862
Tennis
champion Althea Gibson's birthday - 1927
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26
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Artist,
Hale Woodruff's birthday - 1900
African
American Democratic Party elected Willian L. Dawson Vice Presidential
candidate - 1943
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27
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W.E.B.
DuBois died - 1963 |
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28
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Martin
Luther King led the 'March on Washington' and gave the famous "I
Have A Dream" speech - 1963 |
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29
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Jazz Musician Charlie 'Bird' Parker's birthday - 1920
Lou
Brock set baseball's stolen base record - 1977
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30
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Virginia
slave revolt - 1800
Lt.
Colonel G. Bulford Jr. is the first African American astronaut
to travel in outer space - 1983
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31
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Black
Power activist and administrator, Eldridge Cleaver's birthday -
1935 |
