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EVENT
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2
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Civil
unrest in Hartford, Connecticut - 1969
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3
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Frederick
Douglass escapes from slavery - 1838
Alan
L. Locke, 1886-1954, was a Rhodes Scholar and Philosopher
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4
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Inventor
Lewis Latimer's birthday - 1848
President
Ford meets with the Black Caucus - 1974
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5
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Singleton's
colony was established in Kansas - 1871
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6
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Labor
Day
James
Durham was recognized as the first African American doctor -
1800
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7
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John
Merrick, the co-founder of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance,
was born - 1859
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8
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African
American voters turn down federal protection - 1875
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9
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Abolitionist
Sarah Mapps Douglass' birthday - 1806
Richard
Wright, 1908-1960, Author
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10
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John
R. Lynch, 1847-1939, Congressmen
1,300
prisoners took over Attica Prison - 1971
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11
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Ethiopian
leader, Haile Sefassie I, was dethroned - 1974
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12
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First
African American Masonic Lodge was organizes - 1787
Olympic
star Jesse Owen's birthday - 1913
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13
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Virginia slave conspiracy - 1663
Writer
and first African American Rhodes Scholar Alain Locke's birthday
- 1921
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14
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Federal
Justice Constance Baker Motley's birthday - 1921
Selective
Service Act - 1940
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15
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Jan
E. Matzeliger, 1852-1889, inventor
Four
African American schoolgirls are killed in Alabama bombing -
1963
Bill
Cosby, starring in I Spy, becomes the first African American
to headline a television show - 1965
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16
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French
abolish slavery - 1848
Blues
great, B.B. King's birthday - 1925
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17
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Baseball
star Abe "Rube" Foster was born - 1879
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18
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Richmond,
Virginia was the site of the Equal Rights mass meeting - 1865
Neurosurgeon
Dr. Benjamin Solomon's birthday - 1951
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19
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Jackie Robinson elected rookie of the year - 1947
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20
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First
African American National Convention - 1830
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21
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John
Conyers registered a Annapolis - 1872
Gen.
Colin Powell becomes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1989
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22
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Autumn
Begins
Ralph
J. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - 1950
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23
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Educator
and activist Mary Church Terrell's birthday - 1836
The
great African-American singer, composer, and arranger, Ray Charles
(Robinson) was born - 1930.
Thurgood
Marshall was nominated to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
- 1961
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24
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Poet Jupiter Hammon published address to African Americans - 1787
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25
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Barbara
W. Hancock was the first African American female White House
Fellow - 1974
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26
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Maggie
L. Walker, 1867-1934, was a banker and organizer
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27
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Poet
James Weldon Johnson spoke at NYU - 1935
Artist,
Stephanie Pogue's birthday - 1944
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28
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Actor,
Richard B. Harrison's birthday 1864-1935
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29
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First
African American news anchor Bryant Gumbel's birthday - 1948
Muhammad
Ali defeated Ernie Shavers - 1977
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30
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Thirteen
African Americans were awarded the Congressional Metal of Honor
- 1864
Singer
Johnny Mathis' birthday - 1935
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