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A Chicago Picketing

Dont Buy Where You Cant Work campaign began in Chicago with picketing of Chain stores on South Side, fall. The campaign spread to New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles and other cities and continued throughout the Depression.

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Dec

30

1929

Dorothy Height born

Birthday of Dorothy Irene Height in Richmond, Virginia. Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than three decades, organized a successful drive to place a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in a District of Columbia park. Once erected, the statue became the first of an African

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Mar

24

1912

Musician Herbie Hancock born

Contemporary jazz composer and musician Herbie Hancock was born in Chicago, Illinois.

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Apr

12

1940

Hayes, Charles Arthur (1918-1997)

African American Congressman, Charles Arthur Hayes, will forever be remembered for his commitment to legislate equal rights for black labor workers. After noticing racism aimed toward black workers in his hometown of Cairo, Illinois, Hayes moved to Chicago and started unionizing activities in

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National Negro Congress organized at Chicago

National Negro Congress organized at Chicago meeting attended by 817 delegates representing more than 500 organizations. Asa Phillip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was elected president of the new organization.

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Feb

14

1936

Death of Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey

Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, founder of gospel music died in Chicago, Illinois. He was a prolific composer, performer and recording artist. His signature songs Take my Hand Precious Lord and Peace in the Valley have become gospel music traditionals that have been recorded by many

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Jan

23

1993

Fango, Gobo (1855-1886)

Gobo Fango was born in the Eastern Cape Colony in what is now South Africa around 1855, just before the beginning of the eighth of the nine Xhosa Wars (Cape Frontier Wars) against British and Boer settlers. Fango was a member of the Gcaleka tribe, a sub-group of the Xhosa peoples. These frontier

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Dziko, Trish Millines (1957- )

Trish Millines Dziko is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation. A native of New Jersey, Dziko focused on college and ultimately became a first-generation college student. Ms. Dziko also made history by becoming the first woman to be awarded a full basketball

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Oct

1

1996

Marion Perkins (Sculptor)

Sculptor, Marion Perkins, died on 12/17/61. During the Depression of the thirties, Marion Perkins sold papers at a newsstand on Chicagos South Side. In his free moments at the stand he busied himself whittling on bars of soap. Peter Pollack, then director of the Community Art Center Division of the

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Dec

17

1961

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

Martin Luther King was denied freedom of speech!

When martin Luther King came to chicago in the late 60s, no church would let him speak, but one! All the others said he was a radial

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Jun

26

1967

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress

Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.

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Nov

6

1928

Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

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Jul

16

1862

Rollins, Ida Gray Nelson (1867-1953)

Ida Gray Nelson Rollins, the first African American Woman dentist, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on March 4, 1867. She became an orphan when her mother, Jennie Gray, died in her early teens. Rollins’ white father, whose name is not known, played no role in her childhood or education. After

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lsiah Lord Thomas is born

lsiah Lord Thomas is born in Chicago, Ill. One of nine children raised by a single mother, Thomas will become a basketball star, first for Indiana University and later for the Detroit Pistons, where he will lead the team to 1989 and 1990 NBA championships.

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Apr

30

1961

Michelle Obama

Born: 1/17/1964 Chicago, IllinoisMichelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer. She is married to the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United StatesBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:

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Death of Congressman Ralph H

Death of Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe (68), in Chicago.

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Oct

10

1978

Eleven People Arrested After Sit-In

Seven whites and four Blacks arrested after all-night sit-in at Englewood, N.J., city hall. Four Black mothers arrested after sit-in at Chicago elementary school. Mothers later received suspended $50 fines. Protests, picketing and demonstrations continued for several weeks against de facto

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Feb

2

1962

Mr. T born

Actor and entertainer Lawrence Tero (Mr. T) born in Chicago, Illinois.

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May

20

1952

Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)

Powell S. Barnett was a child when his father arrived in Roslyn to work in the coal mines. Seeing no future in mining, Powell left for Seattle in 1906, and quickly found work. Years later, after working in construction and for hotels, he served as a clerk for State Senator Frank Connor. Barnett

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Death of B.O.Davis Sr.

Death of B.O. Davis Sr. (93), first Black general, in Chicago.

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Nov

26

1970

Death of Ezzard Charles (53,), former heavyweight

Death of Ezzard Charles (53,), former heavyweight boxing champion, in Chicago.

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May

27

1975

Birthday

Jacques Dominique Wilkins, 39, basketball player, born Paris, France, Jan 12, 1960

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Jan

12

1960

Race riot, West Side of Chicago

Race riot, West Side of Chicago. National Guard was placed on stand-by alert, August 14. (8/12-14).

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Aug

12

1965

John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET

1918 : John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET and Ebony magazines, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, the most successful African American publishing company in the U.S., owner of Fashion Fair cosmetics, and the first African American owned radio station in Chicago, born

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Jun

19

1918

Ernie Davis

Ernest Davis commonly referred to as “Ernie” by friends and colleagues, was an American football halfback who passed away at the mere age of 23 due to complications from leukemia. Born in New Salem, Pennsylvania on December 14, 1939, Davis was a popular athlete in his school and college

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Blayton, Jesse B., Sr. (1879-1977)

Jesse B. Blayton, Sr., was a pioneer African American radio station entrepreneur. Blayton founded WERD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949 making him the first African American to own and operate a radio station in the United

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Oct

3

1949

Martin Luther King Jr's Death

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated by white sniper in Memphis, Tennessee. Assassination precipitated a national crisis and rioting in more than one hundred cities. Forty-six persons were killed in major rebellions in Washington, Chicago and other cities. Twenty thousand federal troops and

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Apr

4

1968

Waters, Ethel

Waters, Ethel, 1896?–1977, African-American singer and actress, b. Chester, Pa. As a singer, she is noted for her sultry, sophisticated, and dramatic version of the blues, evinced in her interpretations of Am I Blue, Dinah, Heat Wave, Stormy Weather, and other songs. After beginning in

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Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama is a 1985 graduate of Princeton University. Her brother, Craig Robinson, class of 1983, was a basketball star there and has been head coach at Brown University and Oregon State University… Although she’s younger than Barack Obama, Michelle graduated from Harvard Law School first, in

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