Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, John Thompson II Dies At 78

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Nov

11

1979

TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and US

TransAfricas Randall Robinson, congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and US Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Francis Berry are arrested at a sit-in against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC

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Nov

21

1984

A school for black students is established in the homeof Primus Hall, a free b

A school for black students is established in the home of Primus Hall, a free black, Boston, MA.

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Jan

0

1798

Patrick Francis Healy, Pres. of Georetown Univer.

Patrick Francis Healy, S.J., first Black man to recieve a PhD, inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic University in America, and became the first Black to head a predominantly white university.

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Jul

31

1874

"Separate but Egual"

Massachusetts Supreme Court rejected the argument of Charles Sumner in the Boston school integration suit and established the separate but equal precedent.

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Mar

31

1850

Black abolitionists invaded Boston courtroom and

Black abolitionists invaded Boston courtroom and rescued a fugitive slave.

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Feb

15

1851

Race Riot, Washington, D.C

Race Riot, Washington, D.C. Triggered by raids on Black residential areas by white soldiers. Six persons killed and more than one hundred wounded.

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Jul

24

1919

WHMM-TV in Washington, DC becomes the first African American broadcasting tele

WHMM-TV in Washington, DC becomes the first African American broadcasting television station

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Nov

17

1980

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, USMC (Ret.)

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, was born 1932 in Topeka, Kansas. At the age of 20, he was the first Afro-American to be named a naval aviator

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Jan

0

1932

Bernadette Locke

Bernadette Locke becomes the first female on-court coach when she is named assistant coach of the University of Kentucky mens basketball team.

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Jun

13

1990

Charles Edward Anderson

In 1960, Charles Edward Anderson earned a Ph.D. in Meteorology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Edward Anderson the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Meteorology; died today.

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Oct

21

1994

Black Entertainment Television - BET

Black Entertainment Television {BET} - first black owned company to be listed on the NYSE, begins broadcasting from Washington, DC

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Jan

25

1980

Andrew F. Brimmer first Black governor of the Fede

Andrew F. Brimmer became the first Black governor of the Federal Reserve

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Jun

1

1995

Maggie Lena Walker

Maggie Lena Walker died on this day. Before her death, she was the secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a mutual aid society in Richmond, VA. She transformed the society into a successful financial complex that bolsters the Black community in Richmond in 1899.

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Dec

15

1934

Flip Wilson Honored

Comedian and television star Flip Wilson received the International Broadcasting Man of the Year Award. Flip Wilson was the first Afro-American to be a television superstar.

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Mar

11

1959

Allan Rohan Crite, painter, born

Allan Rohan

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Mar

20

1910

Ronald De Voe's Birthday

Ronald De Voe, Singer of Bell Biv DeVoe Born Boston, MA, February 17, 1967.

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Nov

17

1967

Florence Price, composer born

Florence Beatrice Smith Price COMPOSER Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas April 9, 1888- June 3, 1953 Florences mother was a music teacher, so naturally, she learned how to play the piano at an early age.She had her first recital by the age of four and had composed and published her first musical

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Apr

9

1888

black basketball team captian

The University of Vermont was the first school to have a black basketball team captian.

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Jan

0

1908

Charles Cooper joins the NBA and becomes one of the first Blacks to play in an N

Charles Cooper joins the NBA and becomes one of the first Blacks to play in an NBA game, 1950

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Oct

22

1950

Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery inNorth America; slavery is

Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery in North America; slavery is limited to 10 years.

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Jan

0

1652

Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston

Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.

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Feb

15

1848

Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I

Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former

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Jan

4

1958

Racial segregation in Washington, D.C.,

Racial segregation in Washington, D.C., restaurants ruled illegal by Municipal Court of Appeals.

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May

24

1951

Askia Muhammad Toure

Askia Muhammad Touré (1493-1528), established the Askia dynasty of

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Jan

0

Guardian Newspaper

The Guardian newspaper was founded by William Monroe Trotter in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Nov

9

1901

Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National B

Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National Basketball Associations Denver Nuggets for $54 million. They become the first African American owners of a professional basketball team.

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Oct

21

1989

Death of Prince Hall

Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in

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Dec

4

1807

George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer

Patent # 4,618,380

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Oct

21

1986

New England Anti-Slavery Society

New England Anti-Slavery Society organized at African Baptist Church on Bostons Beacon Hill.

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Jan

6

1832

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