Harry Belafonte

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Nov

15

1950

Rev. George Leile was the first African American to be ordained a Baptist minister in America. He was an early pastor of the First African Baptist Church of Silver Bluf, South Carolina. Curiously, he supported the British during the American Revolutionary war because of the Britishs promise to free

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Jan

0

1770

Two surviving Soledad Brothers

Two surviving Soledad Brothers, Fleeta Dumgo and John Cluchette, acquitted by an all-white jury of charges that they killed a white guard at Soledad Prison in 1970. Third Soledad Brother, George Jackson, was killed in August, 1971, in alleged escape attempt.

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Mar

28

1972

One-Man Show of Art

One-Man Show of Art by Negro, First of Kind Here, Opens Today, read the headline of a front-page article in The New York Times on this day. The article announced the opening of Archibald J. Motley, Jrs show at the New Gallery on Madison Avenue. This was the first time in History that an artist had

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Feb

25

1928

Johnetta Betsch Cole was born on this day.

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Oct

19

1936

Isaiah Dorman dies at the battle

Isaiah Dorman dies at the battle of Little Bighorn under the leadership of Colonel George Custer

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Jun

25

1876

Solomon George Washington Dill killed

Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of Black Republicans, assassinated in his home by white terrorists. Dill had allegedly made incendiary speeches to South Carolina Blacks.

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Jun

1

1864

Selma Burke

Scupltor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.; the completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and

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Dec

31

1900

Josiah T. Walls

Born on this day in Winchester, VA, Josiah T. Walls was elected to the U.S. Congress for the state of Florida.

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Dec

30

1842

George Washington Carver

Scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, born

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Jan

10

1864

Walter Francis White was born on this day.

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Jul

1

1863

Attorney General George Williams

Attorney General George Williams sent a telegram to Acting Governor Pinchback, saying that the Black politician was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana.

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Dec

12

1872

Death of Coleman Young

Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young died on this day. He was 79 years old. Young became Detroits first Black mayor and presided over his adopted city for an unprecedented five terms. Young died at Sinai Hospital of respiratory failure caused by advanced emphysema.

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Nov

28

1997

Four newcomers elected to Congress

Four newcomers elected to Congress: Mervyn Dymally (Calif.), Augustus Savage (ILL.), Harold Washington (Ill.) and George W. Crockett Jr. (Mich.).

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Nov

30

1981

1777

On December 31, 1777; George Washington reverses previous policy and allows the recruitment of black soldiers. some 5,000 participate in the Revolutionary War.

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Dec

31

1777

George Alexander McGuire, Bishop, born

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Mar

26

1926

George Washington (Founder of Centralia) Born

George was born on August 15, 1817, in historic Frederick County, Virginia. His father was a slave and his mother a woman of English descent.

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Aug

15

1817

Jamaican national hero, George William Gordon, is unfairly arrested and sentence

Jamaican national hero, George William Gordon, is unfairly arrested and sentenced to death, 1865

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Oct

21

1865

James P. Thomas

Before his death on this day, James P. Thomas opened a barbershop in his Tennessee home; over his lifetime he accumulated almost $100,000 in assests and property.

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Dec

17

1913

Politics

David Norman Dinkins began his first working day as mayor

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Jan

2

1990

Terry McMillan

Novelist, editor, and educator Terry McMillan was born on this day. Ms. McMillan will reach acclaim for her books Mama, Disappearing Acts, Waiting to Exhale, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, the later two books being made into screenplays.

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Oct

18

1951

George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer

Patent # 4,618,380

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Oct

21

1986

Charles Caldwell

Charles Caldwell was the first Black in the state of Mississippi to be accused of the murder of a white man and found not guilty by an all-white jury. He was later elected to the state senate and on this day was assassinated in Clinton, Mississippi.

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Dec

25

1875

Roy Wilkins was born on this day.

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Aug

30

1901

Cassius Clay Becomes Muhammad Ali

On this day, the Kentucky boxer known to all as Cassius Clay, changed his name to Muhammad Ali as he accepted Islam and rejected Christianity. I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and in peace...Im not a Christian anymore.

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Feb

26

1964

First Black Priest Ordained in the United States

Charles Randolph Uncles became the first Black priest ordained in the United States on this day in Baltimore, Maryland

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Dec

19

1891

Naval Medal of Honor

Robert Blake, powder boy aboard the USS Marbelhead, was the first Black awarded the Naval Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, extraordinary heroism, and intrepidity at the risk of his own life. The heroic action ocurred during a victorious battle off the coast of South Carolina on this day.

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Dec

23

1863

Black Man Founds the City of Centerville

Virginian George Washington, having traveled cross country in the company of foster parents and settlied in Washinton Territory a quarter of a century earlier, founded the city of Centerville. Washington, a successful businessman, was revered because of his willingness to help his neighbors. He is

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Jan

8

1875

Paris Exposition

African-American painter Henry O. Tanner was one of the 6,916 American exhibitors at the Paris Expoition which closed its gates on this day. Tanner won a silver medal for his entry.

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Nov

12

1900

Horatio Gates

Horatio Gates, George Washingtons adjutant general issued order excluding Blacks from Continental Army.

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Jul

10

1775

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