Stokes, Charles Moorehead (1903-1996)

Gale Sayers

Gale Sayers was born on May 30, 1943, in Kansas to a family whose only bread winner was an auto mechanic. In 1951, Sayers and his family moved to Omaha where he grew up to an athletic child and showed natural ability in a number of sports, especially American

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May

30

1943

Truth, Sojourner, Isabella Baumfree (ca. 1791-1883)

Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, emancipated slave and itinerant evangelist, became arguably the most well-known 19th Century African American woman. Born around 1791, Isabella (her birth name) was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of Colonel Ardinburgh

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Fugitive slave laws

The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. The idea of the fugitive slave law was derived from the Fugitive Slave Clause which is in the United States

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Buffalo Soldiers

General Colin Powell, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, dedicated the Buffalo Soldiers Monument at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

25

1992

African-American Firsts in Film and Theatre

In 1916, Noble and George Johnson established The Lincoln Motion Picture Company. Founded in Omaha, Nebraska, the Johnson Brothers made Lincoln Motion Picture Company the first African-American film production company. The companys debut film was entitled The Realization of the Negros

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Source: ThoughtCo

Satchel Paige, dies

Baseball legend pitcher Satchel Paige dies in Kansas, City Missouri. Satchel who played famously in the Negro Leagues, went unrecognized by major baseball leagues for nearly a decade. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

8

1982

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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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

0

1932

Strange Case Of How Two Non-Related Men With The Same Name And Identical Looks Sparked The Need For Fingerprinting

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Source: Black Then

Community colleges could see influx of athletes as coronavirus disrupts sports recruiting | Black Voice News

Thanks to the coronavirus, he was right: In March, the California Community College Athletic Association announced it was cancelling all spring sports, mirroring a similar decision by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which oversees university

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Federal judge orders Trump to release migrant children due to COVID-19

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release migrant children held in government family detention centers due to the coronavirus

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Source: theGrio

Why Brown v. Board of Education still matters

In 1951, Oliver Brown, a black father from Topeka, Kansas, became fed up with the inequality of segregation after his 9-year-old daughter, Linda, was denied entry into Topeka’s all-white elementary schools and decided to file a class-action suit against the Board of Education of

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College football amid a pandemic not worth risk to young men’s lives –

That question can’t be ducked as the NCAA allows colleges to begin “voluntary” football practices, and other college teams begin to

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Source: Florida Courier

Edwards, Isaiah (1913-1994)

Isaiah Edwards was a community activist and advocate in Seattle’s Central Area. Isaiah Edwards and his wife, Marie, moved from Topeka, Kansas, to Seattle in 1942 to work at Boeing. Edwards worked for 40 years at Boeing as a maintenance dispatcher without missing a day, and also found time for

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Source: Black Past

Count Basie

William James Basie was one of the most notable jazz musicians of the 20th century. He was born on August 21, 1904 to Harvey Lee and Lillian Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey. Both his parents were musicians, which influenced Basie from an early age. His father played the mellophone, and his mother

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Source: Black History Resources

Aug

21

1904

Gist, Carole Ann-Marie (1969- )

Carole Anne-Marie Gist, the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title, was born on May 8, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan. Gist, the daughter of Joan Gist and David Turner, is of African American and Cherokee heritage. Her parents divorced when she was a young child. Gist graduated from

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Source: Black Past

A long-overdue ‘Tip of the Cap’ to baseball’s Black pioneers

So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro

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Source: theGrio

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Haley, George (1925- )

Ambassador George Williford Boyce Haley served as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Gambia from 1998 until 2001. Haley was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He then traveled to Banjul, the capital of Gambia to assume his post as head of the

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Source: Black Past

Aug

28

1925

Dawson, William Levi (1898-1990)

William Levi Dawson was an African Americancomposer, choir director, and professor specializing in black religious folkmusic. He was born on September 26,1899, in Anniston, Alabama to Eliza Starkey and George Dawson, thefirst of their seven children. His father, a former slave, was an

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Source: Black Past

May

2

1990

(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”

Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every

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Source: Black Past

Nipsey Hussle’s Family And Crip Gang Have Yet To Agree On “Marathon” Trademark

The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by the final score of 119-98 at Staples Center in Los Angeles

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Source: The Urban Daily

I’m a Black American Vet and a Former Police Officer. I Decided to Speak Up With My Camera

Doug Barrett, 37, is a photographer, Army Veteran and former police officer from Atlanta who moved to Kansas in

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Source: TIME

The Roaming Blues Queen: Memphis Minnie Pt. 2

Memphis Minnie continued recording with throughout the late 1930s with Vocalion while backed by Kansas Joe’s brother, the mandolin player Papa Charlie and her husband, a singer named Little Son

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Source: Black Then

Fairfax, Alfred (c.1843– c.1916)

Elected to the state House of Representatives in 1888, Alfred Fairfax was the first African American to serve in the Kansas legislature. A farmer and pastor, Fairfax represented the 58th District. During his single term in office (1889-1890), he served as chairman of the House Committee on

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Source: Black Past

Kansas State Colored Convention (1863)

The first Kansas State Colored Convention was a call from black Kansans to be granted a future of “Liberty, Justice and Equality” under the United States government. The first Kansas Colored Convention was held in Leavenworth, Kansas on October 13-16, 1863 in the African Methodist

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Source: Black Past

Jan

13

1863

Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West

In the article below historian Robin Dearmon Muhammad discusses the growth of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) or the Garvey Movement in the American West, with particular emphasis on its influence in black working-class organizing in the San Francisco Bay Area after World War

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Source: Black Past

Coronavirus cases officially hit 10 million worldwide

(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Caldwell, Harrison L. (1909-1964)

Harrison Laverne Caldwell, the first African American principal in the Seattle Public Schools District, was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1909. Very little is known about his personal life. By the time of his death, he had become one of the most important educational leaders in the states of Kansas and

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Source: Black Past

Sep

3

1964

Carter G. Woodson Memorial Award BlackPast.org

The Free, Go-To Resource for Students and Educators

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Formula One fires up, four months late and without a crowd

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