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African American History Timeline: 1901-2000
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African Americans in the West Timeline
Year Events SubjectCountryStateEra
1901 The last African American congressman elected in the 19th Century, George H. White, Republican of North Carolina, leaves office. No African American will serve in Congress for the next 28 years. 01-01 Black Politics
United States
North Carolina
1901-2000
1901 On October 11, when Bert Williams and George Walker record their music for the Victor Talking Machine Company, they become the first African American recording artists. 10-11 Black Entertainment
United States
New York
1901-2000
1901 On October 16, only one month after becoming President, Theodore Roosevelt holds an afternoon meeting at the White House with Booker T. Washington. At the end of the meeting the President informally invites Washington to remain for dinner, making the Tuskegee educator the first black American to dine at the White House with a president. Roosevelts casual act generates a national furor. 10-16 Segregated America
United States
District of Columbia
1901-2000
1901 Booker T. Washingtons autobiography Up From Slavery is published. 1901 Art and Literature
United States
Alabama
1901-2000
1902 In May jockey Jimmy Winkfield wins the Kentucky Derby in an era when African American jockeys dominate the sport. 05-01 African American Athletes
United States
Kentucky
1901-2000
1903 W.E.B. Du Boiss The Souls of Black Folk s is published on April 27. In it Du Bois rejects the gradualism of Booker T. Washington, calling for agitation on behalf of African American rights. 04-27 Segregated America
United States
New York
1901-2000
1903 Maggie Lena Walker founds St. Lukes Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia. 04-28 Black Business
United States
Virginia
1901-2000
1904 Educator Mary McLeod
