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Gen. A. J. Smith

Gen. A. J. Smith with fourteen thousand men, including a brigade of Black troops, defeated Nathan B. Forrest at Harrisburg, near Tupelo, Mississippi.

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15

1864

Philadelphia opens its Public schools for Blacks.

Philadelphia opens its Public schools for Blacks.

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Jul

15

1822

Guitarist and author, Francis Bebey was born, 1929

Guitarist and author, Francis Bebey was born, 1929

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Jul

15

1929

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker is an acclaimed American actor, producer and director. He was born on July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas to an insurance salesman named Forest Steven Jr. and a special education teacher named Laura Francis. The family moved to California when Whitaker was four years old. He attended

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Jul

15

1961

Francis Bebey - Birthday

Francis Bebey , (born July 15, 1929, Douala, Cameroon—died May 28, 2001, Paris, France), Cameroonian-born writer, guitarist, and composer, one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa.

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Jul

15

1929

A.J. Hayne killed

A.J. Hayne, Black captain of the Arkansas militia, assassinated in Marion, Arkansas.

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Jul

15

1869

James McGhee is sworn in as the first African Amer

James McGhee is sworn in as the first African American mayor of Dayton, Ohio.

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Jul

15

1970

Herndon, Norris Bumstead (1897–1977) - Birthday

Herndon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 15, 1897, the only child of Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil, a graduate and teacher at Atlanta University, and Alonzo Herndon.

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Jul

15

1897

Johnston, Joshua (c.a. 1763 - 1832)

Joshua Johnston, also known as Joshua Johnson, was a portraitist active in Baltimore, Maryland between 1790 and 1825, and the first African American to gain recognition as an artist. Primarily a painter of members of the slave-holding aristocracy, he was rediscovered by Baltimore genealogist and

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Jul

15

1782

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