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George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the
George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the NAACPs highest award, for distinguished research in agricultural chemistry.
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Sep
4
1923
John Mercer Langston (1829-97).
In October, 1868, John Mercer Langston founded and organized the Law Department of Howard University, the first in a black school. He headed the department when classes formally began on January 6, 1869, and was its dean from 1870 to 1873. From 1873 to 1875 he was vice-president and acting
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Jan
6
1869
Ethiopia Invaded by Italy
Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior
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Oct
3
1935
Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil
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May
19
1925
At a New York City conference, representatives of
At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service planned a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, was named director of the NAACP legal campaign.
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Oct
26
1934
The First Black Psychic
Shirley Ajayi was the first African American given a part on a television show as a psychic! The show lasted for about one year[actually six months] in Chicago, Illinois since the show was seasonal! Shirley started her career the minute her predictions came true! She was renamed Aura and hired to
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Mar
27
2002
Union troops entered Port Hudson
Union troops entered Port Hudson. With the fall of Vicksburg (on July 4) and Port Hudson, Union controlled Mississippi River and Confederacy was cut into two sections. Eight Black regiments played important roles in siege of Port Hudson.
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Jul
9
1863
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.
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Dec
2
1895
Death of George Washington Williams
Death of George Washington Williams (41), Blackpool, England. Williams served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881, during the 64th session of the General Assembly. He was the first African-American to serve in the Ohio Legislature.
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Aug
4
1891
Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
4
1922
Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia
Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia
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Nov
6
1989
Out of Control riots
Forty-three persons killed in rebellion in Detroit. Federal troops were called out for the first time since the Detroit riot of 1943 to quell the largest racial rebellion in a U.S. city in the twentieth century. More than two thousand persons were injured and some five thousand were
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Jul
23
1967
Nat King Cole born
Singer Nathaniel Nat King Cole, born in Mongomery, Alabama.
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Mar
19
1919
Elijah Muhammad founds the Nation of Islam in Detroit, 1930
Elijah Muhammad founds the Nation of Islam in Detroit, 1930
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Nov
22
1930
Death of Charles Hamilton Houston
Death of Charles Hamilton Houston (54), architect of the NAACP legal campaign Washington, D.C.
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Apr
22
1950
Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
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Sep
19
1881
Louis Stokes born
Louis Stokes, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and member of the US House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American elected to the House from Ohio.
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Feb
23
1925
Birthday
Charles Wade Barkley, 36, basketball player, born Leeds, AL, February 20, 1963
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Feb
20
1963
In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board
In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board of Health to help meet the cost of a sutdy of syphilis in African American men living in rural Georgia and Alabama. Thus would begin a four decade long study of syphilis without treatment. Over 400 men were allowed to
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Feb
12
1930
Progressive party convention
Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former
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Jul
23
1948
First Black Elected Officials
Rev. K.L. Buford and Dr. Stanley Smith were elected to Tuskegee City Council and became first Black elected officials in Alabama in twentieth century.
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Sep
15
1964
Black Mayors
Coleman Young reelected mayor of Detroit. Thurman L. Milner elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. James Chase elected mayor of Spokane, Washington.
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Nov
3
1981
Macon B. Allen
Macon B. Allen, first African American admitted to the bar in Massachusetts ; the previous year he was admitted to the bar in Maine making him the first licensed African American attorney in the U.S.A.
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May
2
1845
NAACP began a coordinated attack on segregation
NAACP began a coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination, filing a suit against the University of North Carolina on behalf of Thomas Hocutt. Case was lost on a technicality after the president of a Black college refused to certify the records of the plaintiff.
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Mar
15
1933
Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton
Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as
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Dec
4
1927
Reconstruction of the South began with the
Reconstruction of the South began with the registering of Black and white voters in the South. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan ordered registration to begin in Louisiana on May 1 and to continue until June 30. Registration began in Arkansas in May. Other states followed in June and July. By the end of
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May
1
1867
Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit.
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Feb
28
1942
Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S.
Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach attempt to register at the University of Alabama. Governor George Wallace bodily blocks their entrance. When National Guardsmen return later in the day with Malone and Hood, Wallace steps aside.
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Jun
11
1963
Thomas W. Turner
Thomas W. Turner founder of the Federation of Colored Catholics and charter member of the NAACP dies at age 101
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Apr
15
1978
U of Alabama First Black Student
Autherine J. Lucy becomes the first black student to attend the University of
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Feb
3
1956
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