A Gary relic gets closer to a rebirth

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A Gary relic gets closer to a rebirth

Abandoned City Methodist Church among three Gary finalists for $5 million grant For decades it stood as an abandoned symbol of Gary’s decline. The haunting, empty gothic sanctuary of the historic City Methodist Church has attracted gawkers, tourists, even Hollywood filmmakers seeking to capitalize on its grandiose interior that is now a creepy setting with … A Gary relic gets closer to a rebirth Read More »

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4

1968

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at

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27

1876

The first National Negro Catholic Congress is held

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Jan

2

1837

Second national Black convention met in

Second national Black convention met in Philadelphia. There were fifteen delegates from five states.

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Jun

6

1831

Executive Order 9981, to end segregation in US Armed Forces is signed by Preside

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Jan

26

1948

Dorothy Dandridge, actress born

Dorothy Dandrige

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Nov

9

1922

Dance, Pearl Primus dies

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Oct

29

1994

Josephine Baker dies

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Apr

12

1975

Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed and

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May

14

1961

Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black

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Nov

6

1973

Free Africa Society organized

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28

1787

Aretha Franklin the "Queen of Soul", singer born

Aretha Franklin

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Mar

25

1942

Segregation is morally wrong said Kennedy

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11

1963

The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by former African Amer

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26

1907

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Nov

28

1929

Janet Jackson Born

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May

16

1966

Meeting place of National Civil War Centennial

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Mar

2

1961

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes musical, Black Nativity, opened on Broadway.

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Dec

11

1961

Julius Erving scores his 25,000th career point, becoming the ninth professional basketball player to achieve this mark.

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20

1983

Guion S. Bluford, Jr---Astronaut (birthday)

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Nov

22

1942

Poor People's Campaign

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Mar

4

1968

Dixie to Broadway, "the first real revue by

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Oct

29

1924

Smokey Robinson born

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19

1940

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David Ruffin started out singing with the

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Jan

11

1964

Sigma Gamma Rho, Sorority Inc. founded

Seven black women in Indianopolis, Indiana founded Sigma Gamma Rho sorority based on a desire to raise the standards of teachers in normal and other schools. These individuals included Mary Lou Allison Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae

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12

1922

Runnin' Wild opened at Colonial Theater, Broadway

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29

1923

Samuel " Black Sam" Fraunces

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4

1783

Phyllis Hyman, singer dies

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30

1995

The Freeman's Bureau.

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Jan Earnest Matzeliger

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