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W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
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Oct
9
1984
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.
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Jan
17
1924
Jaleel White is born
Jaleel White was born November 27, 1976 in Pasadena, California. He started acting in commercials for Jack In The Box and other companies at the age of 3. His first televison role was on CBSs The Jeffersons in 1985. Jaleel White is best remembered as being the ever annoying and loveable Steve Urkel
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Nov
27
1976
Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, dies, 1880
Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, born
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Aug
10
1880
Singer Billy Daniels dies
Jazz and ballad singer Billy Daniels dies in Los Angeles.
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Oct
7
1988
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.
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Nov
6
1928
Ex-football star O.J. Simpson is cleared today of murdering his ex-wife Nicole B
Ex-football star O.J. Simpson is cleared today of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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Oct
3
1995
African American Women College Presidents
On July 1, 1987, for the first time in history, there were three African American women serving as Presidents of Four Year Colleges and Universities in America.They were - Dr. Niara Sudarkasa- President of Lincoln University in Pennslyvania; Dr. Johnetta Cole, President of Spelman College in
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Jul
1
1987
Garey Coleman born
Diminutive actor Gary Coleman was born in Zion, Illinois. Despite a childhood of medical troubles, Coleman went on to become a television star in numerous situation comedies.
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Feb
8
1968
National convention of Marcus Garvey's Universal
National convention of Marcus Garveys Universal Improvement Association opened in Liberty Hall in Harlem. The next night Garvey addressed twenty-five thousand Blacks in Madison Square Garden. Garveys nationalist movement reached its height in 1920-21.
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Aug
1
1920
First International Conference
First international conference of Black writes and artists met at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Sep
19
1956
The Black Fashion Museum is opened in Harlem by Lois Alexander to highlight the
The Black Fashion Museum is opened in Harlem by Lois Alexander to highlight the achievements and contributions of African Americans to fashion.
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Oct
21
1979
William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transpor
William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transportation by President Gerald R. Ford. He is the second African American to hold a Cabinet level position
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Jan
14
1975
Congressman William H. Gray is elected chairman
Congressman William H. Gray is elected chairman of the House Budget Committee, the highest congressional post held by an African American.
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Jan
4
1985
Etta Moten sings for President
Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.
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Jan
31
1934
Walter F.White, NAACP Pres.
Walter F. White named NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP has had many leaders since its beginning in 1910, but none was more determined and devoted than Walter F. White. This fair-skinned, blue-eyed man who wouldnt pass worked a lifetime to defeat the nations barriers to integration
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Mar
9
1931
Flip Wilson Honored
Comedian and television star Flip Wilson received the International Broadcasting Man of the Year Award. Flip Wilson was the first Afro-American to be a television superstar.
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Mar
11
1959
Phyllis Mae Daley, first of four African American
Phyllis Mae Daley, first of four African American Navy nurses to serve active duty in WW II receives her commission as an ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps.
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Mar
8
1945
African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith
African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith dies in Sheffield, England. Smith had emigrated to England in 1866.
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Mar
22
1882
White terrorists attacked Black Republicans
White terrorists attacked Black Republicans in Hamburg, S.C., killing five.
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Jul
8
1876
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African A
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city (Taft, OK)
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Apr
16
1973
Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtic
Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the first African American to coach an NBA team.
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Mar
28
1966
Dr
Dr. John E. W. Thompson, graduate of the Yale University Medical School, named minister to Haiti.
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May
7
1885
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Re-elected
Harlem voters defied Congress and re-elected Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Apr
11
1967
Larry Doby
Larry Doby is born. He will become the first African American in baseballs American League, playing for the Cleveland Indians. He will be the 1954 RBI leader.
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Dec
13
1924
Basketball star Moses "The Mailman" Malone born
National Basketball Association star, Moses The Mailman Malone is born in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Mar
23
1954
Moneta Sleet becomes the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for his
Moneta Sleet becomes the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. and her daughter at her husbands funeral
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May
5
1969
african independence struggles
May 8 marks the massacre at Setif, Algeria which took place in 1945. The French troops left one of the unforgettable memories of the Algerian peoples struggle, 45,000 dead
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May
8
1999
France enters the Atlantic slave trade
France enters the Atlantic slave trade.
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Jan
0
1624
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bi
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bishop in the U.S. He is assigned to Washington, D.C.
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Sep
12
1974
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