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Spingarn Medal: John Johnson
John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, awarded Spingarn Medal for his productive imagination...in the perilous field of publishing and for his contributions to the enhancement of the Negros self-image through his publications.
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Nov
8
1966
First African American Before US Supreme Court
John Sweat Rock (1825-1866), a noted Boston lawyer, became in 1865 the first African-American to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black person to speak before the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Feb
1
1865
Sugar Ray Robinson dies
Sugar Ray Robinson, five-time winner of the world middleweight boxing championship and unbeaten welterweight champion, dies.
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Apr
12
1989
Tom Molineaux tours Ireland teaching the art of boxing.
Tom Molineaux tours Ireland teaching the art of boxing.
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Jan
0
1817
Samuel " Black Sam" Fraunces
George Washington gives his farewell address to his troops at Fraunces Tavern in NYC owned by ,Samuel Black Sam Fraunces a wealthy West Indian of African and French descent who aided Revolutionary forces with food and money
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Dec
4
1783
Black Slaves Welcomed Into Amer. Army
Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, licensed to preaching to the Congregational Church. After the winter of Valley Forge, Black slaves and free men were welcomed into the American Army. There were Black soldiers in the Revolutionary army from all of the original thirteen colonies. Most of the
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Nov
29
1780
Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston
Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston for world heavyweight boxing championship.
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Feb
25
1964
Tuskegee Airmen initiated
The Army Air Corps all African American 100th Pursuit Squadron, later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute. The squadron served honorably in England and in other regions of the European continent during World War II.
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Feb
19
1942
William "Bill" Richmond fights and loses to Tom Cribb, English boxing champion
William Bill Richmond fights and loses to Tom Cribb, English boxing champion, Halsham, England; it is the first time a black Americn athlete competes for a world title in any sport.
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Jan
0
1805
Bus Boycott Ended
When the bus boycott ended on this say, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. were national heros, and the Supreme Court had ruled that segregation on city buses was unconstitutional.
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Dec
21
1956
Heavy weight boxer Jimmy Ellis born
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis was born James Albert Ellis in Louisville, Kentucky. Ellis won the World Boxing Association title after beating Jerry Quarry in April 1968.
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Feb
24
1940
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation that employers and unions can establish voluntary programs, including the use of quotas, to aid minorities in employment.
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Jun
27
1979
Civil Rights
April 3, 1944. The US Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling declared that Blacks could not be barred form voting in the Texas Democratic primaries. The high court repudiated the contention that political parties are private associations and held that discrimination aginst Blacks violated the 15th
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Apr
3
1944
Bo Diddley is born.
Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates on Sunday December 30th 1928 on a small farm near the town of McComb, Mississippi, USA, in rural Pike County, close to the Louisiana border, the only child of Ethel Wilson and Eugene Bates. He had 3 half-brothers and
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Dec
30
1928
WBA Welterweight Title
Thomas Hit Man Hearns wins the WBA Welterweight title. This is one of five weight classes that he has won a boxing title making him the first Black to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.
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Aug
2
1980
Boxer Floyd Patterson born
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson was born in Waco, North Carolina. A 1952 Olympic gold medalist, Patterson fought 64 times and won 40 bouts by knockout.
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Jan
4
1935
Clarence Thomas is nominated to the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas is nominated to the Supreme Court by President George Bush.
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Jul
1
1991
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr) was born on this day.
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr) was born on this day.
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Jul
17
1942
South Carolina was declared "independent
South Carolina was declared an independent commonwealth. BLACKS IN CONFEDERACY: Confederacy was the first to recognize that Blacks were major factors in the war. South impressed slaves to work in mines, repair railroads and build fortifications, thereby releasing a disproportionately large
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Dec
18
1859
Blacks fought in the battles of 1812
Blacks fought in the land and water battles of the War of 1812. A large number of Black sailors fought with Matthew Perry and Isaac Chauncey in the battles on the upper lakes and were particularly effective at the Battle of Lake Erie. Two battalions of Black soldiers were with Andrew Jackson when
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Dec
18
1814
Virginia's ethics are challenged
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia law banning inter-racial marriage was unconstitutional.
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Jun
12
1967
Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v
Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that federal and state courts could not enforce restrictive convenants which barred persons from owning or occupying property because of their race.
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May
3
1948
Maj
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves contraband of war.
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May
24
1861
First Black World Title
George Dixon, born July 29, 1870 in Africville, (Halifax), Nova Scotia; becomes the first Black to hold a WORLD title in boxing. George beat Nunc Wallace in the Pelican Club in England & recieved $4,250.00 - he was the only Black in the Club!
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Jul
29
1870
The Great Migration
The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following
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Dec
4
1915
U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision
U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment which violated the Eighth Amendment. At the time of the ruling, Blacks and members of other minority groups constituted 483 of the 60 persons awaiting execution.
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Jun
29
1972
Peter "The Black Prince" Jackson wins the Australian heavyweight title, becoming
Peter The Black Prince Jackson wins the Australian heavyweight title, becoming the very first Black man to win a national boxing crown, 1886
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Sep
25
1886
John S. Rock
John S. Rock, lawyer and dentist died on this day. He became the first Black to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1865.
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Dec
3
1866
Theodore Flowers middleweight boxing champ
Theodore Georgia Deacon Flowers wins middleweight boxing title.
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Feb
26
1926
Violette A. Johnson, first African American woman
Violette A. Johnson, first African American woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, born
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Jul
16
1822
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