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By Julianne Malveaux I got my first COVID vaccination last week. No big deal, an achy arm, but otherwise, just like a flu shot. The young lady who administered the shot smiled and said, “after you get your second shot, you can get back to normal.” I wanted to ask her what was normal, but the man […]

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Natalie Maria Cole, the daughter of R&B legend Nat King Cole, was born on February 6, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. She has followed in her father’s footsteps to become one of the most heard-of R&B, soul and pop musicians of all time. An acclaimed, singer, songwriter and pianist, Cole

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Source: Black History Resources

Feb

6

1950

Resurrection City closed

Resurrection City closed. More than one hundred residents were arrested when they refused to leave site. Other residents, including Ralph Abernathy, were arrested during demonstration at Capitol. National Guard was mobilized later in the day to stop disturbances.

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Jun

24

1968

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

Bonds, Margaret (1913-1972)

Margaret Bonds was a pianist and composer noted for her musical adaptations of Shakespeare and collaboration with Langston Hughes. Bonds was the first African American soloist to appear with the Chicago Symphony and played an important role in the development of twentieth century classical and

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Source: Black Past

Apr

26

1972

Lorraine Hansberry, born

Birth date of playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who was born in Chicago. Her only two plays, A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Bursteins Window, became famous.

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May

19

1930

James B. Parsons

James B. Parsons becomes the first African American chief judge of a federal court, the U.S. District Court of Chicago. In 1961, Parsons became the first African American district court judge

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Mar

19

1975

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Source: https://abc7chicago.com

Death of Elijah Muhammad

Death of Elijah Muhammad (77), leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. He was succeeded by his son, Wallace D. Muhammad.

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Feb

25

1975

Spingarn Medal: Robert C. Weaver

Robert C. Weaver, economist and government official was awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership in the movement for open housing.

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Nov

20

1962

Get a copy of my biographical information.

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Source: Congressman Bobby Rush | Representing the 1st District of Illinois

Steve Harvey, American comedian, actor, author, and television and radio personality who first gained fame for his observational humor and later became known for his self-help advice, especially about relationships. Harvey also hosted the TV shows Family Feud and Celebrity Family Feud.

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Savage, Augustus Alexander, “Gus” (1925 - )

Augustus Alexander Savage, later better known as “Gus”, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 30 1925. Savage attended public schools in Chicago and graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in 1943 before joining the United States Army. He served until 1946 before earning

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3

1981

Ida B. Wells Barnett

Ida Wells was born a slave on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. The oldest in a family of four boys and four girls, she acquired from her parents a love of liberty and self-sufficiency that characterized her

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Mar

25

1931

Quincy Jones was born

Quincy Jones, Music Impresario, Born March 14, 1933 in Chicago’s South

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Mar

14

1933

Belley-Mars, Jean-Baptiste (1747?–1805?)

Jean-Baptiste Belley-Mars, who represented Saint-Domingue in the French National Convention in Paris in 1794, is widely credited with persuading that body to abolish slavery in France and its overseas colonies. Belley-Mars as a boy was kidnapped by slave catchers on the island of Goree near

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Source: Black Past

Feb

4

1794

1st Black Democratic Congressman

Arthur L. Mitchell defeated Oscar DePriest in a Chicago election and became the first Black Democratic congressman.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

7

1934

Blayton, Jesse B., Sr. (1879-1977)

Jesse B. Blayton, Sr., was a pioneer African American radio station entrepreneur. Blayton founded WERD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949 making him the first African American to own and operate a radio station in the United

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Source: Black Past

Oct

3

1949

Townsend, Willard S. (1895-1957)

African American labor leader Willard S. Townsend was born on December 4, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Willard and Cora Elizabeth Townsend. In 1938 he organized railway workers of several Chicago, Illinois stations to form the International Brotherhood of Redcaps and remained the union’s president

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Source: Black Past

Feb

3

1957

Race riot, West Side of Chicago

Race riot, West Side of Chicago. National Guard was placed on stand-by alert, August 14. (8/12-14).

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Aug

12

1965

Boseman, Benjamin Anthony (1840-1881)

Benjamin A. Boseman, physician, politician, and postmaster, was free born in New York in 1840 to Benjamin A. and Annaretta Boseman. He was the oldest of five children, two girls and three boys. Boseman grew up in Troy, New York where his father served as a steward on the steamboat Empire in the

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Source: Black Past

Feb

23

1881

Rickey Henderson

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson is a retired professional baseball player who played for 9 Major League Baseball teams between 1979 and 2003. He was born on December 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. His father left the family when he was two years old and later died in a car accident. His mother

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Source: Black History Resources

Jun

24

1979

Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born

Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, Born May 29, 1914 in Mexia, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wiley College in 1934 and a Master of Science from Atlanta University in 1936. Henry McBay earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay served as an Instructor

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

29

1914

Lou Rawls is born

Louis Allen Rawls AKA Lou Rawls born in Chicago. He is a three-time Grammy-winning singer and has been a popular black MOR singer since the Fifties.

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Dec

1

1935

Martin Luther King was denied freedom of speech!

When martin Luther King came to chicago in the late 60s, no church would let him speak, but one! All the others said he was a radial

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Jun

26

1967

(2001) Diahann Carroll, “Keeping Up the Good Fight, Winning the Crusade Against Cancer”

On February 9, 2001, actress and vocalist Diahann Carroll addressed the World Summit Against Cancer meeting in Paris, France. Carroll addressed the audience of scholars and activists as a breast cancer survivor. Her speech appears

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Source: Black Past

Feb

9

2001

Kym Whitley is one of those rare individuals to whom the phrase “renaissance woman” might be applied. These days, the majority of people know her either from her frequent appearances on Larry David’s groundbreaking HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm or from the Tom Joyner Morning Show, a nationally

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Source: The Delusion of Cinderella by Kym Whitley Los Angeles, CA

Independence Bank of Chicago organized.

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Dec

3

1964

Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBS's television stations division, the

Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBSs television stations division, the highest ranking African American in network television. Rodgers had been general manager of WBBM-TV, CBSs Chicago Station

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Sep

3

1990

Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago

Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by artist and poet Margaret T. Burroughs in 1961, the DuSable is one of the oldest African American museums in the U.S.

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Sep

17

1991

Bessie Coleman was the first female African American pilot. She was born on January 26, 1892 and was the tenth of thirteen children born to George and Susan Coleman in Atlanta, Texas. Her father was of Native and African American descent. She attended a small school which was four miles from her

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Jun

15

1921

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