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First Black to Play In Organized Hockey
Signing with the Atlantic City Seagulls of the Eastern Amateur League on this day made Arthur Dorrington the first Black to play organized hockey.
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Nov
15
1950
Jesse Owens was born on this day.
Jesse Owens was born on this day.
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Sep
12
1913
Lerone Bennett, Jr. was born on this day.
Lerone Bennett, Jr. was born on this day.
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Oct
17
1928
Chuck E. Burris
In a low-turnout election on this day, Chuck E. Burris defeated the incumbent, Pat Wheeler, by 278 votes to 260; a third candidate won 30, to become the first Black mayor of Stone Mountain, Georgia which is the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Nov
4
1997
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on this day.
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on this day.
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May
19
1930
Slave uprise in Maryland
In 1739, the Black slaves of Prince Georges County, Maryland, secretly organized themselves into
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Jan
0
1739
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. was born on this day.
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. was born on this day.
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Mar
3
1932
Black Scotts
The ancestry of teh British people we know today as the Scotch can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, who used to visit
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Jan
0
770
Great Queens of Africa
Queen Amina came to power between 1588 and 1589 in the Ancient Nigerian Kingdom of Zaria. A brilliant military strategist she fought many wars and won them all. She is credited with the building of the famous Zaria Wall. Today she is remembered as Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana meaning Amina
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Jan
0
1999
Bill Pickett, cowboy born
Born this day in Travis County, TX., only 57 and 145 pounds, Pickett was one of the toughest cowboys. Invented unique form of steer wrestling called bulldogging. Died Apr. 2, 1932.
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Dec
5
1870
Executive Order 9808
In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil
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Dec
5
1946
Educator Joseph Charles Price was born
Few Individuals have made the impact on their times or left the legacy to their beneficiaries as did Joseph Charles Price, founder and first president of Livingstone
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Feb
10
1854
Charles B. Ray
Charles B. Ray was born on this day in Falmouth, MA. He enters Wesleyan University in CT and is forced to withdraw due to northern and southern objections. He later becomes a prominent Black leader.
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Dec
25
1807
Josh Gibson
Baseballs Josh Gibson Negro league star/National League Hall of famer dies on this day.
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Jan
20
1947
Hannibal Barca
Hannibal Barca, one of the greatest military leaders of all time was born in Carthage, which is located in todays Tunisia, a northern country in Africa.
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Jan
0
0
Sir Grantley H. Adams
Sir Grantley H. Adams, political leader, president of Barbados, born on this day.
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Apr
12
1898
Benajamin Banneker, inventor of the first clock in America, is born in Ellicot C
Benajamin Banneker, inventor of the first clock in America, is born in Ellicot City, MD on this day in 1731.
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Nov
9
1999
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former
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Jan
4
1958
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson permanently retired from boxing on this day with six victories in title bouts to his credit -- more than any other fighter in history.
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Dec
10
1965
Mahalia Jackson
Gospel music legend Mahalia Jackson dies this day in Evergreen Park,ILL.
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Jan
27
1972
Ossie Davis was born on this day.
Ossie Davis was born on this day.
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Dec
18
1917
Death of Coleman Young
Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young died on this day. He was 79 years old. Young became Detroits first Black mayor and presided over his adopted city for an unprecedented five terms. Young died at Sinai Hospital of respiratory failure caused by advanced emphysema.
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Nov
28
1997
First Woman Millionaire
Madame C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove on this day, starts a Black hair-care business in Denver, CO; she alters curling irons that were popularized by the French to suit the texture of Black womens hair. She is arguably ther first woman millionaire in the U.S.
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Dec
23
1867
Ira Frederick Aldridge International known Shakespearean Actor born today in New
Ira Frederick Aldridge International known Shakespearean Actor born today in New York City
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Jul
24
1807
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
Charles R. Drew was born on this day.
Charles R. Drew was born on this day.
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Jun
3
1904
Selma Burke
Scupltor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.; the completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and
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Dec
31
1900
Truganini dies in Hobart aged 73
Truganini dies in Hobart aged 73. The Tasmanian Government does not recognise the Aboriginal heritage of people of Aboriginal descent and claims the last Tasmanian Aboriginal person has died. A falsehood many still believe today.
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May
8
1876
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
Charity Earley
Born on this day, Charity Earley became the first Black commissioned officer in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942.
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Dec
5
1918
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