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Educator Joseph Charles Price was born
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Feb
10
1854
Writer, James Baldwin was born, 1924
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Aug
2
1924
Dancer Martha Graham born
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May
11
1854
BLACKS IN UNION ARMY
BLACKS IN UNION ARMY: The 185,000 Black soldiers in the Union army were organized into 166 all Black regiments (145 infantry, 7 cavalry, 12 heavy artillery, 1 light artillery, 1 engineer). Largest number of Black soldiers came from Louisiana (24,052), followed by Kentucky (23, 703) and Tennessee
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Dec
18
1859
Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
4
1922
Florence Price, composer born
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9
1888
Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
Black Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. Major celebrations were held at Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Nashville. Three states--Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey--appropriated money for official celebrations of the event.
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29
1913
Robert N.C. Nix, first African American rep
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9
1905
James Baldwin's influential collection of essays
James Baldwins influential collection of essays The Fire Next Time is published.
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31
1963
Simpson, Georgiana (1866-1944)
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Vanessa Williams
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18
1963
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Supreme Court decision (Nixon v. Herndon) struck down Texas law which barred Blacks from voting in white primary.
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Medgar Evers
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7
1963
House Judiciary Committee opened hearings to
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9
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Baird, Harry (1931-2005)
The physical presence that black British actor Harry Baird brought to the movie screen was largely a consequence of the United Kingdom going through the birthing pain of racism during the 1950s and 1960s.  Born in Guyana, this premier black actor was no Paul Robeson, but Harry Baird carried with
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Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937).
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19
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Coachman, Alice Marie (1923-2014)
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1833
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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
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Spingarn Medal: Robert R. Moton
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8
1932
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1848
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19
1856
(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"
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