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Mae C. Jemison, M.D. was chosen by NASA to begin training as a space shuttle astronaut.

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1987

A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives

A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Dr. Charles Richard Drew set up and ran the pioneer blood plasma bank in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. This bank served as one of the models for the system of banks operated later by the American Red Cross. On October

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1940

Charles Wade Barkley, 36, basketball player, born Leeds, AL, February 20, 1963

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20

1963

Anthony Keith Gwynn, Sr., better known as Tony Gwynn, was a baseball pro who played for the San Diego Padres. He was born on May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California to Charles and Vendella Gwynn. The family moved to Long Beach, California when he 9 years old. He had two brothers, an elder brother

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16

2014

John W. "Bud" Fowler

John W. Bud Fowler becomes the first black salaried player in organized baseball and possibly the first black player in the major leagues when he joins a white team in New Castle, PA.

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Jan

0

1872

First black manager inmajor league baseball.

On August 31, 1935, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., American professional baseball player and manager Frank Robinson was born. He was the first black manager in major league baseball.

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Aug

31

1935

Buffalo Soldiers

General Colin Powell, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, dedicated the Buffalo Soldiers Monument at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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Jul

25

1992

Whitney Young Jr., National Urban League director,

Whitney M. Young, Jr. was Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961 until his tragic, untimely death in 1971. He worked tireless to bring the races together, and joined the tenets of social work, of which he was an outstanding practitioner, to the social activism that brought the

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Feb

11

1971

Barack Obama's Call to Service: One Woman Responds

In the following article University of Washington, Tacoma student Kayomi Wada describes how she and other Tacoma residents banded together to create a local project that reflects President Barack Obamas Call to

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Carl Erskine is born. He will become a baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Dec

13

1926

Charles Barkley

Outspoken and outrageous, Charles Barkley was one of the National Basketball Associations most colorful characters during his 16-year career. A 6 6 forward, Barkley entered the NBA in 1984, signing with the Philadelphia 76ers. From 1992 to 1996 he played with the Phoenix Suns, and then was a member

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Little Walter is born.

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May

1

1930

Football player and actor Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was born in Orange, Texas.

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Jan

29

1945

Sean "P.Diddy" Combs is born

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1969

Born on February 17, 1936, James Nathaniel Brown grew up off the southern coast of Georgia without a father who left the family when Brown was only two weeks old. After his mother left to take up a job in New York, the young child was brought up by his great-grandmother. At eight years of age, Jim

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Feb

17

1936

Jeter, Howard Franklin (1947- )

Howard Jeter, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and later to Nigeria, was born in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina on March 6, 1947 to James Walter Jeter, Jr. and Emma Mattocks Jeter. Howard Jeter first attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maple Ridge. The school had no

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6

1947

The National Urban League is founded

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23

1913

Whitney Young Jr.

Whitney Young Jr. named executive director of the National Urban League.

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Aug

1

1961

American League of Colored Laborers (1850 - ?)

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13

1850

Black leader of the Union League Lynched

Wyatt Outlaw, Black leader of the Union League in Alamance County, N.C., Lynched.

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Feb

26

1870

Cyber-Youth Network Launch

On Wednesday, February 3rd, for the first time in history, Americas urban students will have a Web site specifically designed to address their educational needs and interests. The site -- called the Cyber-Youth Network -- provides a model for online education by offering students and teachers

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Feb

3

1999

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla khōl-ēhlä´hlä mändā´lä [key], 1918–2013, South African statesman. He earned a degree (B.A., 1943) after being expelled from the University College of Fort Hare (for taking part in a student protest) and finishing his studies with the Univ. of South Africa, studied

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Physician Bernard A. Harris, Jr is born

Physician Bernard A. Harris, Jr was born in

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Jun

26

1956

Aha- First Dynastic King of Egypt

Ka Ma Ma ha, or Narmer Mena (Menes of the Greeks), was born to a petty king of Upper Egypt (Southern Egypt) around 3200BC. Not much is known of Ahas father other than he was ruler in Egypts southern lands where the totemic symbol of the Horus-falcon was prevalent. Most probably Ahas family bore

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1998

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Florence Griffith Joyner

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21

1959

National Afro-American League, Pioneer Black

National Afro-American League, Pioneer Black protest organization, founded at Chicago meeting. Joseph C. Price, President of Livingstone College, was elected president.

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Jan

25

1890

Football player, William Henry Lewis, named All-American, 1893

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Oct

31

1893

Elgin Baylor announces his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers. After 14 yea

Elgin Baylor announces his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers. After 14 years in the NBA, Baylor had scored 23,149 points, the third highest in the league, and was the fifth highest career rebounder.

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Oct

4

1971

Musician Joseph Oliver born

Birthday of jazz artist, coronet player, band leader and composer, Joseph King Oliver of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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May

14

1885

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