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May
30
1903
Death of John Mercer Langston
Death of John Mercer Langston (67), Washington, D.C. One hundred and twenty-three Blacks reported lynched in 1897.
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Nov
15
1897
Riot prevented Paul Robeson form singing
Riot prevented Paul Robeson form singing at the Lakeland picnic grounds near Peekskill, Weschester County, New York.
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Aug
28
1949
First Scat Singing Ever Recorded
Don Redman performed the first recorded scat vocals while a member of Fletcher Hendersons Orchestra. Scat singing is an improvised vocal instrumentation composed of nonsense syllables. Don Redman scatted a few bars of My Papa Doesnt Two-Time No Time, recorded in New York by Columbia. Although Louis
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Apr
16
1924
New York Police Arrest 294 at Worlds Fair
New York police arrested 294 demonstrators at opening of World Fair.
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Apr
22
1964
Walter F. Craig
1986 Max Robinson
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1986
Zora Neale Hurston
Born: 1/7/1891 Notasulga, AlabamaDied: 1/28/1960 Fort Pierce, FloridaZora Neale Hurston was an American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Of Hurstons four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes
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Patricia Roberts Harris, HUD Secretary, dies
Patricia Roberts Harris, Housing and Urban Development Secretary and, in 1965, ambassador to Luxembourg during the Carter Administration, died in Washington, D.C.
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23
1985
First Black Petition
First black legal protest in America pressed by
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0
1644
President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C
President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice-president Chester A. Arthur.
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Jul
2
1881
Death of Carter G. Woodson
Death of Carter G. Woodson (74), father of Black history, Washington, D.C.
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Apr
3
1950
Million Man March
Nation of Islams Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families.
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1995
City University of New York had open admissions
City University of New York inaugurated open admissions policy designed to increase the number of poor and minority students.
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Aug
14
1970
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup a Violinist, married Anne Hampton on Christmas Day in 1828. In January of 1841 he was offered a job as a part-time violinist with a traveling band. This offer turned out to be a trick, where Solomon was sold into
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1841
U.S. Rep. Jefferson Long dies
U.S. Rep. Jefferson Long, elected from the state of Georgia, died in Washington D.C. Long was the only candidate interested in running for the 60-day term and he was duly elected.
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Feb
5
1900
First Lutheran Baptism of African American
An African America man named Emmanuel was baptized April 13, 1669, (Palm Sunday) in a Lutheran congregation in New York.
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Apr
13
1669
Benjamin Banneker, inventor and scientist, dies
Benjamin Banneker, inventor and scientist, dies October 26, 1806 at the age of
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Oct
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1806
Marian Anderson's Town Hall Debut
Marian Anderson made her Town Hall debut in New York. Her performance was described by Howard Taubman, the New York Times reviewer, as music making that probed too deep for words.
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Dec
31
1935
Dorothy Height born
Birthday of Dorothy Irene Height in Richmond, Virginia. Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than three decades, organized a successful drive to place a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in a District of Columbia park. Once erected, the statue became the first of an African
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Mar
24
1912
Rev. George Leile
Rev. George Leile was the first African American to be ordained a Baptist minister in America. He was an early pastor of the First African Baptist Church of Silver Bluf, South Carolina. Curiously, he supported the British during the American Revolutionary war because of the Britishs promise to free
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Jan
0
1770
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa award.
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa honors at New York University.
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Mar
28
1925
Streeter, Mel (1931-2006)
Mel Streeter was born in Riverside, California in 1931. He attended the University of Oregon on a basketball scholarship and was the second African-American basketball player at Oregon after declining an offer by legendary basketball coach John Wooden to attend UCLA, because UCLA did not have an
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2006
School Integration Begins
School integration began in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., public schools.
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27
1954
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1780 - Two blacks aid in the capture of British spy, Major John Andre, in New York.
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Jan
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1780
Viro "Black Sam" Small makes his wrestling debutat Owney's Bastile in New York
Viro Black Sam Small makes his wrestling debut at Owneys Bastile in New York; he is the first known black wrestler in the U.S.
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Jan
0
1870
William "Bill" Richmond is taken by General Earl Percy,commander of the Britis
William Bill Richmond is taken by General Earl Percy, commander of the British forces occupying New York, to England to box against British soldiers.
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1777
Racial segregation in Washington, D.C.,
Racial segregation in Washington, D.C., restaurants ruled illegal by Municipal Court of Appeals.
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May
24
1951
Max Robinson
The first Black network anchor, Max Robinson, who joined ABCs World News Tonight died on this day of complication from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in Washington, DC.
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20
1986
Martin Luther King,Jr. Ordained
Martin Luther King ordained as a Baptist minister
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Feb
25
1948
On this day Andrew J. Beard, and African American inventor was awarded Patent #
On this day Andrew J. Beard, and African American inventor was awarded Patent # 594,059. Despite having no formal education in engineering or metalwork, Beard had invented an automtic railroad car coupling device called the Jenny Coupler. Prior to the Jenny Coupler train cars were joined together
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Nov
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