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Edward R. S. Canby
...in which about 80 warriors and their families retreated to the California Lava Beds, a land of complex ravines and caves; there they mounted an effective resistance. After the murder of Brig. Gen. Edward Canby, who headed a peace commission in April 1873, U.S. troops prosecuted the war more
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Feb
21
1862
Barbara Jordan dies - Birthday
Barbara Charline Jordan was born February 21, 1936, in Houston, Texas.
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Feb
21
1936
Black Inventors - Patent Holders List Index R
Black history inventors are listed alphabetically: use the A to Z index bar to navigate and select or just browse the many listings. Each listing has the name of the black inventor followed by the patent number(s) which is the unique number assigned to an invention when a patent is issued, the date
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Bankhead, Mary Lucille Perkins (1902–1994) - Death
The marriage lasted forty-five years until LeRoy died on February 18, 1968.
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Feb
18
1968
Lorde, Audre (1934-1992) - Birthday
Audre Lorde, born February 18, 1934 in New York City, was an American feminist poet.
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Feb
18
1934
African-American History & Women Timeline 1930-1939
Women and African American History: 1930-1939
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Apr
8
1938
Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas - Birthday
Shanks, the only child of educators David Sylvestus and Eliza Balfour Shanks, was born on February 9, 1902 in Round Rock, Texas.
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Source: Black Past
Feb
9
1902
Arthur Ashe is born - Death
He died February 6, 1993 in New York.
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Feb
6
1993
Black Lieutenant General
Maj. Gen. B.O. Davis Jr., assistant deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, named lieutenant general, the highest rank attained by a Black to date in the armed services.
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Apr
16
1965
Arthur Ashe is born
Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in
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Jul
10
1943
Usher
American singer Usher is a teen sensation turned R&B icon who has several bestselling albums, numerous awards and his own recording label. He was born Usher Terry Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Tennessee. His father abandoned the family when Usher was only a year old. As a child, he
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Niger
In February 2010, the military of Niger staged a coup and overthrew the government of President Mamadou Tandja, replacing him with a leader of their own choosing, Salou Djibo. A new government, deemed the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, was also formed. Djibo promised the people
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(1839) Daniel A. Payne, “Slavery Brutalizes Man” - Birthday
Payne was born on February 24, 1811, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of free blacks.
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Feb
24
1811
William Cooper Nell
was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be
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May
25
1874
Diana Ross
Born: 3/26/1944 Detroit, MichiganAs an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motowns most successful act and is to this day Americas
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Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights
Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date, held in Washington.
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May
17
1957
Juanita Hall Singer & Actress dies - Birthday
Juanita Long Hall was born November 6, 1901 (or 1902) in Keyport, New Jersey, and died February 29, 1968, in Bayshore, New York.
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Nov
6
1901
*Probable date of Prince Hall's birth
Prince Hall, Revolutionary War Veteran and founder of African Masonic Lodges, *may* have been born on this date. Though his accomplishments are well celebrated, little is known of Prince Halls early life.
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Feb
27
1788
African American History and Women Timeline 1900-1919
[Previous] [Next] • (September) Nannie Helen Burroughts and others founded the Womens Convention of the National Baptist Convention • Regina Anderson born (librarian, Harlem Reaissance figure) • Local white protests of the appointment of Minnie Cos as postmistress of Indianola, Mississippi, led to P
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Wells, Barry L. (1942- )
Ambassador Barry L. Wells has had an extensive career in international affairs with the United States Foreign Service after an earlier period as a university professor and administrator. Wells was born in 1942 in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from East High School in that city in 1959. He received
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Michael Jordan retires
Michael Jordan announce his retirement from the NBA and the most illustrious career of any professional sports figure to date.
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Jan
13
1999
Donald Byrd
December 9, 1932 February 4, 2013 (aged 80)
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Pettigrew, Eric (1960 - )
Eric Pettigrew is the current Washington State Representative for the 37th Legislative District representing Southeast Seattle, Washington and its suburbs.  Representative Pettigrew grew up in South Central Los Angeles.  After graduating from Nogales High School in the City of
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Early Sermon for Abolition
On this date in 1791, Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745-1801) preached a strong anti-slavery sermon before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom and for the Relief of Persons unlawfully holden in Bondage. Edwards was a Congregationalist minister, like his more famous father, and later
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Sep
15
1791
Bridgetower, George (1780-1860)
Eighteenth and nineteenth century classical violinist George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower is perhaps now best remembered for his association with Ludwig von Beethoven, who composed his Kreutzer Sonata for the young Afro-European musician, and personally performed the sonata for violin and piano
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Source: Black Past
Feb
29
1780
Édouard Glissant - Birthday
Glissant , (born September 21, 1928, Le Lamentin, Martinique—died February 3, 2011, Paris, France), French-speaking West Indian poet and novelist who belonged to the literary Africanism movement.
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Sep
21
1928
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Founded
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first organization of black Greek sisterhood was founded on this date at Howard University in Washington, D. C. by Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle).
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Jan
15
1908
Destiny’s Child
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Feb
3
2013
Fango, Gobo (1855-1886)
Gobo Fango was born in the Eastern Cape Colony in what is now South Africa around 1855, just before the beginning of the eighth of the nine Xhosa Wars (Cape Frontier Wars) against British and Boer settlers.  Fango was a member of the Gcaleka tribe, a sub-group of the Xhosa peoples.  These frontier
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Shooting of Jordan Davis
The shooting of Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and/or his three friends. Jordan Russell Davis was
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Nov
23
2012
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