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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
At a New York City conference, representatives of
At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service planned a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, was named director of the NAACP legal campaign.
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Oct
26
1934
William H. Lewis
William H. Lewis appointed assistant attorney general of the United States.
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Mar
26
1910
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
The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical
The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School (later Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) is chartered in Los Angeles. It is the only African American focused medical school west of the Mississippi
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Aug
2
1966
Scott Joplin dies
Scott Joplin dies in New York City. Joplin was one of the early developers of ragtime and the author of Maple Leaf Rag. He also created several rag-time and grand operas, the most noteworthy was Treemonisha.
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Apr
1
1917
California Fugitive Slave Law adopted
The California Fugitive Slave Law, introduced earlier by state Senator Henry A. Crabb, was adopted by the State Legislature. It authorized any slave owner claiming a runaway to obtain warrant for the slaves arrest.
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Apr
15
1850
First Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal,
First Black newspaper, Freedoms Journal, published in New York City.
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Mar
16
1827
Political Upset
Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally defeated in California election. Senator Edward W. Brooke defeated in Massachusetts election.
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Nov
7
1978
Samuel L. Gravely is born
Samuel Gravely was appointed captain of the Navy Destroyer Escort, U.S.S. Falgout, the first African American to command a United States warship. He later received the rand of Rear Admiral, a first for an African American navyman.
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Jun
4
1922
Thomas L. Jennings -- 1st Black male patent holder
A tailor living in New York City, NY Invented a method for the dry cleaning of clothes U.S. Patent 3306X (March 3, 1821)
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Mar
3
1821
James Weldon Johnson was honored by NAACP
James Weldon Johnson was honored for his careers as an executive of the NAACP, a member of the United States Consul, editor, and poet by the NAACP in New York City.
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Jun
30
1926
Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis in heavyweight championship fight in New York City.
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Sep
27
1950
Jan Earnest Matzeliger
Jan Earnest Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852 in
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Sep
15
1852
Ota Benga, African native kept in zoo, kills self
An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were mans evolutionary ancestors - monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and a African of
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Mar
20
1916
Six-day insurrection started in L.A.
Six-day insurrection started in Watts section of Los Angeles. National Guard was mobilized on August 13, Rebellion toll: 34 killed, 1,032 injured, 3,952 arrested, $35 million in property damage.
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Aug
11
1965
NAACP founded
Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights
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Feb
12
1909
Scores injured in Klan-related incidents
Scores injured in Klan-related incidents in Georgia, Tennessee, California, Indiana and North Carolina, in March and April.
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Mar
15
1980
Singer Billy Daniels dies
Jazz and ballad singer Billy Daniels dies in Los Angeles.
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Oct
7
1988
Death of Florence Mills, dancer and singer,
Death of Florence Mills (32), dancer and singer, New York City.
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Nov
1
1927
Betty Shabazz dies at 61, in NeW York City 3 weeks aftwerreceiving burns ovet
Betty Shabazz dies at 61, in NeW York City 3 weeks aftwer receiving burns ovet 80% of her body.
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Jun
23
1997
Death of Lester Young
Death of Lester Young (49), New York City.
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Mar
15
1794
Theodore Flowers wins the the world middleweight title in New York City
Theodore Flowers wins the the world middleweight title in New York City
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Aug
19
1926
Death of Ferdinand
Death of Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton (56), pioneer jazz pianist, in Los Angeles.
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Jul
10
1941
United States Population: 23,191,876
United States Population: 23,191,876. Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7 per cent).
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Mar
31
1850
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (46), thirty-fifth president of the United States, assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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Nov
22
1963
Charles Edward Anderson--Meteorologist
Born: August 13, 1919
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Aug
13
1919
Frances Watkins Harper, writer born
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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Sep
24
1825
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, dies.
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, dies. He worked in the Underground Railroad and with Frederick Douglass. He was also a clothing retailer, the publisher of the first African American newspaper in California, Mirror of the Times, the first African American elected municipal judge, and a U.S. consul to
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Jul
11
1915
Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Caro
Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Carolina, 6th Virginia, 9th Ohio, 9th Illinois, 23rd Kansas and 10th Cavalry regiments, some units with African American officers, took part in the Spanish-American War on Cuban soil. Some of these veterans, upon return to
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Apr
21
1898
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