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Four national chain stores announced
Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.
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Mar
1
1960
Romare Bearden
One of the major contributors to the world of art and literature, Romare Bearden, was born on September 2, 1911 in Charlotte, North Carolina. During the 76 years that he spent in this world, Bearden showed remarkable flair in the fields of music, performing arts and history, including art and
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Source: Black History Resources
Mar
12
1988
Ella Baker
One of the leading figures of the Civil Rights Movement which took place in the 1950s and 1960s, Ella Baker, was born in Virginia in 1903. Growing up in North Carolina, Baker had a close relationship with her grandmother, a former slave, and heard narrations of many of the experiences which the
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Dusenbury, Paul R. (1935-1998)
Paul Dusenbury was a multi-talented visual artist, musician, teacher, and proponent of the synthesis of many art expressions. His explorations, infectious inspiration, and originality were well appreciated throughout the Seattle, Washington area where he taught and worked. He expressed caring
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Morgan v. Virginia (1946)
March 27, 1946, Argued
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Black Art Posters|Black Art Prints|Slavery In America|Affordable And Historical Art
http://bit.ly/M6R5tf Our Black History Art Prints & Posters Collection consists of fine art prints and posters that showcase some of the most memorable moments, personalities, images and themes from the Slavery Era in US
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Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution
Alan Gilbert, University of Denver political scientist and anti-racist activist, is the author of Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence, one of the few works that examines the free and enslaved blacks who joined the American Patriots and the British
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Source: Black Past
Interdenominational Theological Center (1958-- )
The Interdenominational Theological Center  (ITC) is a Christian, ecumenical, graduate professional school of theology located on the Atlanta University campus in Atlanta, Georgia.  The ITC began in 1958 when four schools of theology united to form the Center: Morehouse School of Religion, Gammon
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From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South
In the following article Melissa Milewski, a graduate student in history at New York University, describes her research which has uncovered the surprising success of African American litigants in court cases in the post-Civil War
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Source: Black Past
Jan
1
1854
Definition of Secession
Secession was the act by which a state left the Union. The Secession Crisis of late 1860 and early 1861 led to the Civil War when southern states seceded from the Union and declared themselves a separate nation, the Confederate States of
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Dec
20
1860
Charles Drew, Inventor of the Blood Bank
At a time when millions of soldiers were dying on battlefields across Europe, the invention of Dr. Charles R. Drew saved countless lives. Drew realized that separating and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later. This technique led to the development
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Jun
3
1904
Pinn, Robert Alexander (1843-1911)
Robert A. Pinn, attorney, and Civil War hero, received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.  Pinn was born free to William and Zilphia Broxton-Pinn, in Stark County, Ohio on March 1, 1843.  His father William Pinn escaped from slavery and fled to Ohio at the age
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Floyd Patterson
Thomas and Annabelle Patterson’s third child, Floyd Patterson was born on January 4, 1935, in North Carolina. Consisting of 13 members, the family was financially weak and Patterson grew up to be an antisocial child who could not read or write until the age of 11. However, he improved both, inside
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Jan
4
1935
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks Gillespie, commonly referred to as Dizzy Gillespie, was an American born trumpeter and composer. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina on 21 October 1917, Gillespie is regarded as the proponent of the earlier Bebop music scene, and together with his complex trumpeting and rhythmic
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(1923) James Weldon Johnson, “Our Democracy and the Ballot”
Poet, novelist and U.S. diplomat, James Weldon Johnson is probably best known to millions as the author of the lyrics to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the black national anthem. Johnson was also a civil rights activist and was Executive Secretary of the National Association of Colored
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Mar
10
1923
George P. White
George P. White was an outspoken Republican political leader, two-term Congressman from the Black 2nd (northeastern North Carolina). He introduced the first anti-lynching legislation into the Congress (it was defeated), founded the first black bank, and, after leaving North Carolina in the wake of
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Nov
10
1898
Johnson C. Smith University [Charlotte] (1867- )
Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), founded on April 7, 1867, is one of the oldest predominantly African American universities in North Carolina.  The university was founded by three Presbyterian ministers, Rev. Samuel C. Alexander, Rev. Sidney S. Murkland, and Rev. Willis L. Miller and established
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(1828) David Walker, “The Necessity of A General Union Among Us”
David Walker (1796-1830) is best known for his revolutionary pamphlet, Walker’s Appeal, in Four Ariticles: together with a preamble, to the coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular and Very expressly to those of the United States of America. This twenty-six-page pamphlet warned of a bloody
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Dec
19
1828
Miss. Plan disenfranchises Blacks
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Nov
1
1890
St. Augustine’s University (1867- )
St. Augustine’s University is a private, four-year coeducational liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. St. Augustine’s was founded in 1867, making it one of the oldest historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the United
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Source: Black Past
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Aug
1
2012
Charles R. Drew
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World
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(1947) Moranda Smith Addresses The Congress Of Industrial Organizations Annual Convention, Boston
After World War II organized labor began to penetrate into some industrialized areas of the South where it inevitably confronted the issue of race. Unions such as the Food and Tobacco Workers affiliated with The Congress of Industrial Organizations, promoted racial integration and helped develop
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Oct
15
1947
Sixty leading Southern Blacks issued "Durham
Sixty leading Southern Blacks issued Durham Manifesto calling for fundamental changes in race relations after a Durham, North Carolina, meeting.
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Oct
20
1942
Saint Paul’s College of Virginia (1888-- )
Saint Paul’s College of Virginia is a private college located in Lawrenceville, Virginia.  The college was founded on September 24, 1888, by James Solomon Russell, a newly-ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He became the first principal of the institution, which in 1890 was
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Source: Black Past
Sep
24
1888
Remembering Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
In 1944 Sara Dunlap Jackson became one of the first African American professionals hired by the National Archives in Washington, D.C. where she specialized in western, military, social and African American topics.  She continued at the Archives until her retirement in 1990.  In the following
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Source: Black Past
Loretta Lynch Bio - First African-American Woman Attorney General
Loretta E. Lynch serves as the U.S. attorney general. She was nominated to the post by President Barack Obama in September 2014 and, upon confirmation more than half a year later, became the first African-American woman to serve in the
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Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?
In the following article, American University political scientist James A. Thurber, a leading authority on presidential and congressional politics, describes the effort of President Barack Obama to change one part of the culture of Washington, the influence of lobbyists.  Candidate Obama made that
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Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Champion (1878-1946)
Jack Johnson, the worlds first African-American heavyweight champion, patented a wrench on April 18, 1922. He was born John Arthur Johnson on March 31, 1878 in
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National Equal Rights League (1864–1921)
Founded in Syracuse, New York in 1864, the National Equal Rights League (NERL) promoted full and immediate citizenship for African Americans. Created during the Civil War, the League based its call for full citizenship as compensation for military service in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. They
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Brown, Jill E. (1950- )
Jill Elaine Brown became the first African American woman to serve as a pilot for a major U.S airline when she was hired by Texas international Airlines at the age of 28. Her passion for flying began as a teenager, leading her into the U.S. Navy flight training program where she became its first
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