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Fair Employment Practices Commission.
On March 12, 1945, New York was the first state to established a Fair Employment Practices Commission.
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Mar
12
1945
Death of Asa Philip Randolph (90), labor leader
Death of Asa Philip Randolph (90), labor leader and civil rights pioneer, in New York.
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May
16
1979
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
Harry Belafonte born
Singer/Actor Harry Belafonte is born in New York.
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Mar
1
1927
Boxing champion, Muhammad Ali
Boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, named the Associated Press Athelete of the Year, 1974
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Jan
16
1974
The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is founded.
The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is
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Dec
4
1909
Runnin' Wild opened at Colonial Theater, Broadway
Runnin Wild opened at Colonial Theater, Broadway. Miller and Lyles Productions introduced Charleston to New York and the world.
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Sponsored by Intellitech
Oct
29
1923
St. Martin De Pories born
St. Martin De Pories, one of the most venerated Christian saints in the Philippines, is born in Lima, Peru.
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Dec
9
1579
Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Te
Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Texas. A skilled pianist and composer, Joplin started a 20-year ragtime craze with the release of his composition Maple Leaf Rag in 1897, during the Gay Nineties. Ragtime-scored piano music-at the time was considered
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Apr
1
1917
Thelonious Monk, jazz great born
Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917--82) Jazz musician; born in Rocky Mount, N.C. He was raised in New York
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Feb
21
1917
Fifth national Black convention met in New York
Fifth national Black convention met in New York with fifty delegates from eight states.
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Jun
2
1834
A Chicago Picketing
Dont Buy Where You Cant Work campaign began in Chicago with picketing of Chain stores on South Side, fall. The campaign spread to New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles and other cities and continued throughout the Depression.
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Sponsored by New York University
Dec
30
1929
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born Lewis F. Alcindor, Jr. in New York City.
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Apr
16
1947
Floyd B
Floyd B. McKissick, North Carolina attorney, named national director of Congress of Racial Equality.
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Jan
3
1966
Inquest over Negro Killing
An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace T.M. Richards on September 24, 1928 over the killing of :Coote Simpsons, Negro, Twenty-second street, who was killed by the rifle of a Florida National Guardsman on special detail duty at noon on September 23, 1928 for refusing to leave his bicycle and go
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Jan
0
1999
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
US Champion
Debi Thomas wins the gold medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships in Hicksville, Long Island, New York
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Jan
0
1986
The first African American magazine, Mirror of Freedom, begins publication in Ne
The first African American magazine, Mirror of Freedom, begins publication in New York City.
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Aug
30
1838
Did You Know That In...
1780 - Two blacks aid in the capture of British spy, Major John Andre, in New York.
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Jan
0
1780
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
Organization for Afro-American Unity
Organization for Afro-American Unity founded in New York by Malcolm X.
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Jun
28
1964
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
The Virginia Court rules that John Philip is qualifiedto give court testimony
The Virginia Court rules that John Philip is qualified to give court testimony against blacks because he was baptized in England in 1612 and thus is Christian.
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Jan
0
1624
Basketball star Walt Frazier born
Basketball legend Walt Frazier was born in
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Mar
29
1945
World renowed opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut in New York City, 1
World renowed opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut in New York City, 1958
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Nov
4
1958
Dancer Bojangles dies
Tap dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson dies in New York city.
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Nov
28
1949
Slave conspiracies and fires cause Hysteria
Succession of suspicious fires and reports of slave conspiracies created hysteria in New York in March and April. Thirty-one slaves and five whites were executed.
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Mar
31
1741
Actress Cicely Tyson is born in New York, NY
Actress Cicely Tyson is born in New York, NY
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Dec
19
1933
New York Draft Riots
On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment
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Jul
13
1863
Lady Bo birthday.
Lady Bo, Bo Diddleys original girl guitar player and the first female guitarist in history to be hired by a major rock & roll musician, is born Peggy Jones in New York, NY, USA.
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Jul
14
1940
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