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Little Walter is born.

The influential rhythm & blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter is born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, LA, USA. His most popular records include My Babe and Juke.

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1930

Bessie Coleman receives pilot's license

Bessie Coleman attended the ...Ecole dAviation des

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Jun

15

1921

Baseball star Ernie Banks born

Baseball great Ernie Banks, former Chicago Cub star, was born in Dallas, TX.

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Jan

31

1931

Writer James Baldwin dies

Novelist James Baldwin dies in France.

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Dec

2

1987

Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.

Classical Conductor Dean Dixon is born in 1915 in Harlem, NY. Fluent in Swedish, French and German, Dixon became one of Europes best known conductors after leaving the US in 1949. He conducted the Goteborg (Sweden) Symphony for 10 years before being named conductor for the Hessian Radio Symphony in

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Jan

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1915

James Meredith is a 20th century eminent American Civil Rights Movement figure. He was involved in political advisory committee and also wrote about the social inequality issues. Besides, he was a war veteran and was the first black to be admitted in an all-white

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Jun

25

1933

Basketball star Walt Frazier born

Basketball legend Walt Frazier was born in

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Mar

29

1945

Julia premieres on NBC with Diahann Carroll in the title role. It is the first

Julia premieres on NBC with Diahann Carroll in the title role. It is the first modern television show to star an African American woman since Beulah in the 1950s.

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Sep

17

1968

Singer/television & stage star Nell Carter was born today

Singer/television & stage star Nell Carter was born today

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Born: 7/10/1943 Richmond, VirginiaDied: 2/6/1993 New York City, New YorkArthur Ashe was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States.Ashe was the first black player selected to the United States

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Nina Simone, singer, dies in Paris, France at the age of 70.

Nina Simone, singer, dies in Paris, France at the age of 70.

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Apr

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2003

After several postponements by President Gbagbo, Côte dIvoire held its first presidential election in ten years in Oct. 2010. The first round of voting between incumbent Gbagbo and his historic rival Alassane Ouattara, a former IMF official who was excluded from the presidential 2000 race because

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1782 - Los Angeles, California is founded by 44 settlers, of whom at least 26 are black.

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1782

First International Conference

First international conference of Black writes and artists met at the Sorbonne in Paris.

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Sep

19

1956

African Company / African Grove Theatre

The African Company was the first known black theatre troupe. In 1816, William Henry Brown (1815-1884), a retired West Indian steamship steward, acquired a house on Thomas Street in lower Manhattan, New York. He offered a variety of instrumental and vocal entertainments on Sunday afternoons in his

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Bill Pickett, dies

At the age of 72 black cowboy Bill Pickett died after being kicked while roping a bronco. a star of the 101 Ranch wild West Show, Mr. Pickett invented the rodeo event of bulldogging , an event in which the contestant must wrestle a longhorn steer to the ground with his bare hands.

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Apr

24

1944

Josephine Baker born

Josephine Baker

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Jun

3

1906

U.S. Government grants Atlanta $1 million

U.S. government granted Atlanta some $1 million to finance mental health and social programs in the wake of a mysterious series of abductions and slayings involving at least twenty two Black youths.

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Mar

5

1981

Track star Michael Johnson was born today

Track star Michael Johnson was born today

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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Born: 5/7/1905 Seattle, WashingtonLavizzo-Mourey heads the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest healthcare foundation in the U.S. She became the CEO in 2003, a position which has her overseeing an estimated 800 grants, a $10 billion endowment and annual disbursements of more than $450

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A Day of Elections

Edward W. Brooke elected attorney general of Massachusetts. Gerald Lamb elected treasurer of Connecticut. Otis M. Smith elected to a full term on the Michigan Supreme Court. Five Blacks, including one newcomer, were elected to the House of Representatives. The newcomer, Augustus F. Hawkins, was

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Nov

6

1962

Basketball star Moses "The Mailman" Malone born

National Basketball Association star, Moses The Mailman Malone is born in Petersburg, Virginia.

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Mar

23

1954

Born on the December 4, 1973, Tyra Lynne Banks is one of the most famous American television personalities. Better known for her flawless career as a model, she has also been a producer, actress and author. She appeared twice on the cover for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and was one of

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Dec

4

1973

Flip Wilson Honored

Comedian and television star Flip Wilson received the International Broadcasting Man of the Year Award. Flip Wilson was the first Afro-American to be a television superstar.

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Mar

11

1959

Rodney King is beaten by a group of white policemen in Los Angeles, Calif

Rodney King is beaten by a group of white policemen in Los Angeles, Calif

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Mar

3

1991

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937).

Henry Ossawa Tanner, painter of biblical, landscape and genre subjects, was the first black artist elected to full membership in the National Academy. Pennsylvania-born Tanner studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in France, where he settled. He developed a fine

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Nov

15

2001

Armistice signed, ending World War I

Armistice signed, ending World War I. Official records listed 370,000 Black soldiers and 1400 Black commissioned officers. A little more than half of these soldiers served in the European Theater. Three Black regiments the 369th, 371st and 372nd received the Croix de Guerre for valor. The 369th was

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Nov

11

1918

Death of pianist Art Tatum

Death of pianist Art Tatum (46), Los Angeles.

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Nov

5

1956

Mel Franklin dies

Bass Singer Melvin Franklin of The Temptations died of complications following a brain seizure in Los Angeles. He was 53.

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Feb

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1995

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtic

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the first African American to coach an NBA team.

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Mar

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1966

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