How History-Making MSNBC Host Joy Reid is Changing Mainstream Media

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How History-Making MSNBC Host Joy Reid is Changing Mainstream Media

Joy Reid is on a mission. The journalist and MSNBC host (born Joy-Ann Lomena) is the first Black woman to anchor a cable primetime news show. But beyond making history,…

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First Prizefighter Bill Richmond born

Bill Richmond, son of a slave, became the first African American to distinguish himself as a prizefighter. On this date, Richmond knocked out Jack Holmes in England.

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Jul

8

1805

Jump Start premieres in 40 newspapers in the U.S. It is created by 26 year old R

Jump Start premieres in 40 newspapers in the U.S. It is created by 26 year old Robb Armstrong, the youngest African American to have a syndicated comic strip. He follows in the footsteps of Morrie Turner, the creator of Wee Pals, the first African American syndicated comic strip.

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Oct

2

1989

W.E.B. Du Bois died

W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in

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Aug

27

1963

Born on this day Whoppi Goldberg

Born Caryn Johnson on November 13, 1955 in New York City, Goldberg began her long career when she was eight years old, performing with New Yorks Helena Rubenstein Childrens Theater. By virtue of her distinctive appearance and a persona that is both no-nonsense and empathic, Goldberg has emerged as

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Nov

13

1955

Civil Rights Movement

On this day the African American community of Montgomery, Alabama voted unanimously to end its 385 day bus-boycott.

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Dec

20

1956

African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith

African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith dies in Sheffield, England. Smith had emigrated to England in 1866.

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Mar

22

1882

At South Africa's Truth Commission, police confessed to the 1977 murder of Steve

At South Africas Truth Commission, police confessed to the 1977 murder of Steve Biko.

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Jan

28

1997

Wally "Famous" Amos's signature panama hat and embroidered shirt are donated to

Wally Famous Amoss signature panama hat and embroidered shirt are donated to the National Museum of American Historys Business Americana collection. It is the first memorabilia added to the collection by An African American entrepreneur and recognizes the achievement of Amos who built his company

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Nov

18

1980

A commemorative stamp is issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor Henry Ossawa

A commemorative stamp is issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American artist elected to the National Academy of Design

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Sep

10

1973

Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist

Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.

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Jan

17

1924

The first African American nursing school

The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.

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Aug

13

1881

Third national Black convention met

Third national Black convention met in Philadelphia with twenty-nine delegates from eight states. Henry Sipkins of New York was elected president.

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Jun

4

1832

Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National B

Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National Basketball Associations Denver Nuggets for $54 million. They become the first African American owners of a professional basketball team.

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Oct

21

1989

Zora Neale Hurston, writer/anthropologist born

Zora Neale Hurston

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Jan

7

1891

Col Frederick D Gregory becomes the first African American to lead a space missi

Col Frederick D Gregory becomes the first African American to lead a space mission.

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Nov

22

1989

White mob prevented enrollment of students

White mob prevented enrollment of students at Mansfield High School, Mansfield, Texas.

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Aug

30

1956

U.S. Navy 1st Black Officer

In 1942, the U.S. Navy commissions its first black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson.

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Jun

18

1999

George H. White

Term of George H. White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ended at noon.

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Mar

4

1901

Colin L. Powell

Colin L. Powell was the first African American to hold the highest U.S. Military post. In August 1989 he was named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Aug

0

1989

The Cotton Bag Fort

A African American Designs The Cotton Bag Fort: When Andrew Jackson assembled his force at New Orleans, his soldiers, many of whom were African American slaves, were outnumbered by the British forces ten to one. Faced with this disadvantage, Jackson consulted with men as to what was the best

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Oct

2

2002

North American Slave Narratives

North American Slave Narratives documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The project received a two-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the

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Activist Faye Wattleton

Faye Wattleton, a rgeistered nurse and New York activist, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Wattleton served as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1978 to 1992.

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Jul

8

1943

Richard Parsons

Richard Parsons, CEO of Dime Savings Bank, the first African American CEO of a large non minority U.S. savings institution, born.

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Apr

4

1942

Lawrence Douglas Wilder assumes title as governor

In Richmond, Virginia former Lt. Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder took office as the first popularly elected African American governor of an American state.

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Jan

14

1990

Lee Elder becomes the first African American professional golfer to qualify for

Lee Elder becomes the first African American professional golfer to qualify for the Masters Tournament.

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Apr

21

1974

Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Virginia is inaugurated as the first African American

Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Virginia is inaugurated as the first African American to be elected governor in the U.S. Wilder won the election in Virginia by a mere 7,00 votes in a state once the heart of the Confederacy.

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Jan

13

1990

Naval Frigate named after African American

The Navy frigate USS Jesse L. Brown was commissioned. The ship was named for Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American naval aviator killed in combat over Korea.

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Feb

17

1973

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

Richard Theodore Greener

Richard Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate from Harvard University

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Jan

30

1844

African Free School opened

African Free School opened in New York.

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10

1788

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