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Charles L. Reason named professor of belles-lettres and French at Central College, McGrawville, New York. William G. Allen and George B. Vashon also taught at the predominantly white college.
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Oct
16
1849
Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris, the first African American U.S. Ambassador is named permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention. She will later be appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Housing and Urban development
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Jun
27
1972
Arthur Ashe
22 year old Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American to make the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.
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May
14
1963
Spottiswood W. Robinson
Spottiswood W. Robinson, representative of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, dean of the Howard University Law School, member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Circuit Judge of the D.C. Circuit, born
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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Jul
26
1916
Cheryl Adrienne Brown
Cheryl Adrienne Brown wins the Miss Iowa pageant and becomes the first African American to compete in the Miss America beauty pageant.
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Jun
14
1970
Anti-Lynching Bill proposed
Black Congressman George H. White, North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. One report contends that in 1900, 105 Africans were lynched in the United States.
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Jan
20
1773
George Johnson
George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African
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Dec
17
2001
1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of
1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of the National Urban Leagues Opportunity magazine and professor and President of Fisk University, born
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Jul
24
1893
Evelyn Boyd Granville is born
Evelyn Boyd Granville, Born May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school at the time. Her interest in mathematics was encouraged by two mathematics teachers. Granville worked with Einar Hille, a distinguished mathematician in the field of functional
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
May
1
1924
Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the fi
Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the first African American game show host.
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Jun
16
1975
Phyllis Mae Daley, first of four African American
Phyllis Mae Daley, first of four African American Navy nurses to serve active duty in WW II receives her commission as an ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps.
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Mar
8
1945
Attorney General George Williams
Attorney General George Williams sent a telegram to Acting Governor Pinchback, saying that the Black politician was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Dec
12
1872
William Levi Dawson
William Levi Dawson is born, first African American representative to chair a committee in Congress.
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Apr
26
1883
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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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Dec
20
1956
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bi
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bishop in the U.S. He is assigned to Washington, D.C.
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Sep
12
1974
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.
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Nov
6
1928
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
Texas As a Slave State
President John Tyler signed the joint resolution of Congress to admit Texas as a slave state.
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Mar
5
1845
William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transpor
William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transportation by President Gerald R. Ford. He is the second African American to hold a Cabinet level position
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Jan
14
1975
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African American to graduate from a nursing school, graduates from the nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Aug
1
1879
Guion S. Bluford, Jr---Astronaut (birthday)
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D. (Colonel, U.S. Air Force - Retired): First African-American in Space
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Nov
22
1942
The First National Convention of Black Women
The First National Convention of Black Women held in Boston, MA
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Jul
29
1885
COINTELPRO Memorandum
A memorandum sent to field offices of the FBI set goals for what was termed as a new counterintelligence program against African American Nationalist groups. The objective was to block attempts by targeted groups to coalesce, grow and exist. The agencey believed unity was the first step toward
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Mar
3
1968
Massacre in Mississippi
White Democrats killed seventy-five Republicans in massacre at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Dec
7
1874
Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first licensed woman
Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first licensed woman architect in the U.S. and the first African American woman to become a fellow in the American Institute of Architects, born.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Apr
15
1928
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign for President of the U.S.
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Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Jan
25
1972
Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson
Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson is named assistant general manager of the club, the third African American to become as assistant GM.
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Jun
4
1991
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
Percy Julian, developer of drugs to combat glaucom
Percy Julian, developer of drugs to combat glaucoma and methods to mass produce cortisone and George Washington Carver are the first African American Inventors admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in the halls 17-year history.
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Apr
8
1990
Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of President of the US
Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of President of the US
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Nov
3
1983
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