Kanye West Is Disrupting The World Of Education With Donda Academy

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Kanye West Is Disrupting The World Of Education With Donda Academy

This isn't your regular academy either. It appears as though the Grammy-award-winning producer has his eyes set on building the ultimate high school basketball team to challenge the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers of Los Angeles' big-time preparatory day school Sierra Canyon.

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Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL

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Jan

23

1889

Study of Negro Life And History

Association for they Study of Negro Life and History organized at Chicago meeting. The name of the organization, the major organizing center for the dissemination of information on Black history, was changed in the sixties to the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.

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Sep

9

1913

Death of former congressman Oscar DePriest (80),

Death of former congressman Oscar DePriest (80), Chicago.

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May

12

1951

Jazz migration began. Joe Oliver left New Orleans and settled in Chicago and was joined by other stars.

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Dec

11

1917

Slavery Abolishment

Vermont became the first American colony to abolish slavery. By 1783 slavery was prohibited in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Pennsylvania passed a gradual emancipation law in 1780. Connecticut and Rhode Island barred slavery in 1784 and were followed by New York (gradual emancipation) and New

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Jul

2

1777

Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston

Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.

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Feb

15

1848

Mississippi Constitutional Convention began

Mississippi Constitutional Convention began systematic exclusion of Blacks from political life of South, August 12-November 1. The Mississippi Plan (Literacy and understanding tests) was later adopted with embellishments by other states: South Carolina (1895), Louisiana (1898), North Carolina

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Aug

12

1890

British legalize slavery in Georgia

British Parliament legalize slavery in the colony known now as the state of Georgia.

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Oct

26

1749

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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May

1

1930

"Separate but Egual"

Massachusetts Supreme Court rejected the argument of Charles Sumner in the Boston school integration suit and established the separate but equal precedent.

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Mar

31

1850

Ronald De Voe's Birthday

Ronald De Voe, Singer of Bell Biv DeVoe Born Boston, MA, February 17, 1967.

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Nov

17

1967

Baseball player Darryl Strawberry born

New York Mets controversial star outfielder Darryl Strawberry was born in Los Angeles.

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Mar

12

1962

Billiam "Bill" Felton Russell born

Birthday of William Felton Russell, better known as Bill Russel, he was player-coach of the Boston Celtics basketball team in 1968 and 1969. Russell was born in Monroe, Louisiana.

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Feb

12

1934

1st Black Pro basketball team -- "The Renaissance"

The first Black professional basketball team The Renaissance organized.

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Feb

13

1923

Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity founded

At Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded by Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Harvey T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Guy L. Grant, Paul Caine, George W. Edmonds, Ezra D. Alexander and Edward

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Jan

5

1911

The First Black Psychic!

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Sep

28

1986

Death of Richard Allen

Death of Richard Allen (71), who was nominated by author Vernon Loggins for the title Father of the

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Mar

26

1831

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the worlds first open-heart surgery on a young man named James Cornish. James was rushed to Provident Hospital in Chicago with a stab wound.

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Jul

10

1893

Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter

Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter race and Edwin Moses wins a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

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Aug

5

1984

Irving C. Mollison

Irving C. Mollison, a Chicago Republican, sworn in as U.S. Customs Court judge in New York City.

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Nov

3

1945

Death of Prince Hall

Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in

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Dec

4

1807

Theodore Flowers middleweight boxing champ

Theodore Georgia Deacon Flowers wins middleweight boxing title.

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Feb

26

1926

Georgia legislature met

Georgia legislature (34 Black, 186 white) met in Atlanta.

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Jul

4

1868

In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board

In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board of Health to help meet the cost of a sutdy of syphilis in African American men living in rural Georgia and Alabama. Thus would begin a four decade long study of syphilis without treatment. Over 400 men were allowed to

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Feb

12

1930

Charles White Born April 2, 1918. Renowned African-Americccan artist born in Chicago, IL; died October 3, 1979. Charles White began his professional career by painting murals for the WPA during the Depression. He was influenced by Mexiccan muralists Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siquieros. Among

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Apr

2

1918

METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity), is Americas longest running voluntary school desegregation

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Dec

13

1960

Six-day insurrection started in L.A.

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Aug

11

1965

JOHN Singleton,31,director,screenwriter(Boyz N the Hood),born Los Angeles, Ca, Jan 6, 1968.

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Jan

6

1968

Prince Hall and fourteen other Blacks were

Prince Hall and fourteen other Blacks were initiated into British Military Lodge No. 441 of the Masons at Fort Independence, Massachusetts. Hall was a leather-dresser and caterer. On July 3, 1775, African Lodge No.1 was organized in Boston by a group of Black Masons.

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Jul

3

1775

Events After Martin Luther King Jr's Death

Martin Luther King Jr. buried after funeral services at Ebenezer Baptist Church and memorial services at Morehouse College, Atlanta. More than 300,000 persons marched behind the coffin of the slain leader which was carried through streets of Atlanta on farm wagon pulled by two Georgia

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