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Many families throughout our nation grieve the loss of loved ones fallen in the line of duty or missing in action.

Other families grieve the loss of loved ones to senseless and […]

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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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1989

Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black Women's Rights Convention, Akron Ohio

Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black Womens Rights Convention, Akron Ohio

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Jan

25

1851

Lincoln Motion Picture Company owned by African Americans Noble Johnson and Clar

Lincoln Motion Picture Company owned by African Americans Noble Johnson and Clarence Brooks releases its first feature length film, A Mans Duty

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Sep

3

1919

Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician

Born: March 16, 1846

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Aug

14

1922

Rebellion After Suspicious Death During Arrest

In Tampa,Florida, a rebellion followed the suspicious death of Edgar Allen Price, a police suspect who died during an arrest. Police contended that Price hit his head on the ground several times.

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Feb

2

1989

Vonetta Flowers

Vonetta Flowers became the first black gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. She and partner Jill Brakken won the inagural womens two-person bobsled event.

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Feb

19

2002

Massachusetts bars blacks and Native Americans from military service becauseco

Massachusetts bars blacks and Native Americans from military service because colonists fear black and Native American uprisings.

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Jan

0

1656

Cesar, a slave, gains such notoriety for his curativeknowledge of roots and he

Cesar, a slave, gains such notoriety for his curative knowledge of roots and herbs that his cure for poison is published in the Massachusetts Magazine; the Assembly of South Carolina purchases Cesars freedom and gives him an annuity of 100 pounds.

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Jan

0

1792

the Bronze Muse

On this day, the Bronze Muse died in

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Feb

22

1911

Slaves Petition for Freedom

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the state legislature for freedom. A bill was drawn and passed by the Mass. legislature. But the governor witheld approval and the measure never became law.

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Jun

25

1773

Leontyne Price awarded in Italy

Leontyne Price, opera singer, is awarded The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

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Apr

12

1975

Leontyne Price opens Metropolitan Opera Season

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May

24

1966

Bacon's Rebellion

African Americans fought in the first armed rebellion against British authority in the colonies, Bacons Rebellion, in 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the rising generation of colonial planters who resented British rule and, particularly, the British protection of Indian lands that lay just

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26

2002

Born on this day, Charity Earley became the first Black commissioned officer in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942.

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Dec

5

1918

US Navy accepted black women, 1944

US Navy accepted black women, 1944

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Oct

19

1944

Death of Elijah Muhammad

Death of Elijah Muhammad (77), leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. He was succeeded by his son, Wallace D. Muhammad.

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Feb

25

1975

Black Anti-Slavery Crusaders

There were a host of free Blacks who struck out against slavery. Many of these were

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First Black Petition

First black legal protest in America pressed by

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1644

Journalist Robert Maynard born

Journalist Robert Clyve Maynard, owner, editor and publisher of The Oakland Tribune, was born in the borough of Brooklyn, NY.

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Jun

17

1937

The First Black Newspaper

Freedoms Journal, first black newspaper, published by John Russwurm and Samuel Cornish, founded 1827.

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Mar

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1827

The first Black woman tennis champion, Althea Gibson,win's the women's Wimbledon

The first Black woman tennis champion, Althea Gibson,wins the womens Wimbledon singles championship

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Jul

6

1957

The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the

The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the shoe capital of the

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Mar

19

1883

Slave uprise in Maryland

In 1739, the Black slaves of Prince Georges County, Maryland, secretly organized themselves into

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Jan

0

1739

Denmark Vessey Hanged

In the same year of Gabriel Prossers death, 1800, a slave named Denmark Vesey gained his freedom in

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Jul

2

1822

Janet Jackson Born

Janet Jackson, of the famous Jackson family was born on this day in Gary, Indiana. Ms. Jackson will star in television shows such as Good Times, Different Strokes, and Fame. She will also become a celebrated songstress recording such albums as Rhythm Nation:1814, Janet, and the widely criticized

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May

16

1966

Ethiopia Invaded by Italy

Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior

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Oct

3

1935

Educator Joseph Charles Price was born

Few Individuals have made the impact on their times or left the legacy to their beneficiaries as did Joseph Charles Price, founder and first president of Livingstone

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Feb

10

1854

Thirteen Freedom riders began bus trip through

Thirteen Freedom riders began bus trip through South.

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May

4

1961

Novelist, editor, and educator Terry McMillan was born on this day. Ms. McMillan will reach acclaim for her books Mama, Disappearing Acts, Waiting to Exhale, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, the later two books being made into screenplays.

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Oct

18

1951

In 1990, Jackson helped win the release from Iraq of more than 700 foreign women and children detained as human shields against an American military attack after Iraqs invasion of Kuwait.

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1990

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