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Jun
22
1912
In May of 1975, Aaron also surpassed Ruth's RBI mark. He finished his career w
In May of 1975, Aaron also surpassed Ruths RBI mark. He finished his career
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Aug
1
1982
Following the dwindling supply of indentured servants,the Virginia legislature
Following the dwindling supply of indentured servants, the Virginia legislature legally recognizes the institution of slavery in order to maintain needed labor on tobacco plantations.
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Jan
0
1661
Clifford Brown dies
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown dies in an auto accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Founder of the Brown-Roach Quintet with Max Roach two years earlier, Brown had built a reputation as one of the finest jazz trumpeters of his day as a major proponent of hard bop.
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Jun
26
1956
William Ellisworth Artist is born
William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the
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Feb
2
1914
Death of Thaddeus Stevens
Death of Thaddeus Stevens (76), architect of the Radical Reconstruction program, in Washington.
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Aug
11
1868
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
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
March on Washington
More than 250,000 persons participated in March on Washington demonstration, the largest single demonstration in US History at the time, begins, 1963
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Aug
28
1963
Conference in the Wormley Hotel
At a conference in the Wormley Hotel in Washington, representatives of Rutherford B. Hayes and representatives of the South negotiated agreement which paved the way for the election of Hayes as president and the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
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Feb
26
1877
jacobean mansion
Drax Hall, Barbados, is the oldest of three remaining Jacobean mansions in the western hemisphere. the other two are St. Nicholas Abbey and Bacons Castle in Virginia.
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Jan
0
1999
Virginia statue holds servants who run away with slavesliable for the loss of
Virginia statue holds servants who run away with slaves liable for the loss of any slaves.
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Jan
0
1660
March for jobs and freedom
A. Philip Randolph helped plan a march on Washington(Lincoln Memorial) to demonstrate to the government the strengh and commitment of black people to civil rights. A. Philip Randolph fought for justice and for the advancement of African Americans.
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Aug
28
1963
First Black Appointed to a Sub-Cabinet Post
William Henry Lewis was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States by President William Howard Taft, making him the first Black appointed to a sub-cabinet post.
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Nov
26
1911
Louis Armstrong influenced direction of jazz
Louis Armstrong recorded the first of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings that influenced the direction of jazz.
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Nov
11
1925
George H. White
George H. White, the only African American member of the U.S. House of Representatives, (1896) and the first to introduce an antilynching bill, born. He also founded Whitesboro, N,J, as a haven for African Americans escaping Southern racism.
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Dec
18
1852
US Champion
Debi Thomas wins the gold medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships in Hicksville, Long Island, New York
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Jan
0
1986
NAACP report
NAACP report said 1946 was one of the grimmest years in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The report deplored reports of blow torch killing and eye-gouging of Negro veterans freshly returned from a war to end torture and racial extermination and said
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Jan
3
1947
Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at
Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.
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Sep
27
1876
Robert Duncanson
Robert Duncanson, painter, suffered a severe mental breakdown and ended his life on this day in the Michigan State Retreat in Detroit.
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Dec
20
1997
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
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter & pioneer of behop jazz was born.
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Oct
21
1917
Bernard Harris, astronaut
Bernard Harris, African-American astronaut, takes space walk.
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Feb
9
1995
Mary Eliza Mohoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African-American professional nurse.
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Jan
0
0
Fifty-first Congress convened
Fifty-first Congress convened. Three Black congressmen: Henry P. Cheatham, North Carolina; Thomas E. Miller, South Carolina; John M. Langston, Virginia.
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Mar
4
1889
Captured Black Soliders
Surrounded by a superior rebel force, First Kansas Colored Volunteers smashed through rebel lines and sustained heavy casualties in an engagement at Poison Spring, Arkansas. Captured Black soldiers were murdered by the Confederate troops.
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Apr
18
1864
First Black American woman aviator
First Black American woman aviator, Bessie Coleman was born, 1893
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Jan
26
1893
Denzel Washington Born
Actor Denzel Washington was born on this day in Mount Vernon, NY. Washington will star in such films as Malcolm X, Glory, Much Ado about Nothing, and A Soldiers Story. He will have a start in television in his role on popular show St. Elsewhere. He will win an Academy Award for best supporting
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Dec
28
1954
James Theodore Holly
James Theodore Holly, a Black American who emigrated to Haiti in 1861, elected bishop of Haiti. He was consecrated in a ceremony at New Yorks Grace Church on November 8.
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Nov
3
1874
James Augustine Healy
James Augustine Healy, first Black American Roman Catholic bishop, ordained a priest in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
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Jun
10
1854
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