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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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12
1974
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White Democrats killed seventy-five Republicans in massacre at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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7
1874
Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies
World famous African American cowboy Willie Bill Pickett died in Ponca, Oklahoma, hospital of injuries sustained after he was kicked in the head by a horse on the Millers Brothers Fabulous 101 Ranch.
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2
1932
Allan Rohan Crite, painter, born
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Mar
20
1910
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.
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Dec
2
1895
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
Network news anchor
Max Robinson is the first African American to anchor network news. The network is ABC.
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Apr
19
1978
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26
1940
Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.
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Dec
29
1907
Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist
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14
1914
Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks
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Jan
8
1867
Race riot in Houston
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Aug
23
1917
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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1
1879
1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Ken
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1999
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North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance
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1898
1849 Benjamin Roberts.
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1855
First Prizefighter Bill Richmond born
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8
1805
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African A
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16
1973
Hydeia Broadbent
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Wally "Famous" Amos's signature panama hat and embroidered shirt are donated to
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18
1980
Lillian E. Fishburne
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (1908- )
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1968
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20
1988
President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mi
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Sep
29
1962
William A. Harper
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27
1873
A commemorative stamp is issued by the U.S. Postal Service to honor Henry Ossawa
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10
1973
Laurent Kabilia becomes new President of Zaire and renames itthe Democratic Re
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