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David Norman Dinkins b. July 10, 1927, in Trenton, N.J., first black mayor of New York City, serving from 1989 to 1993.
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Jul
10
1927
Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis
Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their New York fight and became the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Feb
16
1970
Huey P. Newton killed
Black Panther Party Co-founder Huey P. Newton was gunned down by a member of the Black Guerila Family drug ring.
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Aug
22
1989
Thelonious Monk, jazz great born
Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917--82) Jazz musician; born in Rocky Mount, N.C. He was raised in New York
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Feb
21
1917
Organization for Afro-American Unity
Organization for Afro-American Unity founded in New York by Malcolm X.
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Jun
28
1964
Colin L. Powell
Colin.L. Powell was born in 1937 in New York City,New York.
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Jan
0
1937
John Hope honored by NAACP
John Hope, now president of Atlanta University, was honored in New York City by the NAACP for his achievements as an educational and civil rights leader.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Jul
3
1936
Death of Charlie Parker
Death of Charlie Parker (34), one of the founders of the modern jazz movement, in New York City.
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Mar
12
1955
Social Movement
April 3, 1962. In retaliation against a Black Boycott of downtown stores, the Birmingham,AL, City Commission voted not to pay the citys $45,000 share of a $100,000 county program which supplied surplus food to the needy. More than 90 percent of the recipients of aid were Black. When the NAACP
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Sponsored by New York University
Apr
3
1962
Silent Parade in protest of lynchings
Ten thousand Blacks marched down Fifth Avenue, New York City, in silent parade protesting lynchings and racial indignities.
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Jul
28
1915
Death of actor Canada Lee (45), New York City
Death of actor Canada Lee (45), New York
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
May
9
1952
Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
Black Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. Major celebrations were held at Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Nashville. Three states--Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey--appropriated money for official celebrations of the event.
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Sponsored by Intellitech
Jan
29
1913
The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is founded.
The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Dec
4
1909
Countee Cullen, born
Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist
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Sponsored by Diversity In Action
May
30
1903
Howard Beach Incident
White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.
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Jan
7
1986
Malcolm X
Born: 5/19/1925 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.Died: 2/21/1965 New York City, New YorkMalcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of
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Indictment in Atlanta Murders
Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Jul
17
1981
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
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
The Presbyterian Synod of New York and Pennsylvania urgesits members to educat
The Presbyterian Synod of New York and Pennsylvania urges its members to educate their slaves.
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Jan
0
1787
Black Orphanage Destroyed by Angry Whites
Working class Irish in New York City, angered by the Conscription Act that allowed exemptions from military service for $300, burned a provost marshals office and the Colored Orphan Asylum. The act triggered a three-day anti-black race riot.
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Jul
13
1863
Arthur Ashe is born
Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in
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Jul
10
1943
NAACP incorporated in New York
NAACP incorporated in New York.
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Jun
20
1911
A Chicago Picketing
Dont Buy Where You Cant Work campaign began in Chicago with picketing of Chain stores on South Side, fall. The campaign spread to New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles and other cities and continued throughout the Depression.
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Sponsored by New York University
Dec
30
1929
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa award.
Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa honors at New York University.
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Mar
28
1925
Marian Anderson's Town Hall Debut
Marian Anderson made her Town Hall debut in New York. Her performance was described by Howard Taubman, the New York Times reviewer, as music making that probed too deep for words.
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Dec
31
1935
Jane Matilda Bolin appointed judge of court
Jane Matilda Bolin appointed judge of court of domestic relations in New York City, by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and became the first Black woman judge.
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Jul
22
1939
Bus Companies Hire Blacks
Bus companies of New York City agreed to hire Black drivers and mechanics. This agreement ended a four-week boycott.
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Apr
18
1941
NAACP founded
Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Feb
12
1909
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm, a New York Democrat, is the 1st African American woman elected to Congress.
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Nov
5
1974
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