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First Jazz Concert in Boston Church
A jazz concert of sacred music by the legendary Duke Ellington and his orchestra was performed at Union Methodist Church in July, 1966, the first time a jazz performance had been held in a Boston church.
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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Kenya: Take Five With Billy Black
He describes himself as "a 26-year-old boy from Migori living in Nairobi, who just finished his degree in sound engineering at the School of Audio Engineering in Cape
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Source: allAfrica.com
William L. Dawson
William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago. Black and white advocates of direct, nonviolent action organizing the Sleeping Car Porters under the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and securing recognition for them; and because of his fearless, determined mobilization of mass opinion that
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Nov
3
1942
Allan Rohan Crite, painter, born
Allan Rohan
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Mar
20
1910
Executive Order 9981, to end segregation in US Armed Forces is signed by Preside
Executive Order 9981, to end segregation in US Armed Forces is signed by President Harry Truman
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
26
1948
First Black Daily Newspaper In Modern Times
Founded on this day by William A. Scott, III, the Atlanta Daily World was the first Black daily newspaper in modern times.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
3
1928
Opera companies establish workshop to diversify the art form
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Source: The Bay State Banner
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett is a well known African American actress and director. She was born in New York in August 1958 to Betty Jane and Daniel Benjamin Bassett. Her ancestors adopted the name of Bassett after William Henry Bassett, who was a slave who adopted the name of his former master. Shortly after
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Source: Black History Resources
Andrew F. Brimmer first Black governor of the Fede
Andrew F. Brimmer became the first Black governor of the Federal Reserve
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Jun
1
1995
Evelyn Bundy Band (c. 1926)
Formed in 1926, the Evelyn Bundy Band was one of the earliest and most influential local jazz ensembles to contribute to the Seattle, Washington jazz
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Blacks in Western Reserve, OH organize School Fund Societyand begin establishi
Blacks in Western Reserve, OH organize School Fund Society and begin establishing education centers (1802-1870).
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Jan
0
1802
Integration Attempt Causes An Uproar
Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth mobbed when he attempted to enroll his daughters in white Birmingham school.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Sep
9
1957
Executive Order 9808
In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
5
1946
Local composer to conduct Mass concert in New York
Local composer, author and music specialist at Elm Creative Arts School in Milwaukee, Wallace McClain Cheatham will be conducting Franz Peter Schuberts Mass In G Major for solo voice, chorus and full orchestra in May, 2021 at New Yorks prestigious Carnegie Hall. Dr. Cheatham was a public school
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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always
Lambert, Lucien-Leon Guillaume (1858-1945)
Lucien-Leon Guillaume Lambert was a pianist, composer, arranger, and music teacher. Born in 1858 in Vernouillet, France, a then-small village near Paris, he was the son of Charles Lucien Lambert, an American, and an unknown French mother. Guillaume Lambert was one of several renowned musicians in
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Source: Black Past
Apr
19
1885
White mob prevented enrollment of students
White mob prevented enrollment of students at Mansfield High School, Mansfield, Texas.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Aug
30
1956
In the news: Seyquan Mack
The Handel and Haydn Society announced Seyquan Mack is one of four students receiving a 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship
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Source: The Bay State Banner
Rosa Jinsey Young
Rosa Jinsey Young was born on this date in 1890. The daughter of a Methodist circuit rider, she became a teacher and opened a private school in 1912 in Rosebud, Alabama, for the Methodist church. When the school ran into financial problems, the Lutheran church offered help. Young joined the
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May
14
1890
Nelly and Darius Rucker join Brad Paisley’s Live Nation’s first ever drive-in concert series | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Multi-City live music tailgating experience debuts July 10-12 Tickets on sale at [LiveNation.com/DriveIn] Live Nation recently announced their first ever U.S. drive-in concert series — LIVE FROM THE DRIVE-IN —  that will bring fans a live music tailgating experience unlike any other, kicking off
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
One Students' Protest
Trinity college student occupied school administration building to protest campus bias.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
22
1964
Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court
Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court which had confirmed $100,000 contempt fine imposed by Alabama on NAACP for refusing to divulge membership.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
30
1958
Music Concerts Are Back, But Online
Artistes have woken up to the new reality where online channels like Facebook Live and YouTube have become the chosen platforms for streaming live shows.
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Source: Business Daily
Massachusetts free blacks initiate a school for free blacks assisted by white
Massachusetts free blacks initiate a school for free blacks assisted by white philanthropic and state appropriations.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Jan
0
1789
Local Entrepreneur Creates New Live Entertainment Platform; KA$H DOLL to perform
One of the very first industries to feel the effects of the global pandemic, was the live entertainment sector, seeing major music festivals and events cancelled and/or postponed, just as the first few cases of COVID-19 showed up
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First Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal,
First Black newspaper, Freedoms Journal, published in New York City.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
16
1827
Black School swampped
Mob of white citizens and a hundred yoke of oxen pulled a Black school to a swamp outside the town of Canaan, New Hampshire.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Aug
10
1835
Virginia Students Protest Segregated Schools
Students attending Moton High School, Prince Edward County, Virginia led a walk out to protest separate and unequal school
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
23
1951
In the news: Seyquan Mack - The Bay State Banner
The Handel and Haydn Society announced Seyquan Mack is one of four students receiving a 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship Award. The post In the news: Seyquan Mack appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress
In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Feb
12
1793
Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, art historian, becomes dean of New York University's
Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, art historian, becomes dean of New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts.
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Oct
1
1991
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