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Bill Russell
Bill Russell named coach of the Boston Celtics basketball team and became the first Black to coach an established team in professional athletics.
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Apr
18
1955
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
The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is founded.
The New York newspaper Amsterdam News is
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Dec
4
1909
Wilt The Stilt
On this day in 1962, Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single basketball game-a professional record that still stands today. He sunk 36 field goals and 28 foul shots. Chamberlain, who played for the Philadelphia Warriors and 76ers and then the Los Angeles Lakers, was the best scorer
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Mar
2
1962
A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives
A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Dr. Charles Richard Drew set up and ran the pioneer blood plasma bank in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. This bank served as one of the models for the system of banks operated later by the American Red Cross. On October
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Oct
1
1940
First Woman Millionaire
Madame C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove on this day, starts a Black hair-care business in Denver, CO; she alters curling irons that were popularized by the French to suit the texture of Black womens hair. She is arguably ther first woman millionaire in the U.S.
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Dec
23
1867
League of Nations Mandate
South Africa mandates League of Nations mandate over Southwest Africa
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Dec
17
1920
William Cooper Nell
was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be
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May
25
1874
Josephine Baker born
Josephine Baker
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Jun
3
1906
Did You Know That In...
1746 - Lucy Terry(1730-1821), a slave, writes Bars Fight, a commemorative poem recrating the Deerfield Massacre. This poem is the first known to be written by a black person in the United States and was not published until 1985.
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Jan
0
1746
United States population: 5,308,483
United States population: 5,308,483. Black population 1,002,037 (18.9 per cent).
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Jan
30
1800
First Slave revolt in America
The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years
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Jan
0
1526
Dr. Jerome H. Holland
Dr. Jerome H. Holland was elected to the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange on this day.
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Mar
2
1972
The French And Indian War
Black Troops in the French and Indian War: Even before the Revolutionary War, a pattern had been established in British colonies whereby African Americans were enlisted to defend the colonies when they were attacked, but were excluded from military service in times of peace. When Major General
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Mar
9
2002
Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter
Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter race and Edwin Moses wins a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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Aug
5
1984
Nelson Mandela arrested
Nelson Mandela was arrested near Howick, South Africa, and charged with incitement; he received a five-year sentence later in the year.
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Aug
5
1962
The Great Migration
The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following
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Dec
4
1915
Poet Jupiter Hammon born
Birthday of Jupiter Hammon, a writer and self-educated Calvinist, who was born a slave. Hammon is believed to be the first black poet published in the United States.
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Oct
17
1720
The U.S. Senate overrides President Ronald Reagan's veto of legislation imposing
The U.S. Senate overrides President Ronald Reagans veto of legislation imposing economic sanctions in South Africa.
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Oct
2
1986
Pop singer Melanie Thornton dies
Pop singer Melanie Thornton, 34, was killed in a jet crash in Switzerland. Thornton sang lead with the pop-dance duo LaBouche. Hit songs included Be My Lover and Sweet Dreams. At the time of her death she was pursuing a solo career.
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Nov
25
2001
Grenada achieves independence from Great Britain
Grenada achieves independence from Great Britain
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Feb
7
1974
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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Feb
12
1909
First Black Priest Ordained in the United States
Charles Randolph Uncles became the first Black priest ordained in the United States on this day in Baltimore, Maryland
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Dec
19
1891
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, (born Cassius Clay) stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the US Army during the Vietnam War(Clay v- United States). He is asked How can you be a pacifist opposed to the idea of
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Jun
28
1970
Alexandre Dumas dies
The French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas died.
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Nov
27
1895
Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.
Classical Conductor Dean Dixon is born in 1915 in Harlem, NY. Fluent in Swedish, French and German, Dixon became one of Europes best known conductors after leaving the US in 1949. He conducted the Goteborg (Sweden) Symphony for 10 years before being named conductor for the Hessian Radio Symphony in
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Jan
10
1915
african independence struggles
May 8 marks the massacre at Setif, Algeria which took place in 1945. The French troops left one of the unforgettable memories of the Algerian peoples struggle, 45,000 dead
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May
8
1999
Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy, distinguished French geographer, is born.
Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy, distinguished French geographer, is born.
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Aug
23
1755
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected St
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.
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May
10
1994
Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
4
1922
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