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Maxine Waters birth
Maxine Waters was born this day. Congresswoman Waters is a Democrat fromCalifornia.
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Aug
15
1938
Marshall, Thurgood (1908-1993)
Thurgood Marshall was an American civil rights activist with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.  He is remembered as a lawyer who had one of the highest rates of success before the
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1st Black Pro basketball team -- "The Renaissance"
The first Black professional basketball team The Renaissance organized.
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Feb
13
1923
Dziko, Trish Millines (1957- )
Trish Millines Dziko is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation. A native of New Jersey, Dziko focused on college and ultimately became a first-generation college student. Ms. Dziko also made history by becoming the first woman to be awarded a full basketball
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Oct
1
1996
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
Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National B
Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National Basketball Associations Denver Nuggets for $54 million. They become the first African American owners of a professional basketball team.
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Oct
21
1989
Adams, Alma Shealey (1946-)
Congresswoman Alma Shealey Adams currently represents North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.  She is the 100th woman elected to that legislative body and the second African American woman, after Eva Clayton, to represent North Carolina in the
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Mayor of Atlanta
Andrew Young, Former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta.
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Oct
27
1981
black basketball team captian
The University of Vermont was the first school to have a black basketball team captian.
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Jan
0
1908
The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the
The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear the name of the slain civil rights leader.
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Oct
4
1988
Jordan, Michael Jeffrey
Jordan, Michael Jeffrey, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament final over Georgetown. Joining the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball
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(1860) Abraham Lincoln, “Cooper Union Address”
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a presidential candidate who had yet to win the Republican nomination, accepted an invitation to speak to the Young Mens Republican Union at Cooper Union Hall before a capacity crowd of 1,500.  Lincoln used the occasion to outline his views on slavery in the
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Feb
27
1860
Associates of Dr. Thomas Bray establish a school inGeorgia for the education o
Associates of Dr. Thomas Bray establish a school in Georgia for the education of blacks and Native Americans; Bray sets up a similar school in North Carolina.
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Jan
0
1751
Martin Luther King Jr. Born
Martin Luther King Jr. born in Atlanta. He was first given the name of Michael Luther King Jr. The name was formally changed to Martin at a later date.
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Jan
15
1929
(1890) Joseph C. Price, “Education and the Problem,”
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Mrs. M.L.K. and deacon Boykin were killed
A Black man shot and killed Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and deacon Edward Boykin during church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. The assailant, Marcus Chennault of Dayton, Ohio, was later convicted and sentenced to death.
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Jun
30
1974
Death of Horace Mann Bond
Death of Horace Mann Bond (70), former president of Lincoln University (Pa.), in Atlanta.
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Dec
21
1972
Freeing of Slaves
On May 9, 1862 General Hunter of the Union Army issued a proclomation freeing the slaves of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. A displeased President Lincoln anulled this act. Lincoln stated, General Hunter is an honest man...He proclaimed all men free within certain states. I repudiated the
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May
9
1862
Democrat Grover Cleveland elected president
Democrat Grover Cleveland elected president.
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Nov
8
1892
Jimmy Carter Elected President
Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia, elected president with strong support from Black voters.
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Nov
2
1976
Theodore Flowers middleweight boxing champ
Theodore Georgia Deacon Flowers wins middleweight boxing title.
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Feb
26
1926
Hoops
The Rens, the first black professional basketball team, become the first black team on record to win a professional worlds championship, 1939
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Mar
0
1939
Churches Burned
Two churches burned near Sasser, Georgia. Black leaders asked the president to stop the Nazi-like reign of terror in southwest Georgia.
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Sep
9
1962
Evans, Melvin Herbert (1917–1984)
Melvin Herbert Evans was born on August 7, 1917, in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He attended public schools until entering Howard University where he received his B.S. in 1940.  In 1944 he received his M.D. from Howard College of Medicine, whereupon he served in a variety of medical
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Jan
3
1979
Olajuwon, Hakeem
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First Black radiso station, WERD, begins operating in Atlanta, GA, 1949
First Black radio station, WERD, begins operating in Atlanta, GA, 1949
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Oct
3
1949
Basketball star Walt Frazier born
Basketball legend Walt Frazier was born in
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Mar
29
1945
Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs was born on January 2, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the oldest of five children born to Marcia and Andre Young. Diggs grew up in Rochester, New York where he attended Allendale Columbia School. He later transferred to School of the Arts. He also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
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Jan
2
1971
North Carolina Central University (1910- )
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a public, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Durham, North Carolina. The small urban campus is located 23 miles from Raleigh, North
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Georgia legislature met
Georgia legislature (34 Black, 186 white) met in Atlanta.
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Jul
4
1868
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