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Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)
Powell S. Barnett was a child when his father arrived in Roslyn to work in the coal mines.  Seeing no future in mining, Powell left for Seattle in 1906, and quickly found work. Years later, after working in construction and for hotels, he served as a clerk for State Senator Frank Connor.  Barnett
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Race riot, Atlanta
Race riot, Atlanta.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Sep
6
1966
Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee established in
Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee established in Atlanta.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
May
26
1961
Katherine G. Johnson is born
Katherine G. Johnson, Born August 26, 1918. died February 24, 2020, worked for NASA with the tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. Ms. Johnson was an Aerospace Technologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Trained
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Aug
26
1918
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup a Violinist, married Anne Hampton on Christmas Day in 1828. In January of 1841 he was offered a job as a part-time violinist with a traveling band. This offer turned out to be a trick, where Solomon was sold into
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Jan
0
1841
Andrew Young born
Andrew Young, former US United Nations ambassador, former congressman and former mayor of Atlanta, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
Mar
12
1932
President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C
President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice-president Chester A. Arthur.
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Jul
2
1881
Booker T. Washington
Born: 4/5/856 Hales FordDied: /4/95 Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.Booker T. Washington was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 890 and 95, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last
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Officers killed three students during
Officers killed three students during demonstration on the campus of South Carolina State in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Students were protesting segregation at an Orangeburg bowling alley.
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Feb
8
1968
George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer
Patent # 4,618,380
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Oct
21
1986
Protest Against Reagan Administration
More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil rights organizations protested the social policies of the Reagan administration in Solidarity Day march in Washington, D.C.
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Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Sep
19
1981
Washington DC home of Frederick Douglas is declared a national shrine, 1922
Washington DC home of Frederick Douglas is declared a national shrine, 1922
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Aug
12
1922
Atlanta, Ga., led by Mayor Maynard H. Jackson, is selected as the site of the XX
Atlanta, Ga., led by Mayor Maynard H. Jackson, is selected as the site of the XXV Olympiad Summer Games
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Sep
18
1990
Twenty Million Dollar Gift to Spelman College
Bill and Camille Cosby gave an unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Nov
4
1988
Philips, 1st Black nominated president
Rev. Channing E. Philips of Washington, D.C., became first Black nominated for president by a major national party. Philips was nominated as favorite son candidate by District of Columbia delegation at Democratic convention in Chicago and received 671/2 votes.
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Aug
28
1968
Curtis Mayfield, singer born
Curtis Mayfield was born on the 3rd of june 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, where he quickly
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Jun
3
1942
(2004) Bill Cosby, “The Pound Cake Speech”
On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Comedian, actor, and philanthropist Bill Cosby was asked to deliver the main address. Cosby
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17
2004
(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at its 35th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.
Here Nnamdi Azikiwe, future first President of Nigeria, delivers an address to his fellow fraternity members at the Banneker High School Auditorium, Washington, D.C., on December 27, 1949, at the 35th Anniversary of the Phi Beta Sigma
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Dec
27
1949
Washington D.C.'s Anacostia Museum dedicated to informing the community of contr
Washington D.C.s Anacostia Museum dedicated to informing the community of contributions by African Americans to U.S. political, social, and cultural history, opens
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Sep
27
1967
Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia
Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Jul
1
1893
Rhue, Sylvia (1947- )
Sylvia Rhue is a distinguished writer, religious scholar, documentarian, and public speaker. She has engaged in significant work in religious communities around lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) rights and sexuality as well as co-produced an award-winning
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National Medical Association of Black Physicians
National Medical Association of Black Physicians organized in Atlanta, Ga.
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Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Apr
24
1884
Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlantas Ebenezer Baptist Church , the nearby crypt containing the remains of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his boyhood home are dedicated as part of a memorial to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change.
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Jan
15
1970
Actor Whitman Mayo dies
Whitman Mayo, best known for playing Grady on TVs Sanford & Son, died in Atlanta of a heart attack. He was 70.
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Jul
22
2001
Actor Whitman Mayo dies
Whitman Mayo, best known for playing Grady on TVs Sandford & Son, died in Atlanta of a heart attack. He was 70.
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Jun
22
2001
Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District
Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Nov
28
1871
Singer Gladys Knight born
Singer Gladys Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
May
28
1944
Charles Drew
Born: 6/3/1904 Washington, D.C., U.S.Died: 4/1/1950 Burlington, North CarolinaCharles Drew was an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
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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Tomlinson, Maurice (1971- )
Maurice Tomlinson is one of the most well-known gay rights activists in the world. He is an attorney-at-law, law lecturer, journalist, and HIV/AIDS and LGBTI (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Intersexual) activist in Jamaica and the
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Apr
9
1971
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