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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (1837-- )
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, located near Cheyney, Pennsylvania,  was founded on February 25, 1837, making it the oldest predominantly African American institution of higher education in the United States. It was originally known as the African Institute was renamed the Institute of Colored
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Source: Black Past
Feb
25
1837
Murphy, Isaac Burns (1861-1896)
Isaac Murphy was born on April 16, 1861 as Isaac Burns near Frankfort, Kentucky on a farm to parents James Burns and a mother whose name is unknown.  Murphy was the first American jockey elected to Racing’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York and only one of two black jockeys (Willie Simms
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(1841) Charles Lenox Remond, “Slavery and the Irish”
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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”
Hugh M. Browne, educator, Presbyterian minister, and college professor in Liberia, positioned himself between the advocates of industrial and higher education for African Americans.  In the speech below he describes his educational philosophy and the forces and experiences that shaped
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Source: Black Past
The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
In the following account sports historian Charles Kastner describes the Bunion Derby, the 1928 cross country footrace that captured the nation’s attention in the spring of 1928 and the remarkable group of black runners who participated in that event. For a detailed discussion of the race, see
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Source: Black Past
May
26
1928
(1982) Audre Lorde, “Learning from the 60s”
In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University.  Her presentation appears
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Source: Black Past
(1888) Frederick Douglass On Woman Suffrage
? F.A.Q. Frederick Douglass was one of the few men present at the pioneer woman’s rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. His support of women’s rights never wavered although in 1869 he publicly disagreed with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony who called for women
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Source: Black Past
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St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts, the larger of the two islands, is roughly oval in shape except for a long, narrow peninsula to the southeast. Its highest point is Mount Liamuiga (3,792 ft [1,156 m]). The Narrows, a 2-mile- (3-km-) wide channel, separates the two islands. The circularly shaped Nevis is surrounded by
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Jan
1
2013
Ghana - Geography of the West African Nation
Population: 24,339,838 (July 2010
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Mar
6
1957
David Crosthwait
David Crosthwait was born in Nashville, Tennessee and moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he attended high school. He went on to attend Purdue University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1913 and a Master of Engineering degree in
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Source: Black History Resources
(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Jr., in 1948 became the Presidential nominee of the Progressive Party.  Wallace ran a spirited campaign which unlike almost any before, took on the question of racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans in the South.  What follows is his
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Source: Black Past
Sep
13
1948
Winkfield, Jimmy (1882-1974)
Jimmy Winkfield, born on April 12, 1882, became famous as an early 20th Century horse jockey.  Winkfield, the youngest of 17 children, was born in Chilesburg, Kentucky, a town just outside of Lexington.  As a child, he had a routine that included performing chores on the farm where his father was
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Source: Black Past
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Official Video)
Watch the official video for (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding. The video features video clips and photos of Otis Redding in the prime of his musical career. It was released posthumously on Stax Records Volt label becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired professional boxer who has a boxing record of 36 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. Leonard was the first ever boxer to win more than a hundred million dollars in purses, owing to his world titles in five separate weight divisions and high profile fights with Wilfred
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Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
May
17
1956
(1895) T. Thomas Fortune, “The Nationalization of Africa”
In 1895 T. Thomas Fortune, then editor of the New York Age, and founder of the Afro-American League in 1890, was considered one of the leaders of African America.  That year he gave an address at the Congress on Africa which met in Atlanta in connection with the Cotton States Exposition.  His
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Source: Black Past
Black Women Inventor
Dr. Patricia E. Bath of Los Angeles, a renowned ophthalmologist and Black woman, patented (1988) an apparatus that efficiently removes cataracts by using laser technology.
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May
17
1988
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks is remembered as the first martyr of the African American Revolutionary War. His exact date of birth is not known, but it is estimated that he was born sometime around 1723. Very little is known about his origins; he may have been a slave or a free man. Some accounts define him to
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Source: Black History Resources
Mar
2
1770
Welfare As We Knew It: The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act which ushered in the most sweeping changes in the welfare system since its adoption as part of the Social Security Act of 1935.  In the following account, former White House staffer and now
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Aug
22
1996
Buchanan v. Warley (1917)
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Mount Kenya Facts - Africa’s Second Highest Mountain
Elevation: 17,057 feet (5,199
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Sep
13
1899
Black History Month Special Feature, 2012 - Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
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Source: Black Past
American Civil War in the West - 1863-1865
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(1893) Anna Julia Cooper, “ Women's Cause is One and Universal”
On May 18, 1893, Anna Julia Cooper delivered an address at the Worlds Congress of Representative Women then meeting in Chicago. Cooper’s speech to this predominately white audience described the progress of African American women since slavery. Cooper in many ways epitomized that progress. Born
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
May
18
1893
Bath, Patricia (1942- )
Patricia Era Bath, a prominent ophthalmologist and innovative research and laser scientist, was the first African American woman physician to receive a patent for a medical invention.  Bath was born on November 4, 1942 in Harlem, New York to Rupert Bath, a Trinidadian immigrant and the first black
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Source: Black Past
May
17
1988
Gay Celebrities in Interracial Marriages and Relationships
Interracial marriages occur more frequently among gay couples than they do among their heterosexual counterparts. Data from the 2010 census reveals that 20.6 percent of same-sex couples are interracial. That’s more than two percentage points higher than the amount of unmarried heterosexual couples
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Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess , (born Aug. 20, 1831, London, Eng.—died April 26, 1914, Vienna, Austria), Austrian geologist who helped lay the basis for paleogeography and tectonics—i.e., the study of the architecture and evolution of the Earth’s outer rocky
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26
1914
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena (1995)
No. 93-1841. Argued January 17, 1995 Decided June 12, 1995 Most federal agency contracts must contain a subcontractor compensation clause, which gives a prime contractor a financial incentive to hire subcontractors certified as small businesses controlled by socially and economically disadvantage
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a snipers bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered Kings right
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Sponsored by New York University
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4
1968
(1846) Lewis Richardson, “I am Free From American Slavery” 1846
By the 1840s a number of fugitive slaves, the most prominent being Frederick Douglass, took to the lecture circuit usually appearing before abolitionist societies where they told their personal stories of bondage. The speech of Lewis Richardson, however, attracted particular attention because he
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