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Six-day insurrection started in L.A.
Six-day insurrection started in Watts section of Los Angeles. National Guard was mobilized on August 13, Rebellion toll: 34 killed, 1,032 injured, 3,952 arrested, $35 million in property damage.
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11
1965
Elders, Joycelyn Minnie (1933- ) - Birthday
Surgeon General, was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933 to Curtis and Hailer Jones; she added the name Joycelyn when she was in college.
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Source: Black Past
Aug
13
1933
H. Patrick Swygert
H. Patrick Swygert is President Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of Law at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Swygert was President of Howard University from August 1995 until his retirement in June 2008. Prior to that position, Swygert was President of the University of Albany, State University
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Niger
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Emancipation Day (August 4th)
On August 4, 1865, the Loyal Creek Council formally declared that African Creeks would be considered full citizens of the Creek Nation.  African Creeks soon designated August 4th “Emancipation Day” and organized celebrations, including picnics, parades and speakers beginning as early as
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Source: Black Past
Aug
4
1865
Smith, Ada “Bricktop” (1894-1984) - Birthday
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith.
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Aug
14
1894
Fats Domino
Pop singer Chubby Checker took his stage name as a play on Fats Domino… Pat Boone’s version of “Ain’t That A Shame” reached number one on the charts, but Domino’s version only reached number 10… “Blueberry Hill” was a standard that had been a top hit for Glenn Miller in
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Proclaimed independence
Dahomey proclaimed independent. Independence was also celebrated in Niger (August 3), Upper Volta (August 5), Ivory Coast (August 8), Chad (August 11), Congo Brazzaville (August 15), Gabon (August 17), and Senegal (August 20).
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Aug
1
1960
Jamestown, Virginia.
On August 20, 1619, twenty Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch ship. They are the first blacks to be forcibly settled as involuntary laborers in the North American British Colonies.
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Aug
20
1619
Fela Kuti - Birthday
Fela Kuti , byname of Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, also called Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (born October 15, 1938, Abeokuta, Nigeria—died August 2, 1997, Lagos), Nigerian musician and activist who launched a modern style of music called Afro-beat, which fused American blues, jazz, and funk with
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Source: Brittanica
Oct
15
1938
Martin Luther King Jr. 'Love Your Enemies' November 17, 1957
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Red Sox Lawyer and Manager
In January 1990 Attorney Elaine Weddington was appointed assistant general manager for the Boston Red Sox baseball team, a first in the nation for an African-American woman, but not a first for Weddington. In August 1988 she was also appointed associate counsel for the team.
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Jan Matzeliger - Death
Sadly, Matzeliger would only enjoy his success for a short time, as he was afflicted with tuberculosis in 1886 and died on August 24, 1889 at the age of 37.
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Source: Black History Resources
Aug
24
1889
Blacks held mass meeting in Norfolk (Va.) and
Blacks held mass meeting in Norfolk (Va.) and demanded equal rights and ballots. Other equal rights meetings and conventions were held in Petersburg, Va., June 6; Vicksburg, Miss., June 19; Alexandria, Va., August 3; Nashville, Tenn., August 7-11; Raleigh, N.C., September 29-October
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May
11
1965
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
Arthur Ashe Kids Day is an annual tennis/children’s event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium. (USTA) Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. It is sponsored by the Hess Corporation, IBM, and USTA. This event also begins the
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Molyneux, Thomas (1784–1818) - Death
He died penniless in Galway, Ireland on August 4, 1818.
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Aug
4
1818
Henson, Matthew (1866-1955) - Birthday
Henson was born on a farm in Nanjemoy, Maryland on August 8, 1866.
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Aug
8
1866
The Piano Lesson, a play by August Wilson, wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
The Piano Lesson, a play by August Wilson, wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
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Nov
23
0
Matthew Henson - Birthday
Henson was born on August 8, 1866 on a farm in Nanjemoy, Maryland, to sharecroppers who had been free people of color before the American Civil War.
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Aug
8
1866
Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician
Born: March 16, 1846
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Aug
14
1922
Robert Hayden - Birthday
Robert Hayden , in full Robert Earl Hayden, original name Asa Bundy Sheffey (born August 4, 1913, Detroit, Michigan, U.
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Aug
4
1913
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Jun
13
1967
Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963
I Have a Dream Speech
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Portrait of Black Chicago
The captions are John White`s own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several
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August Wilson - Birthday
August Wilson , original name Frederick August Kittel (born April 27, 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.
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Apr
27
1945
COVID-19
As of August 19, 2020 at 11:00 AMAlabama had 106,784 confirmed cases of coronavirus,(6,000 more than last week) with 1,876 deaths (62 morethan last week)Greene County had 265 confirmed cases, (13 more casesthan last week), with 13 deathsSumter Co. had 379 cases with 19 deaths Hale Co. had 504 cases
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MLK " Last Speech" 1968
the great the great I been to the mountain top speech
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Aug
27
1967
Gittens, Charles LeRoy (1928–2011) - Birthday
Gittens was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 31, 1928, one of seven children.
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Source: Black Past
Aug
31
1928
George Crum
George Crum was born as George Speck in 1822 in Saratoga Lake, New York, the son of a Huron Native-American mother and an African-American father who worked as a jockey. He worked for a while as a mountain guide and trapper in the Adirondack Mountains in New
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Aug
21
2013
Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges in the
Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges in the August 27, 1974, killing of a white jailer. The defense said she stabbed the jailer with an ice pick after he made sexual advances.
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Aug
27
1974
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