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1989: The Civil rights Memorial in Montgomery, AL is dedicated.
1989: The Civil rights Memorial in Montgomery, AL is dedicated.
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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Nov
11
1999
Birthday of basketball great, Patrick Ewing.
Birthday of basketball great, Patrick Ewing.
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Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Aug
5
1962
Lydia Holmes patents wood toys
Lydia M. Holmes St. Augustine, Florida Patent No. 2,529,692 on November 14, 1950 are the plans for several easily assembled wooden pull toys including a bird, a truck and dog.
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Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Nov
14
1950
Emmett W. Chappelle: Biochemist
Born: October 25, 1925
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Oct
25
1925
Alabama State Board of Education expelled nine
Alabama State Board of Education expelled nine Alabama State students for participating in sit-in demonstrations.
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Mar
1
1960
Sophomore tackle Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Wa
Sophomore tackle Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against and African American. The exclusion will be temporary and the young Robeson will go on to be named a football All-American twice.
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Oct
14
1916
NAACP attacked issues concerning schools
NAACP began frontal attack on segregation and discrimination at elementary and high school levels, arguing that segregation was discrimination in cases before three-judged federal courts in South Carolina and Kansas. The South Carolina court, with a strong dissent from Judge E. Waites Warning, held
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Jun
30
1951
Marcus Allen, tailback for the Univ of Southern California, wins the Heisman Tro
Marcus Allen, tailback for the Univ of Southern California, wins the Heisman Trophy
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Dec
5
1981
Samuel L. Jackson
Actor Samuel Jackson was born on this day in Washington, DC. Jackson will begin his acting career as a student at Morehouse College. He will star in over 40 movies including box office hits The Long Kiss Goodnight, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and A Time to Kill.
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Dec
21
1941
Mississippi Constitutional Convention began
Mississippi Constitutional Convention began systematic exclusion of Blacks from political life of South, August 12-November 1. The Mississippi Plan (Literacy and understanding tests) was later adopted with embellishments by other states: South Carolina (1895), Louisiana (1898), North Carolina
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Aug
12
1890
Slavery
Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
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Jan
0
1526
Football star Earl Campbell born
Football star Earl Campbell was born in Tyler, Texas.
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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Mar
29
1955
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insura
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insurance company in the state of Florida is ordered liquidated by a Florida circuit court judge.
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Aug
27
1991
Two white regiments and a Black regiment, the
Two white regiments and a Black regiment, the Sixty-second U.S.C.T., fought the last action of the civil war at Whites Ranch, Texas.
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May
13
1865
Cottonpickers organized union and strike
Cottonpickers organized union and staged strike for higher wages in Texas.
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Sep
3
1891
Reginald Martinez Jackson is born
Reginald Martinez Jackson, Born May 18, 1946 is born in Wyncote, Pa. He will be better known as Reggie Jackson, star baseball player for the Oakland As and New York Yankees. He will set or tie seven World Series records.
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May
18
1946
Satchel Paige, dies
Baseball legend pitcher Satchel Paige dies in Kansas, City Missouri. Satchel who played famously in the Negro Leagues, went unrecognized by major baseball leagues for nearly a decade. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
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Jun
8
1982
Josephine Baker
Born: 6/3/1906 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 4/12/1975 Paris, FranceJosephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress who came to be known in various circles as the Black Pearl, Bronze Venus and even the Creole Goddess. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri,Baker was
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover.
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Jul
3
1953
Storm of 1928
The hurricane that hit Palm Beach County Florida, on September 16, 1928, has been identified as the third largest death total, caused by a natural disastor, in the United States.
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Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Sep
16
1928
Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court
Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court which had confirmed $100,000 contempt fine imposed by Alabama on NAACP for refusing to divulge membership.
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Jun
30
1958
Levi Jackson
Levi Jackson became the first black football captain at Yale University.
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Jan
0
2000
Willie Mays, born
Baseball great Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama. Mays played with both the New York and San Francisco Giants. He was National League batting champion four times and twice the leagues Most Valuable Player.
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May
6
1931
Selma March completed
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with other notable civil rights leaders and thousands of supporters reach Montgomery Alabama after marching 4 days from Selma.
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Mar
25
1965
Birth Records - ALA
In the Deep South, prior to 1866, there were nopublic birth records kept on ANYONE (not just blacks)in Alabama until 1908.
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Jan
0
1997
Baseball player Darryl Strawberry born
New York Mets controversial star outfielder Darryl Strawberry was born in Los Angeles.
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Mar
12
1962
Four national chain stores announced
Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.
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Mar
1
1960
One thousand march on Alabama State
Through the 30th, One thousand Alabama State students marched on state capitol and held protest meeting.
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Mar
1
1960
Baseball star Ernie Banks born
Baseball great Ernie Banks, former Chicago Cub star, was born in Dallas, TX.
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Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Jan
31
1931
Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician
Born: October 17, 1956
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Oct
17
1956
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