The Power of the Pivot

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The Power of the Pivot

This story originally appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of ESSENCE. From Editor to Acclaimed AuthorIn the summer of 2013, Dawnie Walton's personal life was in a transition. Her first […]

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Josiah T. Walls

Born on this day in Winchester, VA, Josiah T. Walls was elected to the U.S. Congress for the state of Florida.

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1842

Hannibal Barca, one of the greatest military leaders of all time was born in Carthage, which is located in todays Tunisia, a northern country in Africa.

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The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans l

The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans and fugitive slaves.

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Jan

6

1820

Clara Hale, founder of the Hale House, born

Birthday of Clara McBride Hale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hale founded Hale House, a home for infant children of drug addicts located in Harlem, NY.

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Apr

1

1905

Congress helped Blacks in the military

Congress passed bill equalizing pay, arms, equipment and medical services of Black troops.

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Jun

15

1864

Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I

Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former

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Jan

4

1958

First Martyr in Ghanian Independence

Sgt. Cornelius F. Adjetey becomes the first martyr for national independence of Ghana.

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Feb

28

1948

Countee Cullen, born

Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist

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May

30

1903

D.D.Palmer the founder of Chiropractic adjusted Harvey Lillard an African America in Davenport Iowa. Mr. Lilllard was deaf and told Mr. Palmer that he lifted something and heard a cracking sound in his back, (Lillard) stated that his hearing was lost after that happen. Mr. Palmer felt his spine

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Sep

15

1895

283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores

On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The

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Jul

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1827

Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist

Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona

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May

18

1955

A Rhode Island emancipation bill requires all blackchildren to learn to read a

A Rhode Island emancipation bill requires all black children to learn to read and write.

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Jan

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1784

First all-race elections in South Africa

South Africa held its first all-race elections for the national assembly and provincial parliaments.

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Apr

26

1994

Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.

Classical Conductor Dean Dixon is born in 1915 in Harlem, NY. Fluent in Swedish, French and German, Dixon became one of Europes best known conductors after leaving the US in 1949. He conducted the Goteborg (Sweden) Symphony for 10 years before being named conductor for the Hessian Radio Symphony in

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Jan

10

1915

Second Pan-African Congress met in London

Second Pan-African Congress met in London, Brussels and Paris, August 28 to September 6. Of the 113 delegates, 39 were form Africa and 36 were from America.

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Aug

28

1921

Colonization of Africa organized

Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin, November 15, February 26.

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Nov

15

1884

Carmen McRae Born April 8, 1920. After winning an amateur contest at Harlems legendary Apollo Theatre in her hometown New York City, McRae went on to become a noted jazz singer with Earl Hines, Mercer Duke Ellington and Benny Carter bands among others and recording more than 20 albums. She Died

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Apr

8

1920

Independence Day in Zimbabwe

Independence Day in Zimbabwe. Black and white Minutemen fought British soldiers at Lexington and Concord.

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Apr

18

1989

Survivors returned to Africa

Thirty-five Amistad survivors returned to Africa.

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Nov

25

1841

Angela Bassett, actress born

Angela Bassett ACTRESS Birthplace: New York, New York August 16, 1958- Angela has starred in the following films: The Jacksons: An American Dream Malcolm X Whats Love Got To Do With It? (received Oscar nomination) Strange Days Vampire in Brooklyn

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Aug

16

1958

African Heritage

All Caribbean stories are known as Ananse stories even if Ananse does not appear in them. Ananse is the god of joke and trickery from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana. He was the unseen passenger on the slave ships and played a very important function in keeping the dispossed Africans connected to the

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1999

Charles Edward Anderson--Meteorologist

Born: August 13, 1919

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1919

The first black to perform with an American opera company was Caterina Jarboro, who was featured in a Chicago Opera Company production of Aida at the New York Hippodrome on July 22, 1933. She also sang the title role of the opera in Milan, Italy, in May, 1930. La Julia Rhea sang the role of Aida in

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Sep

9

2001

First Black Grandmaster

Maurice Ashley, an immigrant from Jamaica, was 14 and living in Brooklyn, when he feel in love with the game of chess after reading a book about Paul Morphy, a 19th-century Louisianian who was Americas first great chess

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17

1999

First Black Settlement on the Continent

Escaped slaves set up the Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose settlement near present-day Florida, the first black settlement on the continent, the Spanish king gives liberty to all slaves who cannot reach the settlement.

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Jan

0

1538

Nelson Mandela arrested

Nelson Mandela was arrested near Howick, South Africa, and charged with incitement; he received a five-year sentence later in the year.

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Aug

5

1962

At South Africa's Truth Commission, police confessed to the 1977 murder of Steve

At South Africas Truth Commission, police confessed to the 1977 murder of Steve Biko.

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Jan

28

1997

Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghana's 1st ambassador to the US

Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghanas 1st ambassador to the US

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Dec

13

1957

Ghana became an independent state

March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great

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1957

Zimbabwe proclaimed independent

Zimbabwe proclaimed independent.

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1979

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