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Zora Neale Hurston
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Robert Smalls steals Confederate ship
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May
12
1862
Jupiter Hammon, 1st Black poet
Jupiter Hammon, New York slave who was probably the first Black poet, published An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries.
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Dec
25
1760
Harry Belafonte born
Singer/Actor Harry Belafonte is born in New York.
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Mar
1
1927
U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands, consisting of nine main islands and some 75 islets, were explored by Columbus in 1493. They were originally inhabited by the Carib Indians. Since 1666, England has held six of the main islands; the remaining three (St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John), as well as about 50 of the
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Mercer, Mabel Alice Wadham (1900-1984)
Mabel Mercer was one of the most important jazz cabaret singers of the 20th Century. Her personal singing style emphasizing interpretation, diction, lyrics, and projection over vocal proficiency influenced numerous leading singers including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat
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Gabon
National name: République Gabonaise
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Organization for Afro-American Unity
Organization for Afro-American Unity founded in New York by Malcolm X.
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Jun
28
1964
Alcorn State University (1871-- )
Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is the oldest historically black land-grant institution in the United States and the second oldest state supported institution in the state of Mississippi.  The college is located outside of Lorman in Claiborne County.  Alcorn was founded in vacated Oakland
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Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam
Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, called for creation of a Black state in America at a New York meeting.
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Jul
31
1960
Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.
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Jan
10
1915
LeMelle, Wilbert J., Sr. (1931-2003)
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Chica da Silva (1731/5-1796)
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jacobean mansion
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1999
Slavery
Approximately 300 Africans are with Hernando Cortes, captain of the Spanish expedition, when he sets out to conquer Mexico.
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Jan
0
1519
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Dr. Clifford R. Wharton Jr. named chancellor of the State University of New York.
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Oct
26
1977
Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard born
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May
17
1956
Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis
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16
1970
Augustus Nathaniel Lushington 1st Black D.V.M.
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Aug
1
1869
Fuller, Margaret
Fuller, Margaret, 1810–50, American writer, lecturer, and public intellectual, b. Cambridgeport (now part of Cambridge), Mass. She was one of the most influential personalities in the American literary circles of her day. A precocious child, she was forced by her father, a Massachusetts
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NAACP incorporated in New York
NAACP incorporated in New York.
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Jun
20
1911
City University of New York had open admissions
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Aug
14
1970
Duke Ellington opened at the Cotton Club
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Dec
4
1927
NAACP Executive Director
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Sep
8
1981
Second annual report of the NAACP
Second annual report of the NAACP listed total receipts from May through December, 1911, of $10,317.43. Organization had local chapters in Chicago, Boston and New York.
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Jan
1
1912
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I
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Jan
4
1958
National Black convention
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Jul
6
1853
Colin L. Powell
Colin.L. Powell was born in 1937 in New York City,New York.
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Jan
0
1937
Fax, Elton (1909-1993)
Elton Clay Fax, a prolific African-American cartoonist, author, and illustrator, was born on October 9, 1909, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Mark Oakland Fax, a clerk, and Willie Estelle Fax, a seamstress. Elton’s younger brother, Mark, was a music prodigy who worked as a composer later
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