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The First Fugitive Slave Case
Capture of George Latimer in Boston led to first of the fugitive slave cases which embittered North and South. Boston abolitionists raised money to purchase Latimer from his slaveholder.
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Nov
17
1842
Zora Neale Hurston, writer/anthropologist born
Zora Neale Hurston
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Jan
7
1891
Norbert Rillieux, Inventor and Egyptologist, born
Norbert Rillieux, chemical engineer, inventor and Egyptologist, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of an inventor and engineer, Rillieux was educated in Paris schools and, at 24, became an instructor at LEcole Centrale and published papers on steam economy. Rillieux is best known for
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Mar
17
1806
the Bronze Muse
On this day, the Bronze Muse died in
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Feb
22
1911
Three organizations the Committee for Improving
Three organizations the Committee for Improving the Industrial Conditions of Negroes in New York, the Committee on Urban Conditions and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women merged, under the leadership of Dr. George E. Hayne and Eugene Kinckle Jones, to form the National Urban
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Oct
23
1911
Howard Beach Incident
White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.
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Jan
7
1986
The First National Convention of Black Women
The First National Convention of Black Women held in Boston, MA
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Jul
29
1885
Mary Eliza Mohoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African-American professional nurse.
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Jan
0
0
Countee Cullen, born
Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist
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May
30
1903
Birthday
Jacques Dominique Wilkins, 39, basketball player, born Paris, France, Jan 12, 1960
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Jan
12
1960
Grammy Awards
On this day at the Grammy Awards ceremony, African-American musicians won awards in several categories. Lionel Richies Cant Slow Down won best album of 1984. Tina Turners Whats Love Got to Do With It took the best record slot and earned her the title Best Female Pop Vocalist. The Pointer Sisters
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Feb
26
1985
Mamie Till Mobley, mother of lynched Emmett Till dies at age 81. Her insistance
Mamie Till Mobley, mother of lynched Emmett Till dies at age 81. Her insistance that her sons casket remain open helped spur the civil rights movement.
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Jan
6
2003
Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Te
Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Texas. A skilled pianist and composer, Joplin started a 20-year ragtime craze with the release of his composition Maple Leaf Rag in 1897, during the Gay Nineties. Ragtime-scored piano music-at the time was considered
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Apr
1
1917
Roland Hayes' Fifth American Tour
Roland Hayes opened his fifth American Tour at New Yorks Carnegie Hall packed with admirers.
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Nov
15
1928
Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at
Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.
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Sep
27
1876
Phyllis Wheatley Dies
Phyllis Wheatley, the first African-American author to be published in book form, dies in poverty at the age of thirty-one. Wheatley astonished Bostonians with her ability to write poetry while yet being a slave.
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Dec
5
1784
Harriet Tubman born
*Possible* date of Harriet Tubmans birth. Born into slavery in Maryland, Tubman escaped to the North only to return in over 80 trips to help other blacks escape their bondage. As part of the Underground Railroad, Tubman helped more than 300 African Americans escape slavery.
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Jan
0
1999
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
African Lodge No
African Lodge No. 459 organized in Boston with Prince Hall as Master.
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May
6
1787
Viro "Black Sam" Small makes his wrestling debutat Owney's Bastile in New York
Viro Black Sam Small makes his wrestling debut at Owneys Bastile in New York; he is the first known black wrestler in the U.S.
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Jan
0
1870
W.E.B. Du Bois died
W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in
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Aug
27
1963
The New Negro Theater is founded in Los Angeles
The New Negro Theater is founded in Los Angeles, California by Langston Hughes.
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Mar
19
1939
The Reverend Emmanuel Cleaver
The Reverend Emmanuel Cleaver becomes the first African American mayor of Kansas City, Mo.
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Mar
26
1991
Emmet Ashford becomes the first African American
Emmet Ashford becomes the first African American major league umpire when he is named to the American League
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Apr
12
1966
James Augustine Healy
James Augustine Healy, first Black American Roman Catholic bishop, ordained a priest in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
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Jun
10
1854
TV Premiere
Sansford and Son TV Premiere Jan 14, 1972. NBC sitcom which gained immediate popularity depicting an African-American Father and son engaged in the junkyard business. Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin developed the comedy series based on the British Steptoe and Son. The name Sanford came from John
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Jan
14
1972
Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard born
Sugar Ray Leonard
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May
17
1956
Alabama Educational Television Commission
Alabama Educational Television Commission has its application for license renewal denied by the Federal Communications Commission because of racial discrimination against African Americans in employment and programming.
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Jan
8
1975
Ophrah's On!
Oprah Winfrey becomes the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show.
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Feb
8
1986
First International Conference
First international conference of Black writes and artists met at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Sep
19
1956
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