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The French And Indian War

Black Troops in the French and Indian War: Even before the Revolutionary War, a pattern had been established in British colonies whereby African Americans were enlisted to defend the colonies when they were attacked, but were excluded from military service in times of peace. When Major General

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Mar

9

2002

Death of Marcus Garvey

Death of Marcus Garvey (52), London, England.

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Jun

10

1941

On this day, the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.Lee that whites can'tbar A

On this day, the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.Lee that whites cant bar African Americans from white neighborhoods

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Nov

13

1940

Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on

Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on daytime television as Carla on One Life to Live.

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Jun

15

1968

Reginald F. Lewis

Lewis was born on this day in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1968. He was a partner in Murphy, Thorpe & Lewis, the first Black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989 he became president and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holding Inc. With TLCs leverage

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Dec

7

1942

Benny Goodman leads a historic jazz concert

Benny Goodman leads a historic jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Later considered one of the first serious jazz concerts, Goodman refused to perform without two African American members of his band, Teddy Wilson on piano and Lionel Hampton on vibraphone. Hall officials relented and the

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Jan

16

1938

Andre Ware of the University of Houston becomes the first African American quart

Andre Ware of the University of Houston becomes the first African American quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy.

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Dec

2

1989

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

Opera singer Marian Anderson born

Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was entered in the New York Philharmonic Competition at age 17 by her music teacher, and placed first over 299 other singers. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1930, Anderson went to Europe for a year of study. She

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Feb

27

1902

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopa

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest ordained in the U.S. , dies.

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Feb

13

1818

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

Absalom Jones ordained a priest

Absalom Jones ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Sep

5

1804

Saint Augustine

St. Augustine, (Aurelius Augustinus, A.B. 354-430 bishop of Hippo,(now Souk-Ahras in modern Algeria),wrote the City of God, setting forth the Christian view of the world and humanity, in A.D. 410.

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Jan

0

410

George Johnson

George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African

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Dec

17

2001

Memphis Massacre

On May 1-3, white civilians and police killed forty-six African-Americans and injured many more, burning ninety houses, twelve schools, and four churches in Memphis, Tennessee.

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May

3

1866

1st Governor

P.B.S Pinchback became the 1st African American governor of an American state, Louisiana

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Dec

11

1872

Henrietta Bradberry patents Bed Rack

Bradberry invented the Bed Rack, Patent No. 2,320,027 on May 25, 1943, to attach to the bed frame and allow the bed clothes to hang on it while allowing the bed to air out.

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May

25

1943

Bacon's Rebellion

African Americans fought in the first armed rebellion against British authority in the colonies, Bacons Rebellion, in 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the rising generation of colonial planters who resented British rule and, particularly, the British protection of Indian lands that lay just

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Mar

26

2002

Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.

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Nov

28

1961

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

Barbara Jordan dies

Barbara Charline Jordan was born February 21, 1936, in Houston, Texas. Jordan was elected to the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first female African-American to do so. In 1972, she was elected president pro-tempore of the Texas Senate - the first African-American elected to preside over

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Jan

17

1996

Elijah Abel---Unique Mormon Priest

Elijah Abel was a member of the priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was the only black man to attain this rank. As a rule, blacks were barred from the Mormon priesthood, to which a high proportion of the churchs in the case of Abel, who was a staunch supporter and

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Jan

0

2000

Hannibal Barca dies

Refusing to be captured by his lifelong enemy, the Romans, Hannibal Barca commits suicide by taking poison. He was 65 years old.

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Jan

0

James M. Rodger, Jr.

James M. Rodger, Jr. first African American to be named National Teacher of the Year is honored at a White House ceremony.

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Apr

24

1972

Storm of '28 Heros

In an effort to pay honor where it is due, West Palm Beach, Florida, City Manager A.E. Parker yesterday paid tribute to two laborers who served throughout the trying period of intern here as volunteer workers. W.A. Watts, he said, worked 18 hours a day making coffins, and M.W. Stark supervised the

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Jan

0

1999

Evelyn Boyd Granville is born

Evelyn Boyd Granville, Born May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school at the time. Her interest in mathematics was encouraged by two mathematics teachers. Granville worked with Einar Hille, a distinguished mathematician in the field of functional

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May

1

1924

First African American Before US Supreme Court

John Sweat Rock (1825-1866), a noted Boston lawyer, became in 1865 the first African-American to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black person to speak before the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Feb

1

1865

Richard Parsons

Richard Parsons, CEO of Dime Savings Bank, the first African American CEO of a large non minority U.S. savings institution, born.

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Apr

4

1942

1st Black to argue impeachment

Cheryl Mills, White House Deputy Counsel, becomes the first Black to argue a case before a U.S. Senate impeachment hearing in the case of Pres. William Clinton.

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Jan

20

1999

William Ellisworth Artist is born

William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the

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Feb

2

1914

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