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1897
1897
J L. Love, invented the pencil sharpener
Andrew J Beard, invented the "Jerry Coupler"
6
1869 — Colored National Labor Union formed
today to COHuect railroad cars
7
Scott Joplin 11868 1917), acknowledged as the "King of Ragtime"
was born in Texarkana. Texas
Congressman Ronald V Dellums. (b 1935)
1941
Done Miller, Hero at Pearl Harbor, awarded Navy Cross
Executive Order 8802 issued prohibiting discrimination in the Govern
ment or defense industries
8
Lucy Sessions was the first Black woman in the United States to earn
a degree She graduated from Oberlin College
Sammy Davis. Jr., born in New York, in 1925
9
1961
Tansania gained independence from Britain, Julius K Nyer
ere, President since 1964, made Swahili the official language
25
1949
1965
Bill "Boiangles" Robinson died
Segregation of public vehicles and waiting rooms outlawed
26
1883
Soiourner Truth, abolitionist, died
27
Congressman Mickey Leland, (b 1944)
1878
B H Taylor received patent for the rotary engine
28
Charlotte E Ray became the first Black lawyer
29
Adam Clayton Powell (1908 1972), minister, civil rights leader, first
Black elected to New York City Council (1941), elected to U S House
of Representatives 12 times (1944 19611 was born in New Haven. Con
necticut.
DECEMBER
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1 776 - George Washington crossed the Delaware accompanied by
tw o Blacks: Oliver Cromwell and Prince Whipple
,898
Irwin Mclhson. born, first Black Federal Judge
Congress enacted Home Rule legislation for District of Columbia the
first time the city had been given the opportunity to elect its governing
officials in over a century
25
1907
Cab Calloway, born. Rochester New York
Edward (Kid) Ory (1886 1973) born. Trombonist
One of the most
influential New Orleans |.izz musicians Recorded Muskrat Ramble
a classic in ,943
1943
The Liberty Ship S S George Washington Carver named
after the famous Black Scientist was launched in 1943
26
Jack Johnson wins heavyweight crown in Australia ,906
It is still used
1956
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus
in Montgomery. Alabama, initiating the modern day Civil Rights Move
men!
1869
First National Negro Labor Convention, Washington, D C
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1964
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King. Jr
11
1851
Courts in Christiana. Pennsylvania upheld the right of fugitive
slaves to defend themselves
12
Joseph H Rainey took his seat as the first Negro member of the House
of Representatives in ,870
15
Ignatius Sancho 11729 1780) died Scholar Writer
16
1976
Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U S delegate
to United Nations
17
Robert B Elliott, served as U S Congressman from South Carolina
from 1871 1874
18
,866
Congress ratifies the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in
the United States
1971
Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) organized
in Chicago by Rev Jesse Jackson
19
Di Carter G Woodson (1875 19501 was born Father of Negro His
tory founded the Journal of Negro History. 1916, Initiated Negro His
tory Week in ,926
189,
Charles Uncles, S S J first Black ordained in the United
States
20
1850
1892
Harriet Tubman made fust Underground Railroad trip
Paul Lawrenr e Dunb.ii publishes Oak and Ivy
D ecem ber 20. 1850. H arriet Tubm an m ade firs t Black ordained in the
U nited States
21
1831
Nat Turner s Insurrection
27
22
1883
Arthur W Mitchell. Chambers County Alabama. Fust Black
Democrat eler ted to Congress
Commemorates the birth of Harriet Ross Tubman in 1820 and her
many contributions to the freedom of Black slaves through the
"Undeiground Railroad "
186?
The "Colonization Plan", whereby fiee Blacks would be re
turned to Africa was rejected by Blacks
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1 796
A frica n M e th o d ist Episi opal C hurch in c o rp o ra te d
1815
H enry H ighlan d Garnet I
18821 w as b o rn Abolitionist He
was in the fo re fro n t of th e anti slavery m o ve m e n t and o p e ia te d an
u n d e rg ro u n d ra ilio a d in Troy New York
30
1892
Dr Miles V Lynk, physician, published the first Black medical
tournai
1775
George Washington reverses previous directive and asks Con
gress to accept the enlistment of free Blacks into the Revolutionary
Army
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December 1. 1955. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to « w h ite
man on a bus in M o n tg o m e ry. Alabam a, in itia tin g the m odern day
Civil R ights M ovem ent
2 John Brown (executed at Charles Town West Vngirn.il .mil BI. h ks
Shields Green, Dangerfield Newby. Sherrard Lewis Leary and Joh n
A Copeland, his co conspirators martyred
3
The N o rth Star Newspaper founded try Frederick D ouglass published
its first issuo in 1854
4
American Anti Slavery Society was organized
John A Lankford (1874 7) was from America’s first Black architei I
5
Montgomery Bus Boycott organized in 1955
LOUIS SATCHMO’ ARMSTRONG
Out o f the slums o f New Orleans, Louis “ Satchmo”
Armstrong rose to the top in the world o f jazz.
His trumpet and gravel voice and his inim itable style
and showmanship catapulted him in to the ranks o f
musical im m o rta lity over a career spanning almost 60
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