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1811
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Kennitb Spencer, bassoonist and opera singer, died in 1964
Hiram Revels, black Mississippi United States Senator, took office on
this day in 1870
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Rev Daniel A Payne, first black to become a college president
Charlotte Ray, first black female lawyer in America, graduated from
Howard University. 1872.
Marian Anderson, singer, born on this day 1902 in Philadelphia
John W Menard, first black elected to the U S House of Represents
fives in 1868
16
Freedom s Journal, first Black American newspaper released its first
publication on this day in 1827 in New York — publishers: Samuel
Cornish and John B. Russwurm
Nat Turner led slave revolt in North Carolina in 1831
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Nat "K in g " Cole, (1919 1965) legendary singer and iazz pianist, was
born on this day in Montgomery, Alabama
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Norbert Rillieux. inventor of sugar refining, was born in Louisiana in
1806
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1941
the 99th Pursuit Squadron first black air unit, was activated
on this day at Tuskegee Army air field in Alabama
Phyllis Wheatley c. 1753 1784. a young African girl, captured in Sene
gal and brought to America as a slave, became a highly acclaimed
poet and was honored by George Washington and other leaders on
this day
Viola Liuzzo left her home in Detroit on this day in 1966 to drive to
Selma, Alabama to |Oin other civil rights workers She was shot to
death by KKK on highway 80 near Selma.
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William Hastie was appointed on this day in 1937 as the first black to
serve as a Federal Judge in U S or its territories
(U S Virgin
Islands)
Richard Allen 11760 1831) born in Philadelphia, former slave, organized
the Free African Society, first black church in America now AME
Diana Ross, actress, singer and entertainer, born on this day in Detroit
1944
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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters founded in Boston.
Sarah Vaughn, singer born on this day in Neward, N.J. 1924
Cleveland Luca, composer of Liberian national anthem, died on this
day in 1872
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Ella Fitzgerald, singer born on this day in 1918
Lauren Cardinal Rugambwa first African Cardinal. 1960
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Duke Ellington, musician entertainer died on this day in 1974
Pearl Bailey singer entertainer, born in Virginia on this day in ,918.
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1870
15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on this day
giving freed men the right to vote
Black Suffrage Day
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Blanche Kelso Bruce, an ex slave, became the first black man to serve
a full term in the U S Senate in 1941
2
Black Swan Record Company, the first black owned and operated
record company in America, organized in 1921
3
Congress established the Freedman's Bureau on this day in 1865 to
assist freed slaves with basic educational and health services and their
resettlement on abandoned lands in the South
4
(Zensi) Miriam Makeba, internationally known South African singer
of the Xhoha tribe, was born this day in Prospect Township. Johan
nesburg in 1932
5
Initial casualties in the Revolutionary War saw Crispus Attucks fall
among the first Americans killed in the 1770 Boston massacre
6
1857 — Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court denied Blacks the
right of citizenship
Ghana gained independence from the British Commonwealth in 1957
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Marcus B Christian, author and poet, born 1900
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1841
Joseph Cinque, african prince, and 38 slaves were freed by
the U S . Supreme Court and allowed to return to Africa after their
successful mutiny on the Spanish slave ship Amistad
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M arch 22 the h istoric m arch fro m Selma to M o n tg o m e ry Alabama
to secure v o tin g rights for blacks began on this day in 1965 led by
Dr M a rtin I other King and other civil rig h ts leaders
20 Ethiopians defeated Italians in the battle of Adowa in 1896 enabling
the country to remain as one of few African nations never colonized
by foreign powers
1883
Jan Matzeliger patents shoe lasting machine
Harriet Tubman, organizer and leader of the "underground railroad
died in 1913.
1959
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, opened on Broadway
and won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award
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Charlie Parker, founder of the modern jazz movement, died in 1955
Charles Young (1864 19221 was born in Mayslick, Kentucky West
point graduate, 1889, military hero and commander of the 10th calvary
The historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to secure
voting rights for blacks began on this day in 1965 led by Dr Martin
Luther King and other civil rights leaders
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1837
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1931
"Scottsboro Boys arrested at Point Rock Alabama, the civil
rights case that received worldwide attention
Aretha Franklin, prominent songstress born 1942 in Memphis, Ten
nessee
1773
Jean Baptiste Point Dusales (c. 1750 1818) black pioneer
founded the settlement that is now Chicago, Illinois.
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Jazz trumpeteef, Richard A Blue' Mitchell born in 1930
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Canada gave Blacks the right to vote
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