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Hampton Institut« founded in 1861.
18
H Lawrence Freeman, composer, produced his opera. "Voodoo” , in
1928
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act as part of the Compromise
of 1850
19
1883 - Frederick Douglass, orator, delivered one of his most eloquent
speeches on civil rights at the National Convention of Colored Men
held in Louisville. Kentucky on this day.
26
Maggie L Walker 11867 1934). business and civic leader, first black
woman bank president in U S , born in Richmond, Virginia
1897 — Whitney M. Young, Midway. KY: Director, KY Negro Educa
tional Association
1937
Death of blues singer Bessie Smith, in Clarksdale. Mississippi
12
1966
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan was the first Black woman to
serve in the Texas Senate
13
1579 — Martin De Porres, was born
Catholic Church
1952 — "Invisible Man” . A novel written by Black author Ralph
Ellison, won the National Book Award in 1952
14
Metropolitan Opera Company opened production of Aida
choreo
graphed by Katherine Dunham, internationally acclaimed danc>*
pioneer in 1963
1917
Ten thousand Blacks marched to New York City to prot«M|r
the many lynchings that were taking place throughout the United
States
1866 — Atlanta University was founded by the American Missionary
Society.
20
1830
The National Negro Convention composed of free Blacks, met
in Philadelphia for the purpose of working toward the abolition of
slavery, and agreed to boycott slave produced goods
21
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (1909 1972), continental African leader, first
Prime Minister of Ghana (1967 66); initiated movement toward black
rule and independence for African countries, born in village of Nkroful,
Ghana
22
1915 Xavier University, first Black Catholic college in U S , opened
in New Orleans. Louisiana
Dr Ralph Bunche, statesman and U S Diplimat to the United Nations,
became the first Black to receive the Novel Prize in 1950
Beniamin Banneker, inventor, dies 1806.
1823 — Birth of Mary Ann Shadd Cary in Wilmington, Delaware She
was the first Black woman in North America to publish and edit her
own newspaper The Provincial Freeman, published in Canada
25
27
28
1961
1895
29
1767
Kunta Kinte, captured African teenager and hero of "Roots”
brought ashore at Annapolis, Maryland
30
1962
President J F Kennedy authorized use of federal troops in
integration of University of Maryland
Ralph Bunche appointed Under Secretary of United Nations
National Baptist Convention organized
The first Black Saint in the
OCTOBER
I960
Nigeria became an independent nation after five centuries of
Portuguese and British dominance
,962
James Meredith became first black student at University of
Mississippi, after 3.000 federal troops quieted riots against his admis
sion
1967
Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first black United States
Supreme Court Justice
Nat Turner (1800 1831), was born Insurrectionist He led a revolt in
Southampton County, Virginia, which resulted in his execution
1856
Birth of Black journalist T Thomas Fortune in Marianna.
Florida Fouder and editor of the New York Age. a Black newspaper
1949
W E R D , first black owned and operated radio station opened
in Atlanta. Georgia
4
New Orleans Tribune, first Black daily newspaper, began publication
1864
1863
Sgt William H Carney was the first Black man to receive the
Congressional Medal of Honor He served with the 54th Massachu
setts Volunteers
1871
Original Fisk Jubilee Singers began their world famous singing
tours to earn money for their school
1963
Firs, Freedom Day in Selma, Alabama, a tactic originated by
SNCC to register black people to vote
September 23. Ray Charles musician, born in Albany
,930
23
24
Georgia
Ray Charles, musician, born in Albany, Georgia in 1930
Mary Church Terrell (1863 1954), U S stateswoman, crusader for
black rights and women's equality, born in Memphis, Tennessee
1926
John Coltrane (1926 19671, musician was born
1957
Federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce court
order permitting nine black students to attend previously all white
Central High School
7
The Honorable Eli|ah Muhammad 1189/ 19751 leader of the Nation of
Islam (now American Muslim Mission) born in Sandersville Georgia
8
Jesse L Jackson. National Director of People United to Save Huma
mty (PUSH), born in Greensville South Carolina 1194,1
1889
Frederick Douglass appointed Minister to Haiti
9
O ctober 8 Jesse L Jackson, N ational Director of People U nited to
Save H um anity (P U S H I. born in Greensville South Carolina (1941)
16
Congressman Alan Wheat, (b 1951)
John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry Arsenal. Wes, Virginia, 1859, in
effort to free slaves
The National Urban League was founded on this day in 1910
18
1945
Paul Robeson, singer actor The NAACP presented him the
Spingarn Mpdal on this day in recognition of his outstanding achieve
ments in the theater and on the concert stage
,974
Frank R obinson becam e firs, black m aior league baseball
m anager (C leveland Indians»
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Carter Goodwin Woodson
(1875-1950)
Born in Canton, Virginia, educated at Berea Col
lege, Kentucky, he earned his B.A. in 1907 and his
M.A., from the University of Chicago, in 1908.
After receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1912, he
became a college professor and Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts at Howard University, in
1921. In 1910 he organized the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History. He initiated the
Annual February observance of Negro History
Week in 1926, and wrote and published 16 out
standing books on Black History. He received the
Spingarn Medal in 1926.
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