February 25. 1987, Portland Observer, Page 9
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1944
U S Navy (WAVES, opened to black woman
Cassius M Clay 11810-1903) Kentucky emancipationist, was bom
31
Jomo Kenyatta 11891 1978) MauMau leader of Kenya's struggle for
independence, elected head of Kenya African National Union. ,960
President in 1964 born in Ngenda, Kenya
,974
Henry Louis Aaron (Hank Aaron) broke Babe Ruth's home run
record
NOVEMBER
1895
Ernes, A Lyon 11860 1938). educator, was born He was
appointed agent for the Freedman’s Aid Southern Education Society
He founded the Maryland Industrial and Agricultural Institution for
the Education of Colored Youths
f 1
1866
1945
Civil Rights Ac, passed (vetoed by Andrew Jackson)
Firs, issue of Ebony magazine published by John H Johnson
2
1866
Two Black cavalry units organized 9th and 10th composed
of Civil War veterans
1930
Haile Selassie 11891 1975). las, reigning monarch of the
world's longest ruling dynasty, enthroned as Emperor of Ethiopia
3
1928
Oscar Depriest of Chicago, Illinois became the firs, Black elec
ted to Congress since Reconstruction
1970
Wilson C Riles elected California State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
4
1974
George Brown (Colorado) and Mervyn Dymally (California)
became the firs, Blacks elected to the office of L, Governor in the 20th
century.
1982
A total of twenty one Blacks were elected to the U S House
of Representatives, the larges, number in the history of America
Edmoma Lewis (1845 1890), one of the first recognized American
women sculptors and artists, born in Greenhigh. Ohio
24
Zambia (Africa) obtained its indonpendence from Britain in 1964
Jackie Robinson (19,9 19721 died
Baseball star
His outstanding
career in ma|or league baseball (1947 ,956) won him a place in base
ball '- Hall of Fame He was voted National League's Most Valuable
Player. 1949
16
1903
Samuel Coleridge Taylor conducted 200 voice choral society
in Washington's Convention Hall
1873
W C Handy, Father of the Blues was born in Kentucky
18
Roy Wilkins chosen to be Executive Director of the NAACP
1955
Ku Klux Kian member convicted in 1963 church bombing that
1977
killed four young girls in Birmingham. Alabama
6
Edith Sampson, firs, Black Chicago Municipal Judge
1962
Estevamco. early Black explorer, discovered Seven Cities of
1539
Cibola now Arizona and New Mexico
7
1967
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke elected to Congress from California
Eli|ah P Loveioy
Abolitionist killed by pro slavery mot) at Alton
Illinois
8
1938
Crystal Bird Fause, firs, Black woman to serve in a state legi
stature (Pennsylvania)
1966
Edward W Brooke. Jr first Black Senator i*lected in 85 years
9
1731
Beniamin Bannaker mathematician astronomer and inventor
of the first American clock was born
1 789
Beniamin Franklin signs petition denouncing slavery drawn up
by the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Abolition of Slavery
1868
Howard University Medical School opened witfi eight stu
dents
Beniam in O Davis, Sr . becam e the fast black general in U S
N ovem ber 5, 1968 Shirley C hisholm became the firs , Black w om an
elei ted to Congress, representing Beford S tuyvesant. B ro oklyn,
New York
19
Roy Campanella most valuable pl.iyer ,951 1953 arid 1955 as catcher
for the Brooklyn Dodgers
1883
So|ourner Truth author, was born
in the Army in 1898
1891
Granville T Woods patents electric railway
20
1940
Ha,tie Mi Daniel became Die firs, Black actress to receive an
Ai ademy Aw.ird fo, tier role in "Gone With the Wind
1831
Na, Turner was hanged for his leadership in Die A ugust 21
slave revolt
21
Army
10
26
27
30
Booker T Washington, statesman, died
Crispus A ,tuck’s monument established
5 , 968
Shirley Chisholm became the firs, Black woman elected to
Congress, representing Bedford Stuyvesant. Brooklyn, New York
1967
Carl Stokes. Cleveland. Ohio and Richard Hatcher. Gary. In
diana became the firs, elected Black Mayors of ma|or cities
,926
Negro History Week initiated by Carter G Woodson
23
1940
1915
1888
PA
January 18 M uham m ed A ll born in Louisville K e ntucky 1942
25
Ethel Waters 11896 ,977). actress entertainer, was born in Chester.
14
Mahalia Jackson 11911 1972) world renowned singer of spirituals and
gospels, born in New Orleans
Benjamin O Davis, Jr , became the firs, BI.« k G eneral in Die Air I on e
in 1954
Congressman Gus Savage, (b 1925)
Imamu Baraka ILeroi Jones), poe, and playwnte was born in ,934
1960
Students lunch counter si, down strikes in South protest
Segregation
1980
Dr Samuel C Coleman of Little Rock Arkansas
yo u n g was honored as the oldest living Black veteran
11
,975
,03 years
He enlisted
Gen Lafayetee wrote tribute to Black soldier. James Armstead
during the
R e volu tion ary W .ir
A n g o la gained inde pen de nce from P ortugal
22
13
1 784
co m m e n d in g him on his service as a spy
1951
Jane, Collms. ballerma. first Blar k dancer ,o appe.e w ith Du
Metropolitan Opera Company in Verdi s Aida
1930
Blai k Muslim movement initiated in Detroit
1956
Louis Lautier. firs, Black journalist admitted to membership
in the National Press Club
Black Americans
Contribute To Science
and Engineering
Then and Now
first Traffic Signal
£
Who invented the first automatic traffic si Kpal?
Garnett Morgan, a black man. Born 187
Q-. Who was the third block woman in the country and the
first in the state of New York to become a doctor?
A: Susan McKinney Steward. Born 1848.
Vince Jones
And Today
Q-. Who patented over 50 lubricating devices, 25 other
mechanical devices and became the origin of the phrase "The
Real McCoy*, commonly used to indicote excellence?
A: Clijah McCoy, a black man. Born 1843.
Block scientists and engineers continue tc contribute to
American society and to the State of Oregon—as do individuals
from every other racial group.
Vince Jones, Karen Bell, and George Cjlm are three
Cnqir ineers making their mark today, with the Oregon Department
of Ti “ ransportation.
Q; Who Is President of California State University at
Fullerton?
A: Jewell Plummer Cobb, a black woman. Born 1924, a
cancer researcher.
Do they make a difference? YOU 8CT. They bring with
them a desire to achieve technical excellence and a perspective
to direct that skill to meet the needs of people.
Garnett A. Morgan. 1875-1963
A former sewing machine mechanic and owner of a successful
business, Morgan's
fame also rests In his invention of the
Vs fa,
"Morgan Safety Hood", a device which allowed fireman to "enter
a smoke-filled house and to breathe freely for some time
therein, enabling him to perform his cKXies of saving life," said
Morgan.
Saves Thousands
Morgan improved the Safety Hood. Dtring World War I, it
was used as a gas mask and saved the lives of thousands of
soldiers. An earlier modification of the device was used to save
24 men trapped under a tunnel in Lake Crie by an explosion.
of time and expertise with
This is evidenced in their sharii ing or
‘ s and assignments;
others; stepping forward to take on n tough
_ Jobs
:rcome oosta
a belief in their own ability to overcome
obstacles; building
relationships with indivickral communities and the general public;
and a very genuine desire to contritxXe at higher and higher
levels in the organization and in the community.
The Oregon Department of Transportation and recognizes
the outstanding achievements of many, many minority female and
male scientists and engineers who have contributed in a variety
of ways to our work and solutes their "achievement against the
odds."
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The Oregon Department
of Transportation
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