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January 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1863– Emancipation Proclamation issued. 2 1965– Martin Luther King, Jr. called for protest when Alabama Blacks not allowed to vote. 3 1624- William Tucker, 1st Black child born in U.S. 4 1971—Congressional Black Caucus formed. 5 1943– George Washington Carver died.
6 1773– Massachusetts slaves petitioned for freedom. 7 1890- William B. Purvis patented fountain pen. Zora Neale Hurston born 8 1811– Charles Deslondes led slave revolt in New Orleans. 9 1866– Fisk University founded. 10 1811- Philadelphia Blacks held meetings to protest campaign "to exile us from the land of our nativity." 1866– Georgia Equal Rights Association organized. 11 1985– Reuben V. Anderson, 1st Black appointed to Mississippi Supreme Court. 12 1948– U.S. Supreme Court ruled Blacks have right to study law at state institutions. 1952– University of Tennessee admitted 1st Black student.
13 1966– Robert C. Weaver nominated Secretary of HUD. 1990– L. Douglas Wilder became 1st Black governor since Reconstruction. 14 1868– Black delegates majority at South Carolina State Assembly. 15 1929– Martin Luther King Jr. born. 16 1978– NASA named Black astronauts: Guion Bluford, Ron McNair, Frederick Gregory. 17 1917– Virgin Islands purchased by U.S. Muhammad Ali born 18 1938– Captain B Collins patented portable electric light. Daniel Hale Williams born 19 1788– Blacks organized Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia.
20 1788– Andrew Bryan, 1st Black pastor, ordained. 1977– Patricia Roberts Harris became 1st Black woman to hold Cabinet position. 21 1773- Phyllis Wheatley freed. Barbara Jordan born 22 1793– Benjamin Banneker helped plan Washington, D.C. 1800- Nat Turner born. 23 1977– 1st ABC TV showing of “Roots”. 24 1918- Lewis H Latimer, inventor, honored. 25 1966– Constance B. Motley appointed federal judge, 1st woman. 26 1961– Carl T. Rowan, journalist, given White House job Bessie Coleman born
27 1961- Leontyne Price debuted with Metropolitan Opera. 1972– Mahalia Jackson died. 28 1938- 1st Black Woman elected to a state legislature. 1944- Matthew Henson received medal as co-discoverer of North Pole. 1986– Ronald McNair died on Challenger. 29 1926– Violette Nealy Anderson became 1st Black woman to argue before Supreme Court. 1977– Andrew Young’s U.N. appointment confirmed by Senate. Oprah born 30 1797– Earliest Black petition to Congress. 1956– Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King’s home firebombed 31 1865- Congress passed 13th Amendment. Jackie Robinson born
February 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1 865– John S. Rock, 1st Black to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Langston Hughes born 2 1807– Congress legally banned foreign slave trade. 1776– George Washington answered letter from Phyllis Wheatley.
3 1920- Negro Baseball League founded. 4 2007– Tony Dungy became 1st Black head coach to win Super bowl. Rosa Parks born 5 1934– Hank Aaron born. 6 1820– U.S. Blacks emigrate (from NY) back to Sierra Leone. 1961– Jail Movement began in Rock Hill, S.C. when students refused to pay fines & requested jail sentences. 7 1867– Fredrick Douglass & Black delegation called on President Johnson. 8 1951– Private Edward O. Cleaborn, Memphis soldier, awarded Distinguished Service Cross. 9 1906– Paul Lawrence Dunbar died. 1964– Arthur Ashe, Jr. became 1st Black on U.S. Davis Cup team.
10 1989– Ronald H. Brown elected chairman of Democratic National Committee. 11 1644- 1st Black legal protest in America by 11 Blacks who petitioned for freedom in New York. Nelson Mandela Freed 12 1793– Congress passed Fugitive Slave Act. 1909– NAACP founded in NY. Bill Russell born 13 1746– Absalom Jones. 1st Black Protestant Minister, born. 14 1867– Augusta Institute, later Morehouse College, opened in Atlanta. Frederick Douglass born 15 1957– Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized.

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16 1874—Fredrick Douglass elected President of Freedom’s Bank & Trust Company.

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Post Valentine Cowboy Cowgirl Western Affair,
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17 1950– Thomas L. Griffith admitted to Los Angeles Bar Association. Huey P. Newton born 18 1688– 1st formal protest against slavery– Quakers Toni Morrison born 19 1790– George Bridgewater, musician, made London debut. 1940– Smokey Robinson born. 20 1895– Death of Fredrick Douglass. Sidney Poitier born 21 1965– Malcolm X assassinated. Nina Simone born 22 1967-Adam Clayton Powell stripped of seniority. 23 1868-W.E.B. DuBois born. Died 1963. W.E.B. DuBois born

 Council Bull Roast,  First Annual Title of  Ms. Ravens Roost
The Council is looking for Two (2) ladies from each Roost may compete for the title.  Roost79 Entrants: Lora "Kentucky" Lampton and Lil Diane Chrisco.

24 1811– Daniel A. Payne educator, born. 25 1870– Hiram Revels elected 1st Black in U.S. Senate. 26 1926- Carter G. Woodson announced “Negro History Week.” Fats Domino born 27 1 844– The Dominican Republic established. 1988– Debi Thomas became 1st Black to win medal at Winter Olympics. 28 1708- Slave Revolt on Long Island. At least seven whites killed. 1842– Charles Lenox Remond testified before Massachusetts 29 **February 29th 1919 Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B (on 29th). 1942 Tuskegee Airmen initiated.
March 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1739- British forced to sign peace treaty with escaped slave societies in Jamaica. 1780- Pennsylvania became 1st state to abolish slavery.
2 1867- Howard University chartered. 3 1865– Freedman’s Bureau established. Jackie Joyner Kersee 4 1875– Blanche Bruce elected United States Senator, Mississippi. Garrett A. Morgan born 5 1770– Crispus Attucks became one of the first casualties of the Boston Massacre. 6 1857– Dred Scott Decision. 7 1539– Estenica explored southwestern part of U.S. 8 1876– Senate refused to seat P.B.S. Pinchbach of Louisiana.
9 1961– Clifton Wharton sworn ambassador to Norway. 10 Harriet Tubman born & died. (1913). Harriet Tubman born 11 1959- “Raisin in the Sun” opened on Broadway. 12 1770– Army paycheck issued William Kitchen , a slave. 13 1773– Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable founded Chicago. 1865– Bill authorized slaves as soldiers in Confederate Army. 14 1889– Menelik became ruler of Abyssinia. 1794– Eli Whitney patented cotton gin. 15 1947– John Lee, became 1st Black officer in Navy.
16 1827— 1st Black newspaper published. 17 1896– C.B. Scott patented street sweeper. 1990 Playwright August Wilson won Pulitzer Prize for “Piano Lesson.” Nat KingCole born 18 1947-Louis Lautier, 1st Black congressional newsman. 19 1794– Jay’s Treaty went into effect. 20 1976– Rubin “Hurricane” Carter released from prison. Spike Lee born 21 1965– 54 mile voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL began. 22 1968– State troopers sent to put down student rebellion on Cheyney State College campus.
23 1873– Abolition of slavery in Puerto Pico. 24 2002– Halle Berry became 1st Black woman to win “Best Dorothy Height born 25 1931– “Scottsboro boys” falsely accused of rape. Aretha Franklin born 26 1911– William H. Lewis became U.S. Assistant Attorney General. 27 1501– Black seaman, soldiers, & explorers brought to America. 1972-”Soledad Brothers” acquitted by all-white jury. 28 1914– Sol Butler set track record. 29 1815– Napoleon banned slave trade.
30 1870– Fifteenth Amendment ratified.
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 31 1797– Olaudah Equiano died without seeing Africa again. Jack Johnson born
April 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1950– Death of Charles Drew, developer of blood plasma. 2 1796– Toussaint L’Overture commanded French Forces at St. Domingo. Marvin Gaye born 3 1950– Death of Carter G. Woodson.

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 4 1968– Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated in Memphis. Maya Angelou born 5 1856-Booker T. Washington born a slave in Virginia.
6 1909– Matthew Henson reached North Pole. 1931- “Scottsboro Boys” went on trial for their lives. 7 1712– Slave revolt in New York City; 9 Whites killed. Billie Holiday born 8 1974– Hank Aaron set new home run record. 9 1866– Civil Rights Bill passed over presidential veto. Paul Robeson born 10 1833- London acclaimed Ira Aldridge in “ Othello”. 11 1947– Jackie Robinson played 1st game. 12 1787– Free African Society organized. 1861-Conferderate attack on Fort Sumter opened Civil War.
13 1964– Sidney Poitier won Academy Award for “Best Actor.” 1854– Lucy C. Laney, educator, born. 14 1775– 1st Abolitionist Society organized, Philadelphia. 15 1960– Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organized, Shaw University. 1964– Sidney Poitier won Academy Award for Best actor. 16 1862– Slavery abolished in D.C. 17 1758– Francis Williams, 1st Black college graduate, published poem book in Latin. 18 1818– Indians & Blacks defeated in Battle of Sewanee. Kareem Abdul Jabbar born 19 1775— Black & white minutemen fought at Lexington & Concord.
20 1866– Fisk University Nashville, TN, opened Luther Vandross born

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21 1565– Black explorers with Menendez at St. Augustine, Florida. 22 1970– Student protest at Yale supported Panthers. 23 1872– Charlotte E. Ray admitted to Bar. 24 1950– Black student entered University of North Carolina. 25 1941– Fair employment Practices Commission established. Ella Fitzgerald born 26 1994– 1st all-race elections in South Africa.

 

Spring Football Festival at M&T Stadium

27 1961– Sierra Leone granted Independence. 28 1839– Cinque led Amistad ship mutiny. 1847– George B. Vashon admitted to New York State Bar. 29 1899– Edward Kennedy “ Duke” Ellington, born. Duke Elllington born 30 1828– Shaka Zulu killed. 1983– “Memphis Blues” honored at Smithsonian (29-30).
May 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1867– Howard University opened in WDC. 2 1920- First game of National Negro Baseball League. Elijah McCoy born 3 1947– Supreme court struck down restrictive convents. James Brown born
4 1897– J.H. Smith patented lawn Sprinkler. 1961– Freedom Riders began protesting bus segregation. 5 1798– Date of Thaddeus Kosciusko’s Will for education of Blacks.

Pitcher Mike Birthday

 6 1960– Civil Rights Act. 7 1963– Birmingham protests began. 8 1925- The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, trailblazing black labor union, organized by A. Philip Randolph. 1970- “Chicago Seven” Panther indictment dropped. 9 1862– Slaves in Georgia, Florida, & South Carolina freed. 10 1994– Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela inaugurated 1st elected president of South Africa. Judith Jamison born
11 1865– Blacks demanded equal rights & ballots in Norfolk, Virginia. 12 1871- “ Sit-In” Protest staged in Louisville, Kentucky. 13 1862– Robert Smalls & 12 Blacks captured “Planter,” cotton steamer converted into Confederate battleship. Stevie Wonder born 14 1888– Abolition of slavery in Brazil. 15 1791– Civil Rights granted to free mulattoes in French colonies. 16 1963– Theodore K. Lawless, dermatologist, honored in Chicago. 1966– Stokely Carmichael named head of SNCC. 17 1954– Brown vs. Board of Ed, Supreme Court school segregation decision. 1956– Sugar Ray Leonard born.
18 1896– Plessy vs. Ferguson. 1955– Mary McLeod Bethune died.

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 19 1976– Gwendolyn Brooks inducted into National Institute of Arts & Letters. Malcolm X born 20 1958– Robert N.C. Nix elected to Congress, Pennsylvania. 1984– The Cosby Show premiered on NBC. 21 1891– Peter Jackson fought 61 round draw with white boxer. 22 1966– Bill Cosby became 1st Black to earn Emmy award for starring role in “I Spy.” 23 1871- L. Bell patented locomotive smoke stack. 24 1854- Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, founded. Patti Labelle born
25 1951-Willie Mays entered Major League Baseball. 1971– Racial tension escalated after Jo Etha Collier, an 18 yr. old girl was shot dead in Drew, MS. 26 1965– Voting Rights Bill passed Pam Grier born 27 1870– Michael Howard arrived at West Point Academy from Mississippi. 28 1851– Sojourner Truth attended Women’s Rights Convention. Betty Shabazz born 29 1950– American Bowling Congress eliminated racial designations.

2007 Ocean City Convention Slideshow 
Next Event: 2008 OC Convention & Parade
May 29-June 1, 2008
Princess Bayside Beach Hotel Reservations

30 1822– Slave betrayed Denmark Vesey slave revolt. 1909– 1st Conference of National Negro Committee (now NAACP).

Ocean City Convention

 31 1955– Supreme Court ordered school integration “with all deliberate speed”.

Ocean City Convention
June 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1875- James A. Healey ordained Catholic Bishop.

Ocean City Convention

 

Going Home

 2 1943-99th Pursuit Squadron’s 1st combat mission. 3 1994- Granville T. Woods patented steam boiler furnace. Josephine Baker born 4 1665- 1st Baptist Church in U.S. founded. 1972– Angela Davis acquitted. 5 1907- Jockey Jimmy Lee made racing history. 1987– Mae Jemison became 1st Black woman astronaut. 6 1863- Battle of Milken's Bend, Black soldier took former master prisoner. 1939– Marian Wright Edelman was born. 7 1892- G.T. Sampson patented clothes dryer. Prince born
8 1953- Supreme Court outlawed discrimination in D.C. restaurants. 9 1989- Call for Reparations by Congressman John Conyers. 10 1794- Richard Allen started Independent Methodist Movement. 1940– Marcus Garvey died. 1946– Jack Johnson died. 11 1911-Marcus Garvey founded Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). 1963– Black students admitted to UA after George Wallace stood in doorway. 12 1963- Medgar Evers killed in Jackson, Mississippi. 13 1868- Oscar J. Dunn, ex-slave, installed as Lt. Gov. of LA. 14 1952- Dr. Harold D. West named pres. Of Meharry College, Nashville.
15 1877- Henry O. Flipper graduated from West Point.

 

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 16 1976– 13 yr. old Hector Peterson 1st to die in Soweto uprising. Tupac born 17 1972- Frank Wills discovered Watergate break-in. Venus Williams born 18 1863– Wm. H, Carney earned highest army medal. 19 1865– Texas Blacks notified of Emancipation Proclamation (Juneteenth). 20 1967– Muhammad Ali convicted for refusing induction into armed services. 21 1821- A.M.E. Zion Church organized, N.Y.C.
22 1938- Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling. 23 1863- 80 Black recruits reported to PA. army camp. Wilma Rudolph born 24 1877- Clinto Freaves, army soldier, cited for valor. 25 1876- Isaiah Dorman, Black, 1st to die in Indian-U.S. battle. 26 1959- Prince Edward County, VA. Abandoned public school system. 27 1935- A. Phillip Randolph named president of 1st Black labor union. 28 1770- Philadelphia school for Black opened by Quakers. 1971– Draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali overturned.
29 1870- J.W. Smith wrote “The Colored Cadet—Hardships at West Point”. 30 1906- John Hope became 1st Black president of Morehouse College. Lena Horne born
July 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1870- James W. Smith entered West Point. 2 1964- Civil Rights Bills signed by President Johnson. Thurgood Marshall born 3 1962- Jackie Robinson named to Baseball Hall of Fame. 4 1881- Booker T. Washington began work at Tuskegee. 5 1975– Arthur Ashe won men's single championship.
6 1854- Republican party organized to oppose slavery. 1971– Louis Armstrong died. 7 1948- Cleveland Indians signed Leroy (Satchel) Paige. 8 1924- DeHart Hubbard won Olympic victory. 9 1893- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed 1st open heart operation. 10 1875- Mary McLeod Bethune born. Arthur Ashe born 11 1776– Olaudah Equiano bought his freedom. 1905- Niagra Movement forerunner of NAACP, organized. 12 1936- Cornelius Johnson set world high jump record. Bill Cosby born
13 1787- Slavery banned in Northwest Territory. 14 1951- George Washington Carver National Monument dedicated in MO. 15 1779- Pompey Lamb, noted Black spy aided war effort. 16 1944- Charles R, Dew awarded Spingarn Medal. Ida B. Wells born 17 1862- The arming of Blacks approved by Congress. 18 1863– 54th Colored Regiment launched attack on Ft. Wagner, S.C. Nelson Mandela born 19 1867- Congressional Reconstruction received legal basis.
20 1849- Women’s Rights Convention aided anti-slavery cause.

 

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 21 1896- National Association of Colored Women organized led by Mary Church Terrell. 22 1822– Denmark Vesey hanged. 1963- Floyd Patterson lost boxing match to Sonny Liston. 23 1868- Fourteenth Amendment ratified. Haile Selassie born 24 1924– United Negro CollegeFund founded. 1954- Charles Bush named Black page in Supreme Court. 1954– Mary Church Terrell died. 25 1941– U.S. government admitted to Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. Iman born 26 1847- Liberia declared independent republic.
27 1948- Legal basis established for desegregation of armed forces. Queen Mother More born 28 1869- Fourteenth Amendment adopted. 29 1895- 1st National Conference of Colored Women Convention. 30 1906- John Hope became 1st Black president of Morehouse College. 31 1921- Urban League Executive, Whitney Young, Jr. born.
August 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1977- Benjamin L. Hooks became NAACP Executive Director. 2 1850- William Still started Underground Railroad. James Baldwin born
3 1908- Allenworth Township established in California for former slaves. 4 1896- W.S. Grant patented curtain rod support. Louis Armstrong born 5 1864- Gunner John Lawson earned Congressional Medal. 1962– Nelson Mandela imprisoned. 1966– Martin Luther King Jr. stoned while leading demonstration in Chicago. 6 1965- President Johnson signed Voting Rights Bill. 7 1893- Black longshoremen struck for better wages & working conditions in TX. Ralph Bunche born 8 1965- Voting Rights Bill passed. Matthew Henson born 9 1936– Jesse Owens won 4th Olympic gold medal in Berlin. Whitney Houston born
10 1965- Thurgood Marshall named solicitor general. 11 1974- Dr. King’s picture hung in Ga. Capital. Alex Haley born 12 1890- Systematic exclusion of Blacks from political life began (Miss). 13 1892- 1st Issue of Afro-American newspaper. 14 1862– U.S. President Lincoln addressed Black audience at White House. 15 1975– Joanne Little acquitted of charges in 1974 killing of a white jailer. 16 1970- Federal warrant issued for Angela Davis.
17 1972- Andrew Young elected to Congress. Marcus Garvey born

 

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 18 1963- James Meridith graduated from University of Mississippi. 1971– George Wallace ordered two AL state school boards to ignore federal desegregation order. 19 1884- M.C. Harvey patented lantern. 1989– Desmond Tutu defied apartheid law by walking alone on a beach. 20 1619- 20 Africans brought as involuntary settlers to Jamestown, VA. KRS-1 born 21 1831– Nat Tuner led slave revolt. 1989– The Atlanta NAACP office was tear gased. 22 1843- Henry Highland Garnett called general slave strike. 1989– Huey Newton shot to death. 23 1796- A.M.E. Church incorporated. Dave Chapell born
24 1950 - Edith Sampson, 1st Black appointed to U.N. Althea Gibson born 25 1862- 5,000 slaves armed by Secretary of War. 26 1943- Wm. L. Dawson elected Black Democratic Party vice President candidate. 27 1963- W.E.B. DuBois died. 28 1963- March on Washington. 29 1977– Lou Brock set stolen base record. 30 1800- Gabriel Prosser slave revolt, Virginia. 1983– Guion Bluford became 1st Black astronaut in space.
31 1836- Henry Blair patented cotton planting machine.
September 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1977- Death of Ethel Waters at age 77. 2 1969- Civil disorder in Hartford, Connecticut. 3 1886- Alain Locke, 1st Black Rhodes Scholar, born. 4 1974- Black Caucus had 1st meeting with President Ford. Lewis Latimer born 5 1877- ”Pap” Singleton founded “Singleton’s Colony, Kansas”. 6 1800- James Durham was 1st recognized Black doctor.
7 1859- John Merrick, co-founder North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, born. 8 1875- Black voters refused Federal protection, Mississippi. 9 1739– Slave revolt in Stono, S.C. Twenty-five whites killed. 1915- Association for Study of Negro Life & History organized by Carter Woodson. 10 1974- Guinea Bissou free from Portuguese rule. 11 1974- Haile Selassie I, deposed from Ethiopian throne. 12 1787- 1st Black Masonic Lodge organized. Jesse Owens born 13 1663- 1st serious slave conspiracy, Virginia.
14 1940- Selective Service Act. 15 1963- Four girls killed in Birmingham, Alabama church bombing. 16 1849- Slavery abolished in French possessions. B.B. King born 17 1983- Vanessa Wiliiams became first Black Miss America. 18 1865- Equal Rights Mass meeting, Richmond, Virginia. 19 1947- Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year. 20 1830- 1st Black National Convention. 1958– Martin Luther King, Jr. stabbed by Black woman.
21 1872- John Conyers entered Annapolis.

 

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 22 950- Ralphe J. Bunche awarded Noble Peace Prize. 23 1863– Mary Church Terrell born. Ray Charles born 24 957– Soldiers escorted 9 Black children to Central High School. 25 1974- Barbara W. Hancock was 1st Black female White House Fellow. 26 1918- 368th Black Infantry Regiment praised. Serena Williams born 27 1912– W.C. Handy published “Memphis Blues.”
28 1829– David Walker’s Appeal discovered in several areas of U.S. 1895- National Baptist Convention organized. 29 1977- Muhammad Ali defeated Earnie Shavers. 30 1864- 13 Blacks won Congressional Medal of Honor.
October 2008
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1 1917-E. J. Scott appointed Special Asst. Sec. of War. Donny Hathaway born 2 1863- Alexander T. Augusta, one of the 1st Black doctors of Civil War. 3 1949– WERD, pioneer Black owned radio station began operation. 1956– Nat King Cole became 1st Black to host own TV show. 4 1864- N.O. Tribune, Black daily, began publication.
5 1897- J.H. Evans patented convertible settee-bed. 6 871- Fisk Jubilee Singers began 1st tour. Fannie Lou Hamer born 7 1800- Gabriel Prosser hanged for armed resistance. 8 1804- Jena Jacques I proclaimed Emperor of Haiti. Jesse Jackson born 9 1869- Morgan State College opened. 10 1966– Black Panther Party emerges in Oakland, CA (led by Huey Newton & Bobby Seale). 11 1964- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
12 1975- ”I’m the first black baseball manager only because I was born black”, Frank Robinson. 2002– Stephen Bantu Biko brutally murdered by South African government. 13 1970– Angela Davis captured by FBI agents in NY motel. 14 1974- LeRoy T. Walker named Black Olympic coach. 15 1972- Jackie Robinson honored at Cincinnati Stadium. 16 1859- John Brown led attack on Harper’s Ferry. 17 1968– John Carlos & Tommie Smith gave Black Power salute after medaling in the 200 meter event at the Mexico City Olympics. Mae Jemison born 18 1977- Reggie Jackson, New York, hit 3 home runs in World Series.
19 1943- ”Othelllo” opened with Paul Robeson in title role.

 

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 20 1946- W.E.B. DuBois’ speech, “Behold The Lord”. 21 1850- Chicago refused to enforce Fugitive Slave Act. Dizzy Gillespie born 22 1952- Frank E. Peterson, JR. commissioned as Marine Aviation Officer. Bobby Seale born 23 1947– NAACP petitioned U.N. on racial injustices. 24 1972- Death of Jackie Robinson. 25 1945- Jackie Robinson signed by Branch Rickey.
26 1921- Solomon P. Hood named Minister to Liberia. Mahalia Jackson born 27 1954– Benjamin O. Davis became 1st Black general in U.S. Air Force. 28 1972- Jackie Robinson biography published. 29 1974- Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman. 30 1954- Abolition of Black unit in armed forces. 1975– Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in “Thrilla in Manilla.” 1979– Richard Arrington became 1st Black mayor of Birmingham. 31 1945- Booker T. Washington entered Hall of Fame for Great Americans.
November 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1945– 1st issue of Ebony Magazine published. 1787- 1st free school in New York City for Blacks.
2 1903- St. Luke Penny Savings Bank opened by Maggie Lena Walker. 3 1974- Harold Ford elected United States Congressman, Tennessee. Larry Holmes born 4 1953-Hulan Jack elected borough President of Manhattan. 1988– Bill and Camille Cosby gave unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College (largest donation by Blacks). 5 1968– Shirley Chisholm became 1st Black woman to serve in Congress.; Eighty other Blacks elected to political office in the South 1974- Black Caucus raised to 17. 6 1901– James Weldon Johnson & partner compose “Lift Every Voice & Sing.” 7 1841– Slave took over the Creole on route to New Orleans from Hampton and steered it to Bahamas. 1955- Supreme Court banned segregation in recreational facilities. 8 1966- Edward. W. Brooke elected to U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. Minnie Ripperton born
9 1868- Howard University Medical School opened. Dorothy Dandridge born 10 1960- Andrew Hatcher named Associate Press Secretary to U.S. President Kennedy. 11 1975– Angola declared independent. Daisy Bates born 12 1775- Blacks denied the tight to enlist. 1941- Madame Lillian Evanti, founded National Negro Opera Company. 13 1839- 1st anti-slavery political party (Liberty Party) organized. 14 1915– Booker T. Washington died. 1977- Trial began for 1963 Birmingham church bombing case. 15 218 B.C.- Hannibal, full blooded Black, crossed Alps.
16 1892- Behanzin defended his native land, Dahomey, against France.

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 17 1636- Henrique Dias won battle against Dutch. 1759– Paul Cuffe born 18 1787- Sojourner Truth, born. 19 1953- Roy Campanella named MVP in National baseball league. 20 1962- Discrimination banned in Federally Aided Housing. 21 1865- Shaw University, North Carolina, founded. 22 1948- Levi Jackson elected captain, Yale football team. Guion Bluford born
23 1980- National Black Independent Party formed. 24 1957- Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, set record for yards gained. Scott Joplin born 25 1955- ICC banned segregation in interstate travel. 26 1883- Death of Sojourner Truth. Tina Turner born 27 1974- Black Caucus: Burke, Dellums, Hawkins, Metcalfe, young, Clay, Collins, Fauntroy. 28 1974- Black Caucus” Rangel, Chisholm, Stokes, Mitchell, Nix, Jordan, Conyers, Diggs, Ford. Berry Gordy Jr. born 29 1905- Chicago “Defender” began publication.
30 1897- J.A. Sweating patented cigarette roller. Gordon Parks born
NO MEETING - December 2008
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1 1955– Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Mont., AL. Richard Pryor born 2 1859– John Brown executed for insurrection. 3 1847– Fredrick Douglass published 1st issue of “North Star”. 4 1969– Chicago police murdered Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton & Mark Clark in their beds. 5 1784– Phyllis Wheatley, Black poet, died. 6 1890– Sgt. Thomas Shaw earned Congressional Medal of Honor.
7 1896– Antonio Maceo died a martyr for Liberty of Cuba. 8 1896– J.T. White patented lemon squeezer. Sammy Davis Jr. born 9 1946– Committee on Civil Rights organized by Executive Order. 10 1846– Norbert Rillieux patented sugar-making equipment. 1964– Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize. 11 1872– P.B.S. Pinchback became acting governor of Louisiana. 12 1870– Joseph H. Rainey elected U.S. House of Representatives. 13 1973– David Dinkins named deputy mayor of N.Y.C. Ella Baker born
14 1973– Fourteen Black college presidents asked U.S. President Richard Nixon for funds. 15 1791– Bill of Rights took effect. 16 1976– Andrew Young appointed Ambassador to U.N. 17 1663– Death of Angolan Queen Nzingha. 18 1865– Thirteenth Amendment adopted. 1912- Gen. Benjamin O Davis born in D.C. 19 1875– Carter G. Woodson, historian, born. 20 1933– J. Jackson published “ Am I A Soldier of the Cross”.
21 1920– W.H. Sammons patented hair straightening comb. 22 1941– Atlanta urban League won battle for “Mrs.” for Black women. 23 1975– Stanley Scoot appointed to AID African Staff. C. J. Walker born 24 1814– Black Troops held position , battle of New Orleans. 25 1760– Jupiter Hammon, Black slave published “ Salvation of Christ”. 26 1848– Ellen & William Craft escaped from slavery in GA. 1908– Jack Johnson became 1st Black heavyweight champion. 27 1887– Stewart & Johnson patented metal bending machine. Flo Jo born
28 1816– The American Colonization Society organized. Denzel Washington born 29 1746– Lucy Terry, Black poet, wrote 1st poem. 30 1800– Blacks represented 20% of U.S. population. 31 1862- Watch Night, residents of Rochester, N.Y. joined Frederick Douglass in anticipation of Emancipation Proclamation. 1900- Selma Burke, sculptor, born. 1952– Ends 1st full year in 71 years without a lynching.
January 2009
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1863– Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation. 2 1965– Martin Luther King, Jr. called for protest when Alabama Blacks not allowed to vote. 3 1624- William Tucker, 1st Black child born in U.S.
4 1971—Congressional Black Caucus formed. 5 1943– George Washington Carver died. 6 1773– Massachusetts slaves petitioned for freedom. 7 1890- William B. Purvis patented fountain pen. Zora Neale Hurston born 8 1811– Charles Deslondes led slave revolt in New Orleans. 9 1866– Fisk University founded. 10 1811- Philadelphia Blacks held meetings to protest campaign "to exile us from the land of our nativity." 1866– Georgia Equal Rights Association organized.
11 1985– Reuben V. Anderson, 1st Black appointed to Mississippi Supreme Court. 12 1948– U.S. Supreme Court ruled Blacks have right to study law at state institutions. 1952– University of Tennessee admitted 1st Black student. 13 1966– Robert C. Weaver nominated Secretary of HUD. 1990– L. Douglas Wilder became 1st Black governor since Reconstruction. 14 1868– Black delegates majority at South Carolina State Assembly. 15 1929– Martin Luther King Jr. born. 16 1978– NASA named Black astronauts: Guion Bluford, Ron McNair, Frederick Gregory. 17 1917– Virgin Islands purchased by U.S. Muhammad Ali born
18 1938– Captain B Collins patented portable electric light. Daniel Hale Williams born 19 1788– Blacks organized Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. 20 1788– Andrew Bryan, 1st Black pastor, ordained. 1977– Patricia Roberts Harris became 1st Black woman to hold Cabinet position. 21 1 773- Phyllis Wheatley freed. Barbara Jordan born 22 1793– Benjamin Banneker helped plan Washington, D.C. 23 1977– 1st ABC TV showing of “Roots”. 24 1918- Lewis H Latimer, inventor, honored.
25 1966– Constance B. Motley appointed federal judge, 1st 26 1961– Carl T. Rowan, journalist, given White House job. Bessie Coleman born 27 1961- Leontyne Price debuted with Metropolitan Opera. 1972– Mahalia Jackson died. 28 1938- 1st Black Woman elected to a state legislature. 1944- Matthew Henson received medal as co-discoverer of North Pole. 1986– Ronald McNair died on 29 1926– Violette Nealy Anderson became 1st Black woman to argue before Supreme Court. 1977– Andrew Young’s U.N. appointment confirmed by Oprah born 30 1797– Earliest Black petition to Congress. 1956– Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King’s home firebombed 31 1865- Congress passed 13th Jackie Robinson born
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