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1889: |
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Frederick Douglass named U.S. Minister to Haiti. |
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1872: |
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Elijah McCoy patents first self-lubricating locomotive engine. The quality of his invention helped coin the phrase 'the real McCoy.' |
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1964: |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act into law. |
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1688: |
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The Quakers in Germantown, Pennsylvania, make first formal protest against slavery. |
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Independence Day |
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1900: |
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Traditional birthday of Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong, jazz player. |
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1892: |
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Andrew J. Beard patents rotary engine. |
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1991: |
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Nelson Mandela elected president of the African National Congress. |
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1957: |
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Althea Gibson wins women's singles title at Wimbledon, first black to win tennis's most prestigious award. |
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1948: |
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Cleveland Indians sign pitcher Leroy 'Satchel' Paige. |
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1943: |
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Faye Wattleton, first black director of Planned Parenthood, born. |
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2000: |
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Venus Williams wins women's singles championship at Wimbledon. |
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1893: |
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs first successful open-heart operation. |
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1875: |
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Educator Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College, born. |
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1905: |
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W.E.B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter organize the Niagra Movement, a forerunner of the NAACP. |
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1937: |
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Actor, comedian Bill Cosby born. |
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1949: |
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Frederick M. Jones patents cooling system for food transportation vehicles. |
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1965: |
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Thurgood Marshall becomes first black appointed U.S. solicitor general. |
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1955: |
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George Washington Carver Monument, first national park honoring a black, is dedicated in Joplin, Missouri. |
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1867: |
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Maggie Lena Walker, first woman and first black to become president of a bank, born. |
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1822: |
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Violette A. Johnson, first black woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, born. |
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1862: |
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Anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells Barnett born. |
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1953: |
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Jesse D. Locker appointed U.S. ambassador to Liberia. |
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1899: |
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L.C. Bailey issued patent for the folding bed. |
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1939: |
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Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins records 'Body and Soul.' |
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1998: |
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African American Civil War Soldiers Memorial dedicated, Washington, D.C. |
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1925: |
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Paris debut of Josephine Baker, entertainer , activist and humanitarian. |
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1950: |
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Black troops (24th Regiment) wins first U.S. victory in Korea. |
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1896: |
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Mary Church Terrell elected first president of National Association of Colored Women. |
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1939: |
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Jane M. Bolin of New York City appointed first black female judge. |
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1778: |
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More than 700 blacks participate in Battle of Monmouth (New Jersey). |
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1868: |
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The 14th Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to blacks. |
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1807: |
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Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge born in New York City. |
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1916: |
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Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask, rescues six people from gas-filled tunnel in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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1948: |
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President Harry S. Truman issues Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in armed forces. |
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1880: |
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Alexander P. Ashbourne patents process for refining coconut oil. |
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1868: |
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14th Amendment, granting blacks full citizenship rights, becomes part of the Constitution. |
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1895: |
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First National Conference of Colored Women Convemtion held in Boston. |
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1822: |
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James Varick becomes first bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. |
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1874: |
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Reverend Patrick Francis Healy inaugurated president of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
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