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1914; |
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Ralph Ellison, author, born |
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1867: |
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Congress enacts charter to establish Howard University |
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1865: |
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Freedman's Bureau established by Federal government to aid newly freed slaves. |
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1965: |
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| Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics honored as NBA most valuable player for fourth time in five years. |
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1770: |
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Crispus Attucks becomes one of the first casualties of the American Revolution. |
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1857: |
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Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision. |
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1965: |
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Supreme Court upholds key provisions on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
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1945: |
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Phyllis Mae Daley becomes the first black to join the Navy Nurse Corp. |
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1951: |
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The National Pharmaceutical Association incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware. |
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1977: |
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Henry L. Marsh III becomes the first African American elected as Mayor of Richmond ,Virginia |
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NJBSMC Chapter Meeting |
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1841: |
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Amistad mutineers freed by Supreme Court. |
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1856: |
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Buffalo Soldier Augustus Walley, first black Medal of Honor recipient, born a slave in Reisterstown, Maryland. |
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1869: |
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Robert Tanner Freeman becomes the first black to receive a degree in dentistry. |
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1913: |
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Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and Civil War nurse, dies. |
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1959: |
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Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun opens at Barrymore Theater, New York, the first play by a black woman to premiere on Broadway. |
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1932: |
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Andrew Young, former U.N. ambassador and former Mayor of Atlanta, born. |
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1773: |
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Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, black pioneer and explorer, founded Chicago. |
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1956: |
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Montgomery bus boycott ends when municipal bus service is desegregated. |
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1947: |
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John Lee, first black commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, assigned to duty. |
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Palm Sunday |
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1927: |
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Freedom's Journal, the first U.S. black newspaper, is founded. |
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1846: |
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Rebecca Cole, second black female physician in the U.S., born
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St. Patrick's Day |
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1885: |
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William F. Cosgrove patents automatic stop plug for gas and oil pipes. |
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1890: |
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Charles B. Brooks patents street sweeper. |
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1856: |
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The Phoenix Society, a literary and educational group, founded by blacks in New York City |
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1971: |
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The Rev. Leon Sullivan elected to board of directors of General Motors. |
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1883: |
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Jan E. Matzeliger patents shoemaking machine. |
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1912: |
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Carter Woodson receives doctorate from Howard University. |
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Good Friday
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1856: |
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Buffalo Soldier Henry Ossian Flipper, first black cadet at West Point, born a slave in Thomasville, Georgia. |
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1965: |
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, for voting rights. |
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1898: |
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J.W. Smith patents lawn sprinkler. |
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Easter Sunday |
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1873: |
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Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico. |
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1837: |
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Canada gives black citizens the right to vote. |
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1907: |
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Nurse and aviator Janet Harmon Bragg born. |
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1843: |
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Explorer Jacob Dodson sets out in search of the Northwest Passage. |
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1931: |
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, anti-lynching activist and founding member of the NAACP, dies. |
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1872: |
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Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher. |
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1911: |
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William H. Lewis becomes U.S. assistant attorney general. |
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1924: |
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Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, "The Divine One," born. |
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1930: |
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Of the 116,000 blacks in professional positions, more than two-thirds were teachers or ministers. |
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1870: |
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Jonathan S. Wright becomes the first black state supreme court justice in South Carolina |
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1898: |
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W.J. Ballow patents combined hat rack and table |
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1918: |
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Pearl Bailey, singer and actor, born. |
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1870: |
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Fifteenth Amendment ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to blacks. |
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1988:
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Toni Morrison (AKA) wins Pulitzer Prize for Beloved.
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