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1663
1st documentened slave rebellion in Colonial American, Glouceater County VA
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1885
Alian LeRoy Locke born Philadelphia PA
1947
Elmer "Geronimo Ji-Jaga" Pratt born Morgan City LA
1948
Nell Ruth Carter born Birmingham AL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kONFkc1PwCc
1953
Rhonda Eva Harris, "Iyanla Vanzant" born Brooklyn NYC
1964
Tavis Smiley born Gulfport MS
1967
Michael Duana Johnson born Dallas TX
1969
Emmitt "Tyler" Perry Jr born New Orleans LA
B. A. Balackus
1972
Johnny Lawrence Ford (Tuskeegee) and Algernon Johnson Cooper (Prichard) elected mayors in AL
1998
Andrw Braugher wins Emmy for Lead Actor role in "Homicide: Life on the Street"
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1996
Rest in Power Tupac Shakur
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#BlackFriday September 13, 2024
1867
Gen Edward Richard Spring Canby ordered South Carolina courts to impanel black jurors
1881
Louis Latimer patents electric lamp with carbon filament
1886
Alexander Crummell sermon challenging ideas about importance of classical education
1948
Henry A Wallace radio address calling for end of segregation
1971
Attica Prison Riot
B. A. Balackus
#BlackFriday August 23, 2024
#BlackAugust
What about #BlackJobs & Black businesses
1900
Booker T Washington founded the National Negro Business League Boston MA
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1875
John Wesley Cromwell
''Address on Difficulties of the Colored Youth in Obtaining an Education in the Virginias''
Richmond VA
1962
Fannie Lou Hammer volunteers to organize for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi
2014
Thousands peacefully protest the murder or Eric Garner NYC
B. A. Balackus
#BlackFriday August 30, 2024
#BlackAugust
1838
1st African American magazine begins publication, ''Mirror of Freedom''
1854
John C Freemont issued proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels
1881
WS Campbell patents improved animal trap
1966
Constance Baker Motley confirmed US district judge 1st Black Woman on federal bench
1983
Lt Col Yukon S Bluford Jr enters space, 1st Black astronaut
B. A. Balackus
#BlackFriday September 6, 2024
1781
Jordan Freeman kills Major William Montgomery before also dying
1826
John Browne Russwurn "The Condition of the Prospects of Haiti" commencement address at Bowdoin College
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1826-john-b-russwurm-condition-and-prospects-haiti/
1892
George "Little Chocolate" Dixon wins featherweight title in New Orleans
1967
Walter E Washington named commisioner and unofficial Mayor of D.C.
B. A. Balackus
#BlackFriday August 9, 2024
#BlackAugust
1918
AFM Local 458 Union, Seattle WA
1936
Jesse Owens 1st African American to win total 4 Gold Medals at Olympics, Berlin
1961
James B Parsons 1st black person appointed to Federal District Court
1970
protest in London led to ''Mangrove Nine'' Trial
1987
Beatrice Foods acquired by Reginald Lewis, largest acquisition ever by an Africa American
1995
International Day of Worlds Indigenous Peoples
B. A. Balackus
#BlackFriday August 16, 2024
#BlackAugust
1934
US ends occupation of Haiti
1964
Protest of Foremost Liquor Store by Black residents of Dixmoor IL
1965
Joe Frazier makes professional boxing debut, KOs Woody Goss
1963
1st US postage stamp designed by a Black artist, Georg Olden, on sale
2001
Stephanie Ready 1st woman to coach professional men's league team, asst coach of Greenville Grove, NBA development league
2014
DeRay McKesson visited Ferguson MS
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#BlackAugust
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#BlackFriday Aug 2, 2024
1920
William Leidesdorff launches first steamboat in San Francisco bay
Marcus Garvey presents ''Back to Africa'' program
1951
(posthumously awarded)
William Henry Thompson 1st African American to earn Medal of Honor in Korean War
1966
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science postgraduate medical school chartered in LA
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