Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track And Field Star, Jackie Joyner Kersee Was Born March 3, 1962, In East St. Louis, Illinois.
Joyner-Kersee Attended UCLA, Where She Starred In Both Track And Basketball From 1980-1985. She was honored On February 21, 1 ...
Posted Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 at 8:47PM
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Wilt Chamberlin
On March 2, 1962, "Wilt The Stilt" Chamberlin Scored 100 Points In A Single Basketball Game, A Feat That Has Yet To Be Duplicated. Chamberlin Made 36 Field Goals And 28 Foul Shots In That Game.Playing For The Philadelphia/San Francis ...
Posted Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 at 2:00AM
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Blanche Kelso Bruce
Blanche Kelso Bruce, The First Black To Serve A Full Term In The United States Senate, Was Born A Slave In Prince Edward County, Virginia, March 1, 1841, To A Plantation Owner And His Slave/Lover.He Established The First Schoo ...
Posted Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 4:16PM
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Jimmie Lee Jackson
Jimmie Lee Jackson Was Born In Marion, Alabama in December 1938. He Was A Farm Laborer And Church Deacon. He Was Also Active In The Civil Rights Movement.
On February 17, 1965, He Took Part In A Protest In Support Of Africa ...
Posted Thursday, February 25th 2010 at 8:51PM
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Elijah Muhammad
Nation Of Islam Leader, Elijah Muhammad Died February 25, 1975, In Chicago, At The Age Of 77.
Elijah Muhammad Was A Powerful, Controversial Figure Who Attacked The Beliefs Of The Christian Community, Calling Christianity "Th ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 8:38PM
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Roberta Flack
On The Week Beginning February 24, 1973, Singer, Roberta Flack, Had A Billboard Number One Hit Single With The Song, "Killing Me Softly With His Song." The Song Remained In That Position For Five Weeks And Won The 1974 Grammy Award ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 3:09AM
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Julius Erving
Basketball Legend Julius Winfield Erving, II Was Born On February 22, 1950, In Roosevelt, New York.More Popularly Known As "Dr. J," Erving Helped Launch The Modern Style Of NBA Play That Emphasizes Slam Dunks, Acrobatics And Playing ...
Posted Sunday, February 21st 2010 at 8:21PM
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Smokey Robinson
Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, William "Smokey" Robinson Was Born February 19, 1940, In Detroit Michigan
In 1958, Robinson Then Lead Singer Of The Matadors (The Group Would Eventually Change Its Name To The Miracles), ...
Posted Friday, February 19th 2010 at 1:59AM
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The Antislavery Movement
The First Formal Protest Against Slavery In The Western World Took Place On February 18, 1688, By Four Mennonite Men In Germantown Pennsylvania.
Francis Daniel Pastorius, Gerhard Hendricks And Derck And Abraham Op D ...
Posted Wednesday, February 17th 2010 at 11:33PM
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Hello Family & Friends,
I'm announcing the launch of the NEWLEY CREATED, BLACK IN TIME ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER FOR BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE!!
Please Note that the site is FAR FROM COMPLETE and CONTENT IS BEING ADDED DAILY. There is however, info ...
Posted Tuesday, February 16th 2010 at 12:13AM
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Joe Frazier
On February 16,1970, Joe Frazier Knocked Out Jimmy Ellis In The 5th Round, In New York City's Madison Square Garden, To Become The World Heavyweight Boxing Champion --- Succeeding Muhammad Ali.Immediately Afterward, Frazier --- Who Up To ...
Posted Monday, February 15th 2010 at 10:57PM
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole, At One Time, The Most Successful Post-World War II, Black Pop Singer, Died Of Lung Cancer On February 15, 1965. He Was 45 Years Old At The Time Of His Death.
Cole's Smooth Singing Style And Deep Voice Were Feature ...
Posted Sunday, February 14th 2010 at 7:07PM
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NAACP Founders
On February 12, 1909, Six Blacks, Most Of Them Former Members Of The Short-Lived Niagra Movement, And 47 Whites Founded The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP).W.E.B. DuBois, Who Served The Organization ...
Posted Friday, February 12th 2010 at 1:41AM
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Barbara C. Harris
On February 11, 1989, At The Age Of 58, The Reverend Barbara C. Harris Was Ordained As Bishop Of The Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts And Became The First Female Bishop Of The Episcopal Church.A Worldwide Religious Organizatio ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 8:05PM
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Alex Haley
Author, Alexander Murray Palmer Haley Died In Seattle, Washington, February 10, 1992, Of A Heart Attack. He Was Buried Beside His Childhood Home In Henning, Tennessee.
Born August 11, 1921, In Ithaca, New York, Haley Is Best Known ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 1:29AM
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Paul Lawrence Dunbar
On This Day In 1872, Paul Dunbar Died At The Age Of 34, From Tuberculosis. His Home, Located At 219 Summit Street In Dayton, Remains Very Much The Same As It Was At The Time Of His Death In 1906.Born June 27, In Dayton, Ohio, ...
Posted Monday, February 8th 2010 at 5:44PM
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Debi Thomas
On February 8, 1986, 18 Year-Old Debi Thomas Won The Woman's Senior Singles U.S. Figure Skating Championship, Becoming The First Black American To Win The Title.In March Of That Same Year, She Defeated East Germany's Katrina Witt And ...
Posted Sunday, February 7th 2010 at 11:34PM
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Medgar Evers, Byron De La Beckwith
On February 5, 1994, Ku Klux Klan Member, Byron De La Beckwith Was Finally Convicted For The Murder Of Civil Rights Leader, Medgar Evers, Who He Killed 31 Years Earlier.De La Beckwith Was Tried Twice For Murder ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2010 at 3:54PM
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Solourner Truth
Activist Isabella Baumfree, AKA Sojourner Truth, Was Commemorated On A U.S. Postage Stamp, On February 4, 1986.On The First Day Of June, 1843, She Set Out From New York, On A Historic Journey Across America.She Traveled The Country ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 at 9:53PM
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Jack Johnson
Boxer, Jack Johnson Won His First Title On February 3, 1903, Beating "Denver" Ed Martin Over 20 Rounds For The World Colored Heavyweight Championship.
His Efforts To Win The Full Title Were Blocked, As Then World Heavyweight Champi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 at 8:40PM
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James Weldon Johnson
On February 2, 1988, A Commemorative Stamp Of James Weldon Johnson Was
Issued By The United States Postal Service As Part Of Its Black
Heritage USA Series.
James Weldon Johnson Was Born June 17, 1871, In Jacksonville, F ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2010 at 8:19PM
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The Greensboro 4
On Monday, February 4, 1960, At 4:30PM, Four Freshmen From North Carolina Agricultural And Technical College (North Carolina A&T) -- Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil And Franklin McCain, Sat Down At The Lunch ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2010 at 1:14AM
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Viotette N. Anderson
On January 29, 1926, Violette Neatly Anderson Became The First Black Woman To Practice Law Before The United States Supreme Court.Anderson Graduated From The University Of Chicago Law School In 1920, When She Was Nearly 40 Y ...
Posted Thursday, January 28th 2010 at 4:43PM
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Matthew Henson
On January 28, 1944 Explorer, Matthew Alexander Henson Received A Congressional Medal For His Work On A History-Making Expedition With Admiral Robert E. Peary, In 1909.
Henson Was Born On August 8, 1866, In Charles County, MD. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 27th 2010 at 7:02PM
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