Mahalia Jackson
On January 27, 1972, The Woman Known As The
"Queen Of Gospel Song," Died At Age 60, In Evergreen Park, Illinois. Mahalia Jackson Was Gospel Musc's First International Superstar.
Reared In New Orleans, Louisiana In The Early 1 ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010 at 9:53PM
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Angela Davis
Angela Davis Was Born January 26, 1944, In Birmingham, Alabama.
On June 5, 1972, Angela Davis Was Acquitted Of Complicity In A Plot To Free Three San Quintin Prisoners From A Marin County, California Courthouse.
During The Esc ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2010 at 6:39PM
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Constance Baker Motley
On January 25, 1966, Constance Baker Motley Became America's First Black Female Federal Judge, After Being Appointed To The U.S. District Court For Southern New York, By President Lyndon B. Johnson.Motley Also Made Histo ...
Posted Sunday, January 24th 2010 at 2:50PM
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Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke, The Man Many Consider The Greatest Soul Singer Ever, And One Of The Founders Of The Soul Music Genre, Was Born January 22, 1931, In Clarksdale Mississippi. His Family Moved To Chicago In 1933.
Cooke Began Singing Gospel A ...
Posted Thursday, January 21st 2010 at 7:43PM
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Jackie Wilson
On September 29, 1975, While Performing At The Latin Casino In Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Jackie Wilson Suffered A Heart Attack. He Would Linger In A Brain-Dead State For The Next Nine Years He Died January 21, 1984, In Mount Holly, Ne ...
Posted Wednesday, January 20th 2010 at 8:37PM
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Barack Obama Sworn In As The 44th And First African American President
On January 20, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama Was Sworn In As The 44th And First African American President Of The United States Of America.
On June 3, 2008, With 2,118 Deleg ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 8:17PM
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John H. Johnson
John Harold Johnson, Founder Of The Johnson Publishing Company, Was Born January 19, 1918, In Arkansas City, Arkansas.
Johnson's Family Moved To Chicago During The 1930s And Where He Attended DuSable High School, The Universit ...
Posted Monday, January 18th 2010 at 5:33PM
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Was Born January 18, 1856.
Dr. Williams Made Medical History On July 9, 1893, When He Performed The First Successful Open Heart Surgery On Record. He Operated On James Cornish, A Young Black M ...
Posted Sunday, January 17th 2010 at 10:52PM
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Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15 Marks The 8Ist Birthday Of America's Most Recognized Civil Rights Activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Please CLICK HERE Watch The 47-Minute Documentary On Dr. King's Life And Death.
"In Order For B ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 8:12PM
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Julian Bond
Civil Rights Activist And Politician, Horace Julian Bond, Was Born, January 14, 1940, In Nashville, Tennessee.His Family Moved To Pennsylvania When He Was Five, After Bond's Father, Horace M. Bond, Accepted A Position As Lincoln Univ ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 8:12PM
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Robert C. Weaver
On January 13, 1964, Dr Robert C. Weaver Became The First Black American In History To Serve In A Presidential Cabinet When He Was Appointed By President Lyndon B. Johnson To Head The Newly Created Department Of Housing And Urba ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 9:09PM
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James L. Farmer, Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, James Leonard Farmer, Jr. Was Born January 12, 1920,
In Marshall, Texas.
Known As One Of The Civil Rights Movement's "Big 4," -- Along With Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins (Chief Of The NAACP) ...
Posted Monday, January 11th 2010 at 8:37PM
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Henry Aaron
On January 11. 1976, Hall Of Fame Baseball Player, Henry "Hank" Aaron, Received The 60th Annual NAACP Spingarn Medal For His Accomplishments On And Off The Baseball Diamond.In Atlanta Stadium, On April 8, 1974, At 9:07 PM, Hank A ...
Posted Sunday, January 10th 2010 at 3:19PM
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Reconstruction Congress
On January 8, 1867, During The First Year Of The Reconstruction Era,
Congress Passed A Bill To Allow Blacks In Washington, DC To Vote, Despite A Veto By President Andrew Jackson.By March, A Series Of Congressional Bills ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:58PM
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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston, The Most Prominent And Prolific Black Female Writer Of The 1920's 1930's And 1940's, Was Born On January 7, 1891.A Harlem Renaissance Veteran And Folklorist, Hurstons's Literary Themes Centered Around Commo ...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th 2010 at 10:11PM
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John Singleton
Movie Director/Screenwriter/Producer, John Daniel Singleton, Was Born January 6, 1968, In Los Angeles California.
Following Graduation From The School Of Cinematic Arts At The University Of Southern California, Singleton Made M ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 11:57PM
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George Washington Carver
January 5 Has Been Designated, George Washington Carver Day, In Honor Of The Brilliant Agricultural Chemist Who Died On This Day In 1943, At The Age Of 78.
George Washington Carver Was Born A Slave In Diamond, Missour ...
Posted Monday, January 4th 2010 at 8:20PM
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Archie Alexander
Archie A. Alexander, Architectural Engineer And Former Governor Of The Virgin Islands, Died On January 4, 1958, At The Age Of 69.He Had Been Appointed Governor Of The Virgin Islands By President Dwight Eisenhower In 1954. His ...
Posted Sunday, January 3rd 2010 at 10:20AM
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Charley Pride
On December 31, 1980, The New York Times Announced That Country-And-Western Singer, Charley Pride, Would Be One Of the Entertainers At President-Elect Ronald Reagan's 1981 Inaugural Gala.
Born In Mississippi And A Former Profe ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2009 at 11:25PM
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Langston Hughes
On December 30, 1960, Langston Hughes Received The NAACP's Spingarn Medal, At Which Time He Was Dubbed, The "Poet Laureate Of The Negro Race," Hughes Is Also Considered One Of The Most Important And Proliific American Writers Of ...
Posted Tuesday, December 29th 2009 at 8:59PM
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Innervisions
On December 29, 1973, Stevie Wonder Held The Number Position On BillBoard's R&B Chart, With the Song "Living For The City," One Of Several Hits From The Landmark Album, "Innervisions."
Wonder Produced "Innervisions" During Wh ...
Posted Monday, December 28th 2009 at 9:35PM
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Denzel Washington
Actor/Director, Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. Was Born December 28, 1954.A Native Of Mount Vernon, New York, The Two-Time, Academy Award-Winning Actor Received A B.A. In Drama And Journalism From Fordham University In 1977.Washi ...
Posted Sunday, December 27th 2009 at 3:43PM
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Madame CJ Walker
Madam C.J. Walker, Whose Birth Name Was Sarah Breedlove, Was Born December 23, 1857, In Delta Louisiana. She Was The First Member Of Her Family To Be Born Free.
She Made Her Fortune By Developing And Marketing A Hugely Succes ...
Posted Wednesday, December 23rd 2009 at 1:25AM
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Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell Played His First Game With The NBA's Bonston Celtics On This Date In 1956.
On In 1966, Russell Was Named Coach Of the Boston Celtics, Making Him The First Black Head Coach Of A Major Professional ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2009 at 10:51PM
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Patricia R. Harris
On December 21, 1976, Patricia Roberts Harris Was Named Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD), By President Jimmy Carter - Making Her The First Black Female Cabinet Member.
In 1979, She Was Appointed Secretary Of H ...
Posted Sunday, December 20th 2009 at 1:17PM
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