Bishop Desmond Tutu
South African Cleric And Human Rights Activist, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Was Born October 7, 1931 In Klerksdorp, Transvaal.In 1975 He Became The First Black African To Serve As Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral In Johannesburg. From 1976 t ...
Posted Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 12:12AM
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Civil Rights Leader, Fannie Lou Hamer, Was Born In Montgomery County, Mississippi, On October 6, 1917. She Was The Youngest Of 20 Children And The Granddaughter Slaves.Her Parents Were Sharecroppers, And As A Child, Hamer Helped ...
Posted Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 1:06AM
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Eddie Kendricks
Eddie Kendricks, R&B Legend And Co-Founder Of The Motown Supergroup, The Temptations, Died On October 5, 1992, In Birmingham, Alabama, From Lung Cancer. Eddie Kendricks Began Singing In Birmingham During The 1940's And 1950's, ...
Posted Monday, October 4th 2010 at 11:37PM
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Thrilla In Manila
Ali-Frazier III, Or The "Thrilla In Manila," As It Was Dubbed, Took Place On The First Day Of October, 1975. Muhammad Ali Successfully Defended The Heavyweight Title By Defeating Joe Frazier In 14 Rounds.The Former Olympic Gold M ...
Posted Friday, October 1st 2010 at 2:27AM
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Johnny Mathis
Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Johnny Mathis, Was Born In Gilmer, Texas On September 30, 1935.A Star Athlete On The Track And Basketball Teams At San Francisco's George Washington High School, Mathis Earned Four Athletic Letters. In 1954 ...
Posted Thursday, September 30th 2010 at 1:23PM
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Prince Hall
On September 29, 1784, A Charter Was Granted Authorizing The Organization Of African Lodge No. 459 In Boston Under The Leadership Of Prince Hall As Master.It took Three Years For The Charter To Finally Arrive In Boston On April 2 ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2010 at 7:21PM
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Walker's Appeal
Abolitionist Writer, David Walker Was Born On September 28, 1785, In Wilmington, North Carolina, To A Free Mother And Enslaved Father.Walker Is Most Famous For Writing And Publishing The Militant, Anti-Slavery Pamphlet, Walker's Ap ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2010 at 12:40AM
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William C. Handy
William Christopher Handy Published "Memphis Blues" On September 27, 1912 And Gave The World Its First Uniquely Black American Music Form. The Song Was Originally Written For Edward H. Crump's Mayoral Campaign.
Known As The ...
Posted Sunday, September 26th 2010 at 12:39PM
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Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carol Robertson, Cynthia Wesley & Robert Chambliss
On September 24, 1977, Ku Klux Klan Member, Robert Edward Chambliss (Also Known As "Dynamite Bob"), Was Indicted And Charged With Murder For The 1963 16TH Str ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2010 at 2:12AM
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Ray Charles
In Honor Of Music Legend, Ray Charles' 80Th Birthday, Please View This Previously Posted Blog!!http://www.blackintime.info/1/post/2010/06/ray-charles.html ...
Posted Thursday, September 23rd 2010 at 2:02AM
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Ralph Bunche
On September 22, 1950, Ralph J. Bunche Was Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize For His Role As A Mediator In The Palestinian Conflict. Bunche Was The First Black American To Win The Nobel Peace Prize. A Year Earlier He Won The NAACP's Sping ...
Posted Tuesday, September 21st 2010 at 6:42PM
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Flo-Jo
On September 21, 1998, One Of Track And Field's Most Dynamic Stars, Florence Griffith Joyner, Died From A Seizure While Sleeping In Her Home, In Mission Viejo, California. She Was 38 Years Old.Known To The World As "Flo-Jo," Joyner Was A Tr ...
Posted Tuesday, September 21st 2010 at 12:27AM
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Depiction Of Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings
On September 20, 1664, Maryland Passed The First Amalgamation Law. This Was Intended To Prevent English Men From Marrying African Women.Intrracial Marriage Was A Fairly Common Practice Durin ...
Posted Sunday, September 19th 2010 at 2:22PM
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Vanessa Williams & Suzette Charles
On September 17, 1983, In Atlantic City, New Jersey, 20-Year Old, Vanessa Williams Was Crowned The First Black American Miss America.On That Same Night, New Jersey Native And African American, Suzette Charles Was ...
Posted Thursday, September 16th 2010 at 5:46PM
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B.B. King
Riley B. King, Aka, "B.B.," Was Born September 16, 1925, In Ita Bena, Mississippi.B.B. King Is A Bona Fide Music Legend. For Decades He Has Carried On The Delta Blues Tradition --- Recording Coutless Blues Classics Which Include: "Sweet Si ...
Posted Wednesday, September 15th 2010 at 7:54PM
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Four Little Girls Killed In Church Bombing
On September 15, 1963, The Ku Klux Klan Bombed The 16th Street Baptist Church In Birmingham, Alabama.
Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carol Robertson And Cynthia Wesley Were The Four Young Black Gi ...
Posted Wednesday, September 15th 2010 at 1:36AM
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Speckled Red
Rufus "Speckled Red" Perryman Recorded The Song. "The Dirty Dozen," On The Brunswick Label, In Memphis, Tennessee, On September 14, 1929.
Perryman Was Born October 23, 1892, In Monroe, Louisiana. He Died January 2, 1973. He Was ...
Posted Monday, September 13th 2010 at 9:50PM
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Attica Prison InmatesOn September 13, 1971, Five Days Of Rioting At The Maximum-Security Prison In Attica, New York, Came To A Dramatic Conclusion.The Majority Of The Security Guards At Attica Were White, While 85 Percent Of The Inmates Were Black An ...
Posted Sunday, September 12th 2010 at 1:43PM
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James Meredith
On September 10, 1962, The U.S. Supreme Court Ordered The University of Mississippi To Admit James Meredith - Making Him The First Black Student To Attend "Ole Miss." He Graduated From The University On August 18, 1963 At Age 30. Me ...
Posted Friday, September 10th 2010 at 11:56AM
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Stono
On Sept. 9, 1739, The Bloodiest Slave Rebellion Of The Century Ignited At Stono, South Carolina, Outside Of Charleston.Twenty Angolans, Led By A Slave Named Cato. Seized Weapons From A Storehouse And Began Marching Toward Florida, Gathering ...
Posted Wednesday, September 8th 2010 at 8:28PM
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Dorothy Dandridge
On September 8, 1965, Dandridge Was Found Dead In Her Hollywood Home -- An Apparent Suicide Via A Drug Overdose.Born On November 9, 1922, In Cleveland, Ohio, Dandridge Entered Show Business During The 1930's With Her Sister, As Par ...
Posted Tuesday, September 7th 2010 at 10:13PM
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Jackie Wilson
On September, 7, 1968, "I Get The Sweetest Feeling," By R&B Legend, Jackie Wilson, Peaked At #34 On The Pop Music Charts. This Would Also Be His Last Top 40 Single, Although He Continued To Impact The R&B Charts For Several M ...
Posted Monday, September 6th 2010 at 9:12PM
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Bessie Coleman
On September 3, 1922, Bessie Coleman Made Her First Flight In An American Airplane, At An Exhibition Honoring The All-Black 15th Infantry Regiment Of The New York National Guard.
Coleman Had Recently Returned From France, Where In 19 ...
Posted Friday, September 3rd 2010 at 1:43AM
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Bill Cosby And Robert Kulp
The Last Episode Of The Television Drama, I SPY, Aired On September 2, 1968. The Show Followed Two Undercover Agents On Various Adventures Around The World.Bill Cosby Played Alexander Scott (Or Scotty) -- A Rhodes Scholar ...
Posted Thursday, September 2nd 2010 at 12:20PM
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