Eldridge Cleaver
On June 18, 1954, Eldridge Cleaver Took His First Trip To Soledad Prison On A Marijuana Possession Charge.The Former Convict Went On To Become A Major Civil Rights Activist And Leader In The Black Panther Party. He Served As The ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 9:02PM
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson Was Born June 17, 1871, In Jacksonville, Florida.In November, 1900, James Weldon Johnson And His Brother, John Rosemond Johnson, Composed The Song, "Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing," Generally Known As The Black ...
Posted Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 8:50PM
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Gordon Parks
A Pictorial Essay On Flavio De Silva, An Impoverished And Sickly Boy Living In The Favela, Or Slums, Of Rio De Janeiro, Appeared In The June 16, 1961 Issue Of Time Magazine.When The Heart-Wrenching Images Were Seen, And Flavio's Story ...
Posted Tuesday, June 15th 2010 at 11:23PM
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Henry O. Flipper
Henry Ossian Flipper, The First Black American Cadet To Graduate From West Point, Received His Degree On June 15, 1877. Born Into Slavery On March 21, 1856, In Thomasville, Georgia, 1873, Flipper Was Appointed To The West Poi ...
Posted Monday, June 14th 2010 at 10:25PM
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Cheryl A. Brown
On June 14, 1970, Chery A. Brown (Now Cheryl Hollingsworth) Won The Iowa State Beauty Pageant And Became The First Black Woman To Compete In Atlantic City's Miss America Pageant. Prior To Brown's Appearance In 1970, The Miss Americ ...
Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 3:21AM
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Charles Rangel
Congressman Charles Rangel Was Born On June 11, 1930, In New York City.The 80 Year-Old Rangel Has Served 20 Terms As The Representative From The 15th Congressional District, Comprising East And Central Harlem, The Upper West Side A ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 8:35PM
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Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel, The First Black American To Win An Academy Award, Was Born On June 10, 1895 In Wichita, Kansas.On February 29, 1940 Hattie McDaniel Won The Oscar For Best Supporting Actress For Her Role As Mammy In The 1939 Film, ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 12:54PM
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Ray Charles
In Honor Of Black Music Month And OneOf The Pioneering Legends Of Black Music,Today's Blog Is a Re-Post, FeaturingThe Phenomenal Ray Charles, On The 6th YearAnniversary Of His Passing. CLICK LINKTo View The Blog.http://www.blackintime. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 9th 2010 at 10:47PM
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
The Sculptress, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Was Born June 9, 1877, In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Fuller Was One Of The Principal Visual Artists During The Harlem Renaissance Of The 1920s. She Was The First Black American Art ...
Posted Tuesday, June 8th 2010 at 8:07PM
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Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Died Of A Heart Attack, In Kansas City, On June 8, 1982. Born July 7, 1906, He Was The First Negro League Player Inducted Into The Baseball Hall Of Fame, In August, 1971.Paige Had An Incredibly Long Basebal ...
Posted Monday, June 7th 2010 at 7:26PM
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks Was Born June 7, 1917, In Topeka, Kansas. Her Family Moved To Chicago During The 1930s. While Based in Chicago, She Graduated From Wilson Junior College In 1936, And Was Publicity Director For Th ...
Posted Sunday, June 6th 2010 at 5:04PM
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Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker, One Of America's Most Legendary Expatriates, Was Born On This Date In 1906, In St. Louis Missouri.In The 1920's, Baker Earned The Title, "The Toast Of Paris," As She Sang And Danced Her Way Throughout France. At Va ...
Posted Wednesday, June 2nd 2010 at 10:01PM
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Ray Charles
"I Can't Stop Loving You," Ray Charles' Biggest-Selling Single Of All -Time, From The Album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Hit #1 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart During The Week Of June 2, 1962. It Stayed In That Spot For ...
Posted Tuesday, June 1st 2010 at 9:02PM
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Collective Cooperation Has it's Roots In African Culture...It's Also One Of The Concept Upon Which The BLACK BUSINESS BUILDERS CLUB Was Established!!
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Posted Monday, May 31st 2010 at 1:51PM
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BLACK IN TIME Honors The TUSKEGEE AIRMENMemorial Day, 2010CLICK Link To See Today's Video Blog!!http://www.blackintime.info/1/post/2010/05/tuskegee-airmen-video.html ...
Posted Sunday, May 30th 2010 at 11:07PM
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Gladys Knight
R&B Legend, Gladys Knight Was Born On This Day, In 1944, In Atlanta, Georgia.
She Gained Fame As A Singer In 1952, At Age 7, By Winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV Show Contest.In 1953 She, Her Brother, Merald, Sister, B ...
Posted Thursday, May 27th 2010 at 9:21PM
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Dorie Miller
On May 27, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Had To Issue A Direct Order To The U.S. Navy To Award Doris "Dorie" Miller The Navy Cross For His Extraordinary Courage During The Attack On Pearl Harbor.On December 7, 1941, Japanese War ...
Posted Wednesday, May 26th 2010 at 8:50PM
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Modern Day Fire Extinguisher
On This Date, Inventor, T. J. Marshall Was Awarded Patent, No. 125,063 For His Improved Design On The Fire Extinguisher.During Slavery, Most Blacks Were Denied Formal Education And In Fact Many Laws Were Passed In The So ...
Posted Tuesday, May 25th 2010 at 11:15PM
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
On May 25, 1878, Luther Bill Robinson Was Born In Richmond, Virginia. And With Him, A New Word Was Added To The English Language. Best Known As Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, He Coined The Term, "Copacetic," Which Meant Okay ...
Posted Tuesday, May 25th 2010 at 1:29AM
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Duke Ellington
Legendary Composer, Pianist And Big-Band Leader, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Died Of Lung Cancer In New York City, On May 24, 1974.One Of The Most Creative And Important Composers Of The 20th Century, Ellington Influenced ...
Posted Sunday, May 23rd 2010 at 5:05PM
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Clarence " Big House" Gaines
College Basketball Legend, Clarence Edward "Big House Gaines," Was Born On This Day In 1923.A Native Of Paducah, Kentucky And 1945 Graduate Of Morgan State University, Gaines Found His Way To Winston Salem, Nor ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2010 at 8:13PM
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
Haitian Revolutionary, Patriot And Martyr, François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, Was Born May 20, 1744, In The Plaine Du Nord Of What Was Then Saint-Domingue.He Was A Self-Educated Slave, Freed In 1791, After Marryi ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 11:53PM
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The BLACK IN TIME ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER FOR BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE Is Paying TRIBUTE To Brother Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, On His 85Th BIRTHDAY!!
You Can Go To Our TRIBUTE PAGE By Clicking The Link. Content Will Be Added ALL DAY, So St ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 2:33PM
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune, One Of America's Greatest Educators And Activists, Died On May 18, 1955.The Daughter Of Former Slaves (Samuel And Patsy McLeod), Mary Bethune Was Born July 10, 1875, In Mayesville, South Carolina. She Was O ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 11:18AM
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Earl Cole
On May 14, 2007, Earl Cole Received A Check For $1 Million Dollars On The Early Show After Winning The Grand Prize On The Season Finale Of The CBS Reality Game Show, Survior: Fiji.Cole Is The Second Black American To Win $1,000,000 On Th ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 8:27PM
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