Henry Aaron
In Atlanta Stadium, On April 8, 1974, At 9:07 PM, Hank Aaron (Playing For The Atlanta Braves) Hit His 715th Home Run Against The Los Angeles Dodgers --- Breaking The Previous Record Held By Babe Ruth. The Ball Game Was Stopped While 53 ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 12:28AM
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Juanita Hall
The Broadway Show, South Pacific, Opened On April 7, 1949 At New York City’s Majestic Theater, With Black Actress, Jaunita Hall Playing The Part Of Bloody Mary - A Role For Which She Became The First Black American To Win A Tony A ...
Posted Tuesday, April 6th 2010 at 8:16PM
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Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson Was Born On August 8, 1866, In Charles County, MD. He Was The Great-Grand-Nephew Of Josiah Henson, The Famous Runaway Slave And Author Who Helped Other Slaves To Freedom, Via The Underground Railroad.
Henson Lost ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2010 at 8:57PM
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Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington Was Born Into Slavery, On A Small Farm, In Franklin County, Virginia, On April 5, 1856. Washington Went From Slavery To Become One Of The Most Important Figures Of His Day.
Washington Was Freed ...
Posted Sunday, April 4th 2010 at 1:03AM
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John Thompson
On April 2, 1984, John Thompson, Jr. Coached Georgetown University To An 84-75 Victory Over The University Of Houston. At That Moment, He Became The First Black Head Coach To Win An NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Ball Championship.Jo ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 8:30PM
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Dr. Charles Drew
Dr. Charles Richard Drew Died As The Result Of An Automobile Accident On April 1, 1950. His Death Was Pronounced At Alamance General Hospital In Burlington, North Carolina.Drew Developed The First Blood Banks In The United States, ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 3:46PM
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Toni Morrison
On March 31, 1988, Writer Toni Morrison Won The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction, For Her 1987 Novel, Beloved.
In 1993 She Was The First Black Woman To Receive A Nobel Peace Prize For Literature.
Born In Lorain, Ohio, Morrison Ent ...
Posted Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at 10:02AM
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Thomas M. Peterson & The 15Th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Which Had Been Ratified On February 3, Went Into Effect On March 30, 1870. The Amendment Extended The Right To Vote To ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 10:44PM
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Pastor, Richard Allen
Richard Allen, African American Pastor And The Founder Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church, Died March 26, 1831.Richard Allen Was Born A Slave In Philadelphia, On February 14, 1760. He Bought His Own Freedom And Became ...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 11:12PM
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The Scottsboro Boys
Legal Troubles For Nine Young Black Men Began On March 25, 1931, When They Were Pulled Off A Westbound Train At Paint Rock, Depot, Near Scottsboro, Alabama, Taken To Jail And Accused Of Raping Two White Women.The Boys Were Conv ...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 1:22AM
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Dorothy Height
Civil Rights Legend, Administrator And Educator, Dr. Dorothy Height, Was Born March 24, 1912.
From Richmond, Virginia, She Moved With Her Family To Rankin, Pennsylvania. While In High School, Height Got A Scholarship To Barnard ...
Posted Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 at 8:07PM
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Patricia R. HarrisPatricia Roberts Harris Died Of Cancer, March 23, 1985, In Washington, DC. She Was 66 Years OldIn 1979 Harris Was Appointed Secretary Of Health Education And Welfare By President Jimmy Carter.Previously She Was Secretary Of Housing ...
Posted Monday, March 22nd 2010 at 7:44PM
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Richard B. Harrsion
On March 22, Richard B. Harrison Was Awarded The NAACP's Spingarn Medal For "fine and reverent characterization of the Lord in Richard Connelly's play, 'The Green Pastures' has made that playthe outstanding dramatic accom ...
Posted Saturday, March 20th 2010 at 11:29PM
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Unita Blackwell
Politician And Activist, Unita Blackwell, Was Born March 18, 1933, In Lula, Mississippi. Ms. Blackwell Has The Distinction Of Being The First Black Female Mayor In The State Of Mississippi.
Ms. Blackwell Began Her Formal E ...
Posted Wednesday, March 17th 2010 at 6:29PM
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole, At One Time, The Most Successful Post-World War II, Black Pop Singer, Was Born Nathanial Adams Cole, March 17, 1919, In Alabama, Cole's Smooth Singing Style And Deep Voice Were Featured On Several Romantic Hits, In ...
Posted Tuesday, March 16th 2010 at 10:56PM
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Samuel Cornish & John Russworm
The Nation's First Black Newspaper Is Published March 16, 1827, By John B. Russworm And Reverend Samuel E. Cornish.
Freedom's Journal, The First Exclusively Black-Owned, Operated, Edited And Published Newspaper ...
Posted Monday, March 15th 2010 at 10:29PM
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Charles Fuller
On March 12, 1982, A Soldier's Play, A Work By Charles H. Fuller, Won The Pulitzer Prize For Drama. Fuller Is Only The Second Black Playwright To Win The Award.
A Soldier's Play Told The Story Of The Racially Charged Search B ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 7:24PM
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Lorraine Hansberry
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun, Opened At The Ethel Barrymore Theater In New York, City With Sidney Poitier And Claudia McNeil In The Lead Roles.
A Raisin In The Sun Ran For 530 Performances ...
Posted Wednesday, March 10th 2010 at 10:26PM
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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, The Most Famous Conductor On The Underground Railroad, Died March 10, 1913, In Auburn, New York. At The Time Of Her Death Tubman Had A $40,000 Bounty On Her Head.
Tubman Personally Rescued More Than 300 Slaves ...
Posted Wednesday, March 10th 2010 at 2:40AM
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North Carolina A&T State University
On March 9. 1891, North Carolina A&T State University Was Founded, Following An Act Ratified By The North Carolina General Assembly.Originally Established As The (Agricultural & Mechanical) A&M. Co ...
Posted Monday, March 8th 2010 at 11:40PM
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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks Died On March 5, 1770. The Event, Which Came To Be Known As The Boston Massacre, Marked The Beginning Of American's Fight For Independence From British Rule. In Effect, Attucks Became "The First Martyr Of The ...
Posted Friday, March 5th 2010 at 2:23AM
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Recently, media personality, Tavis Smiley and civil rights activist, Reverend Al Sharpton have been engaged in heated conversations stemming from a New York Times quote, allegedly made by Sharpton, saying that he feels the president is wise not to " ...
Posted Thursday, March 4th 2010 at 12:05AM
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Bert Williams
Egbert Austin Williams, The Legendary Comedian, Considered By Many To Be The Greatest Vaudeville Performer In The History Of The American Stage, Died On March 4, 1922.
Best Known as Bert Williams, He First Gained Notice In 1896, ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 10:37PM
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