April 21, 1966 – Pct. Milton L. Olive III awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for valor in Vietnam. April 22, 1922 – Jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus born. April 23, 1895 – Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus patents photographic print wash. April 24, 1944 – United Negro College Fund Incorporated. April 25, 1918 – Ella Fitzgerald, “First Lady of Song”, … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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April 14, 1775 First abolitionist society in U.S. is founded in Philadelphia. April 15, 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes first Black to win Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. April 16, 1862 Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia. April 17, 1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Color Purple. April 18, … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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April 7, 1885 Granville T. Woods patents apparatus for transmission of messages by electricity. April 8, 1974 Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron hits 715 home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as the game’s all-time home-run leader. April 9, 1898 Paul Robeson, actor, singer, activist, born. April 10, 1947 Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson becomes first … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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March 31, 1988 Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer Prize for Beloved. April 1, 1950 – Charles R. Drew, who developed techniques for processing and preserving blood, died. April 2, 1984 Georgetown coach John Thompson becomes first Black coach to win NCAA basketball tournament. April 3, 1826 Poet-orator James Madison Bell, author of the Emancipation Day poem … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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March 24, 1837 Canada gives African American citizens the right to vote. March 25, 1843 Explorer Jacob Dodson sets out in search of the Northwest Passage. March 26, 1872 Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher. 1911 – William H. Lewis becomes U.S. assistant attorney general. March 27, 1930 Of the 116,000 African Americans in professional positions, more … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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March 10, 1913 Harriet Tubman dies. March 11, 1959 Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin In the Sun” opens at Barrymore Theater, New York, the first play by a Black woman to premier on Broadway. March 12, 1932 Andrew Young, former U.N. ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, born. March 13, 1773 Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, black pioneer and explorer, … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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March 3, 1865 Freedman’s Bureau established by federal government to aid newly freed slaves. March 4, 1965 Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics honored as NBA most valuable player for fourth time in five years. March 5, 1770 Crispus Attucks becomes one of the first casualties of the American Revolution. March 6, 1857 U.S. Supreme Court issues … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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February 24, 1922 The home of Frederick Douglass made a national shrine. February 25, 1853 First Black YMCA organized in Washington, D.C. February 26, 1965 Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson died after being shot by state police in Marion, AL. February 27, 1988 Debi Thomas becomes first Black to win an Olympic medal in figure … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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February 17, 1902 Marion Anderson, internationally acclaimed opera star, born. February 18, 1931 Toni Morrison, winner of 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, born. February 19, 1923 In Moore vs. Dempsey decision, U.S. Supreme Court guarantee due process of law to Blacks in state courts. February 20, 1934 Four Saints in Three Acts, by Virgil … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History
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February 10, 1989 Ronald H. Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. February 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years. February 12, 1909 NAACP founded in New York City. February 13, 1970 Joseph L. Searles becomes first Black member of the New York Stock Exchange. February 14, … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History