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2/1/2008,
in category "People"
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Harry S. McAlpin ~
becomes the first Black reporter allowed to a White House press conference
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2/26/2008,
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Hattie McDaniel ~
("Mammy" in Gone With the Wind) receives the first Oscar awarded to a Black performer
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10/21/2007,
in category "People"
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Hattie McDaniel ~
(first Black actress to win an Academy Award) dies. Her Oscar winning role was "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind.
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2878 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Hattie McDaniel ~
(first Black person to win an Oscar (for Best Supporting Actress in
Gone With The Wind, 1940)) born
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3083 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Hazel Dorothy Scott ~
(classical pianist and singer) born
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
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On this date:
Hazel W. Johnson ~
became the first Black woman General in U.S. history
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3252 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Henry "Hank" Aaron ~
breaks Babe Ruth's major league record with 715 home runs
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4242 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Henry Adams ~
(teacher and minister) born
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2906 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Henry Blair ~
patents his corn-planting machine
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3246 times
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Henry Blair ~
(inventor) patented the Cotton Planter
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2966 times
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7/29/2007,
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Henry Hugh Proctor ~
(writer) born
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3203 times
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Posted by:
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2/15/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Henry Lewis ~
becomes the first African American to lead a symphony in the U.S.
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5134 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Henry McKee Minton ~
(physician) born
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3342 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Henry McNeal Turner ~
(first Black chaplain in the US Army) dies
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3851 times
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Henry O Flipper ~
becomes first Black graduate of West Point
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2979 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Henry O Tanner ~
(artist) born
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2765 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Henry O Tanner ~
(artist) wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
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2886 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Henry O Tanner ~
(artist) dies
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2751 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Henry Rucker ~
appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
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2603 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Hiram Rhodes Revels ~
elected senator (from Mississippi), becoming the first Black US Senator in the US
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3096 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Homer A Plessy ~
refuses to move to segregated railroad coach in New Orleans, initiating
Plessy v Ferguson
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3171 times
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Posted by:
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8/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Horace Silver ~
(jazz musician) born in Norwalk, Connecticut
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2837 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Howard T Ward ~
becomes Georgia's first Black Superior Court Judge
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3003 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Huey Newton ~
(founder of the Black Panther Party) born
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4921 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Huey P. Newton ~
(Black Panther Party co-founder) killed by Black Guerrilla Family drug ring
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3721 times
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