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Posted by:
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9/23/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Hugh Mulzac ~
(first Black captain of a US merchant ship) launches with the
Booker T Washington
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Hulan Jack ~
elected first Black Borough President of Manhattan, NYC
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Ida B Wells ~
(reformer who first gathered statistical records on lynchings in the US) born
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Ida B Wells ~
(reformer who first gathered statistical records on lynchings in the US) commemorated on a postage stamp
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Posted by:
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9/23/2007,
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Ida Stephens Owens ~
(biochemist) is born in Newark, New Jersey
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
IR Johnson ~
patents the bicycle frame
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Posted by:
molly, on
8/11/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Ira Aldridge ~
(actor) dies
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Ira Aldridge ~
(actor) born
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Posted by:
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10/21/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Irene M. Gaines ~
(civil rights reformer) is born in Ocala, Florida.
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Irwin C Mollison ~
(first Black judge of the Customs Court) born
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Irwin C Mollison ~
appointed judge of the US Customs Court by President Truman
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Posted by:
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8/19/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Isaac Hayes ~
(musician) born
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3759 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Issac Burns Murphy ~
(jockey) dies
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
J Ernest Wilkins ~
is named Undersecretary of Labor by President Eisenhower
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Posted by:
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8/10/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
J Rosamond Johnson ~
actor and co-composer of
Lift Every Voice And Sing (known as the Black National Anthem) is born
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3451 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
J Standard ~
(inventor) awarded patent for his refrigerator
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
J Terry Steib ~
becomes the first Black bishop in the state of Tennessee
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Posted by:
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9/15/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
J.W. Reed ~
patents dough roller and kneader
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3977 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Jack Johnson ~
(first Black heavyweight champion) wins the "Negro Heavyweight Title"
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6051 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Jack Johnson ~
becomes world heavyweight champion, defeating Tommy Burns
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3885 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Jack Johnson ~
(first Black heavyweight champion) retains his championship by knocking out Jim "The Great White Hope" Jeffries, who had ...
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3001 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Jack Johnson ~
(first Black heavyweight champion) born
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2915 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Jack Johnson ~
(first Black heavyweight champion) dies
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2974 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Jackie Robinson ~
signs a professional baseball contract and becomes the first professional Black player in the sport
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3821 times
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Posted by:
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9/7/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Jackie Robinson ~
(first Black baseball player in the major leagues) named National League Rookie of the Year
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3507 times
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