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12/16/2007,
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Jupiter Hammon ~
becomes the first published Black writer with his work, "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries"
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10/14/2007,
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Jupiter Hammon ~
(first Black poet to be published) is born as a slave in New York
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2892 times
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7/29/2007,
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar ~
(basketball star) born
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2949 times
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7/29/2007,
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Karen Farmer ~
becomes the first known Black member of the Daughters of the American Revolution
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2856 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Katherine Dunham ~
(dancer and choreographer) born
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2642 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Kurt Schmoke ~
becomes the first Black mayor of Baltimore, MD
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3723 times
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Posted by:
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11/7/2007,
in category "People"
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L Douglas Wilder ~
elected governor of Virgina, becoming the first Black Governer in the US since Reconstruction
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3001 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Langston Hughes ~
(poet and author) dies
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2917 times
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Posted by:
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8/22/2007,
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Langston Hughes ~
Mulatto opens, the first Black-authored play to become a long-run Broadway hit
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3222 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Langston Hughes ~
(poet and author) born
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4122 times
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Posted by:
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12/1/2007,
in category "People"
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Laura Wheeler Waring ~
(artist) is born in Hartford, Connecticut
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2825 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Lee Elder ~
tees off in Atlanta GA as the first Black entry into golf's Master's Tournament
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3037 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Lemuel Haynes ~
(first Black minister to serve for a White congregation) becomes the first Black person to receivean honorary degree (an ...
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Lemuel Haynes ~
(First Black minister to serve for a White congregation) born
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3836 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Lena Horne ~
(actress, vocalist and activist) born
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2691 times
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Posted by:
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9/15/2007,
in category "People"
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Leontine Turpeau Kelly ~
becomes first Black female Bishop of the United Methodist Church
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4099 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Leontyne Price ~
(world renowed opera singer) opens Metropolitan Opera Season
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2732 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Leontyne Price ~
(world renowed opera singer) makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House
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3705 times
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7/29/2007,
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Leontyne Price ~
(world renowed opera singer) born
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3351 times
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Posted by:
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9/7/2007,
in category "People"
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Leopold Sedar Senghor ~
elected President of Senegal
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2758 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Leroy "Satchel" Paige ~
(major league baseball player) named all-time outstanding player by National Baseball Congress
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3058 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Leroy "Satchel" Paige ~
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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4212 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Leroy "Satchel" Paige ~
(major league baseball player) dies
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3001 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Levi Coffin ~
(founder of The Underground Railroad) born
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3078 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Liberty Ship George Washington Carver ~
The Liberty Ship George Washington Carver launched
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3630 times
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