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12/1/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Madame Lillian Evanti ~
(founder of the National Negro Opera Company) dies in Washington, DC
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Posted by:
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9/9/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Mae Carol Jemison ~
became first Black woman to travel in space
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3330 times
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Posted by:
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9/23/2007,
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Maggie L Walker ~
(business and civic leader) born
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2781 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Maggie L Walker ~
(business and civic leader) opens the St Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA
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Posted by:
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12/10/2007,
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Maggie Lena Walker ~
(first Black woman to found and be president of an American bank) dies in Richmond, Virginia
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3206 times
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Posted by:
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1/19/2008,
in category "People"
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Mahalia Jackson ~
(celebrated gospel singer) dies in Evergreen Park, Illinois
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Posted by:
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10/21/2007,
in category "People"
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Mahalia Jackson ~
(gospel singer) born
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2737 times
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Mal Goode ~
became the first African American television news commentator when he began broadcasting on ABC
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3011 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Malcolm X ~
(activist and Black nationalist) born
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2893 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Malcolm X ~
(activist and Black nationalist) assassinated
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4000 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Marcus Garvey ~
presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City
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2515 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Marcus Garvey ~
(Black nationalist) arrives in America from Jamaica
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3454 times
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
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On this date:
Marcus Garvey ~
(Black Nationalist) born
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3281 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Margret Walker ~
(writer) born
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3048 times
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7/29/2007,
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Marian Anderson ~
(opera singer) born
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3355 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Marian Anderson ~
becomes first Black person to appear in the Metropolitan Opera House in Verdi's
Masked Ball
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3490 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Marian Wright Edelman ~
(activist and founder of the Children's Defense Fund) born
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2814 times
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Posted by:
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12/1/2007,
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On this date:
Marjorie Joyner ~
patents a hair machine which could wave both White and Black people's hair
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2552 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Mark Clark ~
(Black Panther) killed by Chicago police
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2548 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor ~
(the world's fastest bicycle racer for 12 years) born in Indianapolis
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3410 times
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Posted by:
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12/10/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Martin Becker ~
(administrator, printer, sailor, and barber) is born
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3562 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Martin Luther King ~
(civil rights activist) assasinated
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3467 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
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On this date:
Martin Luther King ~
(civil rights activist) meets with President Lyndon Johnson to discuss Black voting rights
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4085 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Martin Luther King Jr ~
(activist and civil rights leader) is ordained as a Baptist minister
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3930 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
On this date:
Martin Luther King Jr ~
(activist and civil rights leader) born
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3163 times
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