2. January 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
1965– Martin Luther King, Jr.
called for protest when Ala- 1624- William Tucker, 1st Black 1971—Congressional Black 1943– George Washington
1863– Emancipation Proclama- bama Blacks not allowed to child born in U.S. Caucus formed. Carver died.
tion issued. vote.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Zora Neale Hurston born
1811- Philadelphia Blacks held
meetings to protest campaign
quot;to exile us from the land of our 1948– U.S. Supreme Court ruled
nativity.quot; Blacks have right to study law
at state institutions.
1985– Reuben V. Anderson, 1st
1773– Massachusetts slaves 1890- William B. Purvis pat- 1811– Charles Deslondes led 1866– Georgia Equal Rights Black appointed to Mississippi 1952– University of Tennessee
petitioned for freedom. ented fountain pen. slave revolt in New Orleans. 1866– Fisk University founded. Association organized. Supreme Court. admitted 1st Black student.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Daniel Hale Williams born
Muhammad Ali born
1966– Robert C. Weaver nomi-
nated Secretary of HUD.
1990– L. Douglas Wilder became 1868– Black delegates majority 1978– NASA named Black astro-
1st Black governor since Recon- at South Carolina State Assem- 1929– Martin Luther King Jr. nauts: Guion Bluford, Ron 1917– Virgin Islands purchased 1938– Captain B Collins pat- 1788– Blacks organized Baptist
struction. bly. born. McNair, Frederick Gregory. by U.S. ented portable electric light. Church in Savannah, Georgia.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Barbara Jordan born
Bessie Coleman born
1788– Andrew Bryan, 1st Black
pastor, ordained. 1793– Benjamin Banneker
1977– Patricia Roberts Harris helped plan Washington, D.C.
1966– Constance B. Motley
became 1st Black woman to 1977– 1st ABC TV showing of 1918- Lewis H Latimer, inven- appointed federal judge, 1st 1961– Carl T. Rowan, journalist,
hold Cabinet position. 1773- Phyllis Wheatley freed. 1800- Nat Turner born. “Roots”. tor, honored. given White House job
woman.
27 28 29 30 31
Oprah born
Jackie Robinson born
1938- 1st Black Woman elected
to a state legislature.
1944- Matthew Henson received 1926– Violette Nealy Anderson
became 1st Black woman to
medal as co-discoverer of North argue before Supreme Court. 1797– Earliest Black petition to
1961- Leontyne Price debuted Pole. Congress.
with Metropolitan Opera. 1977– Andrew Young’s U.N.
1986– Ronald McNair died on appointment confirmed by 1956– Martin Luther & Coretta 1865- Congress passed 13th
Senate. Scott King’s home firebombed Amendment.
1972– Mahalia Jackson died. Challenger.
3. February 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
Langston Hughes born
1807– Congress legally banned
foreign slave trade.
1 1776– George Washington an-
865– John S. Rock, 1st Black to swered letter from Phyllis
practice before the U.S. Su- Wheatley.
preme Court.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rosa Parks born
1820– U.S. Blacks emigrate
(from NY) back to Sierra Leone. 1906– Paul Lawrence Dunbar
died.
1961– Jail Movement began in 1951– Private Edward O. Cle-
2007– Tony Dungy became 1st Rock Hill, S.C. when students 1867– Fredrick Douglass & Black aborn, Memphis soldier, 1964– Arthur Ashe, Jr. became
1920- Negro Baseball League Black head coach to win Super refused to pay fines & re- delegation called on President awarded Distinguished Service 1st Black on U.S. Davis Cup
founded. bowl. 1934– Hank Aaron born. quested jail sentences. Johnson. Cross. team.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Frederick Douglass born
Bill Russell born
Nelson Mandela Freed
1793– Congress passed Fugi-
1644- 1st Black legal protest in tive Slave Act.
1989– Ronald H. Brown elected America by 11 Blacks who 1867– Augusta Institute, later 1874—Fredrick Douglass elected
chairman of Democratic Na- petitioned for freedom 1746– Absalom Jones. 1st Black Morehouse College, opened in 1957– Southern Christian Lead- President of Freedom’s Bank &
tional Committee. in New York. 1909– NAACP founded in NY. Protestant Minister, born. Atlanta. ership Conference organized. Trust Company.
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Huey P. Newton born
Toni Morrison born
Sidney Poitier born
W.E.B. DuBois born
Nina Simone born
1790– George Bridgewater,
musician, made London debut.
1950– Thomas L. Griffith admit-
ted to Los Angeles Bar Associa- 1688– 1st formal protest against 1895– Death of Fredrick Doug- 1967-Adam Clayton Powell 1868-W.E.B. DuBois born. Died
1940– Smokey Robinson born.
tion. slavery– Quakers lass. 1965– Malcolm X assassinated. stripped of seniority. 1963.
24 25 26 27 28 29
Fats Domino born
1708- Slave Revolt on Long **February 29th
1 Island. At least seven whites
844– The Dominican Republic killed.
established. 1919 Pan-African Congress,
organized by W.E.B (on 29th).
1926- Carter G. Woodson 1988– Debi Thomas became 1st 1842– Charles Lenox Remond
1811– Daniel A. Payne educator, 1870– Hiram Revels elected 1st announced “Negro History Black to win medal at Winter testified before Massachusetts 1942 Tuskegee Airmen initi-
born. Black in U.S. Senate. Week.” Olympics. ated.
4. March 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
1739- British forced to sign
peace treaty with escaped slave
societies in Jamaica.
1780- Pennsylvania became 1st
state to abolish slavery.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Garrett A. Morgan born
Jackie Joyner Kersee
1867- Howard University 1865– Freedman’s Bureau estab- 1875– Blanche Bruce elected 1770– Crispus Attucks became 1876– Senate refused to seat
chartered. lished. United States Senator, Missis- one of the first casualties of the 1539– Estenica explored south- P.B.S. Pinchbach of Louisiana.
sippi. Boston Massacre. 1857– Dred Scott Decision. western part of U.S.
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Harriet Tubman born
1773– Jean Baptist Pointe Du 1889– Menelik became ruler of
Sable founded Chicago. Abyssinia.
1961– Clifton Wharton sworn Harriet Tubman born & died. 1770– Army paycheck issued 1947– John Lee, became 1st
ambassador to Norway. (1913). 1959- “Raisin in the Sun” William Kitchen , a slave. 1865– Bill authorized slaves as 1794– Eli Whitney patented Black officer in Navy.
opened on Broadway. soldiers in Confederate Army. cotton gin.
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Cole born
Nat King
Spike Lee born
1896– C.B. Scott patented
street sweeper.
1965– 54 mile voting rights
1827— 1st Black newspaper 1990 Playwright August Wilson 1947-Louis Lautier, 1st Black march from Selma to Montgom- 1968– State troopers sent to put
published. won Pulitzer Prize for “Piano congressional newsman. 1794– Jay’s Treaty went into 1976– Rubin “Hurricane” Carter ery, AL began. down student rebellion on
Lesson.” effect. released from prison. Cheyney State College campus.
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Aretha Franklin born
Dorothy Height born
1501– Black seaman, soldiers, &
explorers brought to America.
2002– Halle Berry became 1st 1911– William H. Lewis became 1914– Sol Butler set track re- 1815– Napoleon banned slave
1873– Abolition of slavery in Black woman to win “Best 1931– “Scottsboro boys” falsely U.S. Assistant Attorney General. 1972- ”Soledad Brothers” cord. trade.
Puerto Pico. accused of rape. acquitted by all-white jury.
30 31
Jack Johnson born
1870– Fifteenth Amendment 1797– Olaudah Equiano died
ratified. without seeing Africa again.
5. April 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
Marvin Gaye born
Maya Angelou born
1796– Toussaint L’Overture
commanded French Forces at 1950– Death of Carter G. 1856-Booker T. Washington
1950– Death of Charles Drew, St. Domingo. 1968– Martin Luther King, Jr. born a slave in Virginia.
developer of blood plasma. Woodson. assassinated in Memphis.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Paul Robeson born
Billie Holiday born
1909– Matthew Henson reached 1787– Free African Society
North Pole. organized.
1931- “Scottsboro Boys” went 1712– Slave revolt in New York 1866– Civil Rights Bill passed 1833- London acclaimed Ira
on trial for their lives. 1974– Hank Aaron set new home Aldridge in “ Othello”. 1947– Jackie Robinson played 1861-Conferderate attack on
City; 9 Whites killed. over presidential veto. Fort Sumter opened Civil War.
run record. 1st game.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Kareem Abdul Jabbar born
1960– Student Nonviolent Coor-
1964– Sidney Poitier won Acad- dinating Committee organized,
emy Award for “Best Actor.” Shaw University.
1758– Francis Williams, 1st 1775— Black & white minute-
1854– Lucy C. Laney, educator, 1775– 1st Abolitionist Society 1964– Sidney Poitier won Acad- Black college graduate, pub- 1818– Indians & Blacks defeated men fought at Lexington &
born. organized, Philadelphia. emy Award for Best actor. 1862– Slavery abolished in D.C. lished poem book in Latin. in Battle of Sewanee. Concord.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Luther Vandross born
Ella Fitzgerald born
1866– Fisk University Nashville, 1565– Black explorers with 1941– Fair employment Prac-
Menendez at St. Augustine, 1970– Student protest at Yale
supported Panthers. 1872– Charlotte E. Ray admitted 1950– Black student entered tices Commission established. 1994– 1st all-race elections in
TN, opened Florida. to Bar. University of North Carolina. South Africa.
27 28 29 30
Duke Elllington born
1839– Cinque led Amistad ship
mutiny. 1828– Shaka Zulu killed.
1961– Sierra Leone granted 1899– Edward Kennedy “ Duke”
Independence. 1847– George B. Vashon admit- Ellington, born. 1983– “Memphis Blues” honored
ted to New York State Bar. at Smithsonian (29-30).
6. May 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
James Brown born
Elijah McCoy born
1920- First game of National
1867– Howard University Negro Baseball League. 1947– Supreme court struck
opened in WDC. down restrictive convents.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Judith Jamison born
1925- The Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, trailblaz-
1897– J.H. Smith patented lawn ing black labor union, organized
Sprinkler. by A. Philip Randolph.
1798– Date of Thaddeus Kosci- 1994– Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1961– Freedom Riders began usko’s Will for education of 1963– Birmingham protests be- 1970- “Chicago Seven” Panther 1862– Slaves in Georgia, Flor- inaugurated 1st elected presi-
protesting bus segregation. Blacks. 1960– Civil Rights Act. gan. indictment dropped. ida, & South Carolina freed. dent of South Africa.
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Stevie Wonder born
1963– Theodore K. Lawless,
dermatologist, honored in 1954– Brown vs. Board of Ed,
1862– Robert Smalls & 12 Blacks Chicago. Supreme Court school segrega-
1865– Blacks demanded equal captured “Planter,” cotton 1791– Civil Rights granted to tion decision.
rights & ballots in Norfolk, 1871- “ Sit-In” Protest staged in steamer converted into Confed- 1888– Abolition of slavery in free mulattoes in French colo- 1966– Stokely Carmichael
Virginia. Louisville, Kentucky. erate battleship. Brazil. nies. named head of SNCC. 1956– Sugar Ray Leonard born.
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Malcolm X born
Patti Labelle born
1958– Robert N.C. Nix elected
1896– Plessy vs. Ferguson. to Congress, Pennsylvania.
1976– Gwendolyn Brooks in- 1966– Bill Cosby became 1st
1955– Mary McLeod Bethune ducted into National Institute of 1984– The Cosby Show pre- 1891– Peter Jackson fought 61 Black to earn Emmy award for 1871- L. Bell patented locomo- 1854- Lincoln University, Penn-
died. Arts & Letters. miered on NBC. round draw with white boxer. starring role in “I Spy.” tive smoke stack. sylvania, founded.
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Betty Shabazz born
Pam Grier born
1951-Willie Mays entered Major 1822– Slave betrayed Denmark
League Baseball. Vesey slave revolt.
1971– Racial tension escalated
after Jo Etha Collier, an 18 yr. 1870– Michael Howard arrived at 1950– American Bowling Con- 1909– 1st Conference of Na- 1955– Supreme Court ordered
old girl was shot dead in Drew, West Point Academy from 1851– Sojourner Truth attended gress eliminated racial designa- tional Negro Committee (now school integration “with all
MS. 1965– Voting Rights Bill passed Mississippi. Women’s Rights Convention. tions. NAACP). deliberate speed”.
7. June 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Josephine Baker born
Prince born
1863- Battle of Milken's
1907- Jockey Jimmy Lee made Bend, Black soldier took former
1665- 1st Baptist Church in U.S. racing history. master prisoner.
founded.
1875- James A. Healey ordained 1943-99th Pursuit Squadron’s 1994- Granville T. Woods pat- 1987– Mae Jemison became 1st 1939– Marian Wright Edelman 1892- G.T. Sampson patented
Catholic Bishop. 1st combat mission. ented steam boiler furnace. 1972– Angela Davis acquitted. Black woman astronaut. was born. clothes dryer.
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1794- Richard Allen started 1911-Marcus Garvey founded
Independent Methodist Move- Universal Negro Improvement
ment. Association (UNIA).
1953- Supreme Court outlawed 1940– Marcus Garvey died. 1963– Black students admitted 1952- Dr. Harold D. West named
discrimination in D.C. restau- 1989- Call for Reparations by to UA after George Wallace 1963- Medgar Evers killed in 1868- Oscar J. Dunn, ex-slave, pres. Of Meharry College,
rants. Congressman John Conyers. 1946– Jack Johnson died. stood in doorway. Jackson, Mississippi. installed as Lt. Gov. of LA. Nashville.
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Tupac born
Venus Williams born
1976– 13 yr. old Hector Peter- 1865– Texas Blacks notified of 1967– Muhammad Ali convicted
1877- Henry O. Flipper gradu- son 1st to die in Soweto upris- 1972- Frank Wills discovered 1863– Wm. H, Carney earned Emancipation Proclamation for refusing induction into 1821- A.M.E. Zion Church organ-
ated from West Point. ing. Watergate break-in. highest army medal. (Juneteenth). armed services. ized, N.Y.C.
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Wilma Rudolph born
1770- Philadelphia school for
Black opened by Quakers.
1959- Prince Edward County, 1935- A. Phillip Randolph
1938- Joe Louis defeated Max 1863- 80 Black recruits reported 1877- Clinto Freaves, army 1876- Isaiah Dorman, Black, 1st VA. Abandoned public school named president of 1st Black 1971– Draft evasion conviction
Schmeling. to PA. army camp. soldier, cited for valor. to die in Indian-U.S. battle. system. labor union. of Muhammad Ali overturned.
29 30
Lena Horne born
1870- J.W. Smith wrote “The 1906- John Hope became 1st
Colored Cadet—Hardships at Black president of Morehouse
West Point”. College.
8. July 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
Thurgood Marshall born
1870- James W. Smith entered 1964- Civil Rights Bills signed by 1962- Jackie Robinson named to 1881- Booker T. Washington 1975– Arthur Ashe won men's
West Point. President Johnson. Baseball Hall of Fame. began work at Tuskegee. single championship.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Arthur Ashe born
Bill Cosby born
1776– Olaudah Equiano bought
1854- Republican party organ- his freedom.
ized to oppose slavery. 1893- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams 1936- Cornelius Johnson set
1948- Cleveland Indians signed 1924- DeHart Hubbard won performed 1st open heart 1875- Mary McLeod Bethune 1905- Niagra Movement forerun-
1971– Louis Armstrong died. Leroy (Satchel) Paige. Olympic victory. operation. born. ner of NAACP, organized. world high jump record.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ida B. Wells born
Nelson Mandela born
1951- George Washington 1863– 54th Colored Regiment
1787- Slavery banned in North- Carver National Monument 1779- Pompey Lamb, noted 1944- Charles R, Dew awarded 1862- The arming of Blacks launched attack on Ft. Wagner, 1867- Congressional Reconstruc-
west Territory. dedicated in MO. Black spy aided war effort. Spingarn Medal. approved by Congress. S.C. tion received legal basis.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Haile Selassie born
Iman born
1924– United Negro College
Fund founded.
1954- Charles Bush named Black
1822– Denmark Vesey hanged. page in Supreme Court.
1896- National Association of 1941– U.S. government admit-
1849- Women’s Rights Conven- Colored Women organized led 1963- Floyd Patterson lost 1868- Fourteenth Amendment 1954– Mary Church Terrell died. ted to Tuskegee Syphilis Experi- 1847- Liberia declared inde-
tion aided anti-slavery cause. by Mary Church Terrell. boxing match to Sonny Liston. ratified. ment. pendent republic.
27 28 29 30 31
Queen Mother More born
1948- Legal basis established 1906- John Hope became 1st
for desegregation of armed 1869- Fourteenth Amendment 1895- 1st National Conference Black president of Morehouse 1921- Urban League Executive,
forces. adopted. of Colored Women Convention. College. Whitney Young, Jr. born.
9. August 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
James Baldwin born
1977- Benjamin L. Hooks be-
came NAACP Executive Direc- 1850- William Still started
tor. Underground Railroad.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Whitney Houston born
Matthew Henson born
Louis Armstrong born
Ralph Bunche born
1864- Gunner John Lawson
earned Congressional Medal.
1962– Nelson Mandela impris-
oned.
1908- Allenworth Township 1966– Martin Luther King Jr. 1893- Black longshoremen
established in California for 1896- W.S. Grant patented stoned while leading demon- 1965- President Johnson signed struck for better wages & 1936– Jesse Owens won 4th
former slaves. curtain rod support. stration in Chicago. Voting Rights Bill. working conditions in TX. 1965- Voting Rights Bill passed. Olympic gold medal in Berlin.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Alex Haley born
1890- Systematic exclusion of 1862– U.S. President Lincoln 1975– Joanne Little acquitted of
1965- Thurgood Marshall named 1974- Dr. King’s picture hung in Blacks from political life began 1892- 1st Issue of Afro-American addressed Black audience at charges in 1974 killing of a 1970- Federal warrant issued
solicitor general. Ga. Capital. (Miss). newspaper. White House. white jailer. for Angela Davis.
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Dave Chapell born
Marcus Garvey born
1963- James Meridith graduated KRS-1 born
from University of Mississippi. 1884- M.C. Harvey patented
lantern. 1831– Nat Tuner led slave 1843- Henry Highland Garnett
1971– George Wallace ordered revolt. called general slave strike.
two AL state school boards to 1989– Desmond Tutu defied 1619- 20 Africans brought as
1972- Andrew Young elected to ignore federal desegregation apartheid law by walking alone involuntary settlers to James- 1989– The Atlanta NAACP office 1989– Huey Newton shot to 1796- A.M.E. Church incorpo-
Congress. order. on a beach. town, VA. was tear gased. death. rated.
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Althea Gibson born
1800- Gabriel Prosser slave
revolt, Virginia.
1943- Wm. L. Dawson elected
1950 - Edith Sampson, 1st Black 1862- 5,000 slaves armed by Black Democratic Party vice 1977– Lou Brock set stolen base 1983– Guion Bluford became 1st
appointed to U.N. Secretary of War. President candidate. 1963- W.E.B. DuBois died. 1963- March on Washington. record. Black astronaut in space.
31
1836- Henry Blair patented
cotton planting machine.
10. September 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Lewis Latimer born
1977- Death of Ethel Waters at 1969- Civil disorder in Hartford, 1886- Alain Locke, 1st Black 1974- Black Caucus had 1st 1877- ”Pap” Singleton founded 1800- James Durham was 1st
age 77. Connecticut. Rhodes Scholar, born. meeting with President Ford. “Singleton’s Colony, Kansas”. recognized Black doctor.
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Jesse Owens born
1739– Slave revolt in Stono, S.C.
Twenty-five whites killed.
1859- John Merrick, co-founder 1915- Association for Study of
North Carolina Mutual Life 1875- Black voters refused Negro Life & History organized 1974- Guinea Bissou free from 1974- Haile Selassie I, deposed 1787- 1st Black Masonic Lodge 1663- 1st serious slave conspir-
Insurance Company, born. Federal protection, Mississippi. by Carter Woodson. Portuguese rule. from Ethiopian throne. organized. acy, Virginia.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B.B. King born
1830- 1st Black National Con-
vention.
1963- Four girls killed in Bir-
mingham, Alabama church 1849- Slavery abolished in 1983- Vanessa Wiliiams became 1865- Equal Rights Mass meet- 1947- Jackie Robinson named 1958– Martin Luther King, Jr.
1940- Selective Service Act. bombing. French possessions. first Black Miss America. ing, Richmond, Virginia. Rookie of the Year. stabbed by Black woman.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Serena Williams born
Ray Charles born
1974- Barbara W. Hancock was
1872- John Conyers entered 950- Ralphe J. Bunche awarded 957– Soldiers escorted 9 Black 1st Black female White House 1918- 368th Black Infantry 1912– W.C. Handy published
Annapolis. Noble Peace Prize. 1863– Mary Church Terrell born. children to Central High School. Fellow. Regiment praised. “Memphis Blues.”
28 29 30
1829– David Walker’s Appeal
discovered in several areas of
U.S.
1895- National Baptist Conven- 1977- Muhammad Ali defeated 1864- 13 Blacks won Congres-
tion organized. Earnie Shavers. sional Medal of Honor.
11. October 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4
Donny Hathaway born
1949– WERD, pioneer Black
owned radio station began
operation.
1863- Alexander T. Augusta,
1917- E. J. Scott appointed one of the 1st Black doctors of 1956– Nat King Cole became 1st 1864- N.O. Tribune, Black daily,
Special Asst. Sec. of War. Civil War. Black to host own TV show. began publication.
Fannie Lou Hamer born
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Jesse Jackson born
1966– Black Panther Party
1897- J.H. Evans patented 871- Fisk Jubilee Singers began 1800- Gabriel Prosser hanged 1804- Jena Jacques I pro- 1869- Morgan State College emerges in Oakland, CA (led by 1964- Rev. Martin Luther King,
convertible settee-bed. 1st tour. for armed resistance. claimed Emperor of Haiti. opened. Huey Newton & Bobby Seale). Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Mae Jemison born
1975- ”I’m the first black base-
ball manager only because I was
born black”, Frank Robinson. 1968– John Carlos & Tommie
Smith gave Black Power salute
2002– Stephen Bantu Biko bru- after medaling in the 200 meter 1977- Reggie Jackson, New
tally murdered by South African 1970– Angela Davis captured by 1974- LeRoy T. Walker named 1972- Jackie Robinson honored 1859- John Brown led attack on event at the Mexico City Olym- York, hit 3 home runs in World
government. FBI agents in NY motel. Black Olympic coach. at Cincinnati Stadium. Harper’s Ferry. pics. Series.
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Dizzy Gillespie born
Bobby Seale born
1943- ”Othelllo” opened with 1850- Chicago refused to en- 1952- Frank E. Peterson, JR.
Paul Robeson in title role. 1946- W.E.B. DuBois’ speech, force Fugitive Slave Act. commissioned as Marine Avia- 1947– NAACP petitioned U.N. on 1945- Jackie Robinson signed by
“Behold The Lord”. tion Officer. racial injustices. 1972- Death of Jackie Robinson. Branch Rickey.
26 27 28 29 30 31
Mahalia Jackson born
1954- Abolition of Black unit in
armed forces.
1975– Muhammad Ali defeated
Joe Frazier in “Thrilla in
Manilla.”
1945- Booker T. Washington
1954– Benjamin O. Davis be- 1979– Richard Arrington became entered Hall of Fame for Great
1921- Solomon P. Hood named came 1st Black general in U.S. 1972- Jackie Robinson biogra- 1974- Muhammad Ali vs. George 1st Black mayor of Birmingham. Americans.
Minister to Liberia. Air Force. phy published. Foreman.
12. November 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
1945– 1st issue of Ebony Maga-
zine published.
1787- 1st free school in New
York City for Blacks.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Minnie Ripperton born
Larry Holmes born
1841– Slave took over the Cre-
1953-Hulan Jack elected bor- 1968– Shirley Chisholm became ole on route to New Orleans
ough President of Manhattan. 1st Black woman to serve in from Hampton and steered it to
Congress.; Eighty other Blacks Bahamas.
1988– Bill and Camille Cosby elected to political office in the
1903- St. Luke Penny Savings 1974- Harold Ford elected gave unprecedented gift of $20 South 1901– James Weldon Johnson & 1955- Supreme Court banned 1966- Edward. W. Brooke
Bank opened by Maggie Lena United States Congressman, million to Spelman College partner compose “Lift Every segregation in recreational elected to U.S. Senate from
Walker. Tennessee. (largest donation by Blacks). 1974- Black Caucus raised to 17. Voice & Sing.” facilities. Massachusetts.
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Dorothy Dandridge born
Daisy Bates born
1775- Blacks denied the tight to 1915– Booker T. Washington
enlist. died.
1960- Andrew Hatcher named 1941- Madame Lillian Evanti, 1977- Trial began for 1963
1868- Howard University Medi- Associate Press Secretary to 1975– Angola declared inde- founded National Negro Opera 1839- 1st anti-slavery political Birmingham church bombing 218 B.C.- Hannibal, full blooded
cal School opened. U.S. President Kennedy. pendent. Company. party (Liberty Party) organized. case. Black, crossed Alps.
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Guion Bluford born
1636- Henrique Dias won battle
1892- Behanzin defended his against Dutch. 1953- Roy Campanella named
native land, Dahomey, against MVP in National baseball 1962- Discrimination banned in 1865- Shaw University, North 1948- Levi Jackson elected
France. 1759– Paul Cuffe born 1787- Sojourner Truth, born. league. Federally Aided Housing. Carolina, founded. captain, Yale football team.
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Berry Gordy Jr. born
Scott Joplin born
Tina Turner born
1957- Jim Brown, Cleveland 1974- Black Caucus: Burke, 1974- Black Caucus” Rangel,
1980- National Black Independ- Browns, set record for yards 1955- ICC banned segregation in Dellums, Hawkins, Metcalfe, Chisholm, Stokes, Mitchell, Nix, 1905- Chicago “Defender”
ent Party formed. gained. interstate travel. 1883- Death of Sojourner Truth. young, Clay, Collins, Fauntroy. Jordan, Conyers, Diggs, Ford. began publication.
30
Gordon Parks born
1897- J.A. Sweating patented
cigarette roller.
13. December 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Richard Pryor born
1969– Chicago police murdered
Black Panther leaders Fred
1955– Rosa Parks refused to give 1859– John Brown executed for 1847– Fredrick Douglass pub- Hampton & Mark Clark in their 1784– Phyllis Wheatley, Black 1890– Sgt. Thomas Shaw earned
up her bus seat in Mont., AL. insurrection. lished 1st issue of “North Star”. beds. poet, died. Congressional Medal of Honor.
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ella Baker born
Sammy Davis Jr. born
1846– Norbert Rillieux patented
sugar-making equipment.
1896– Antonio Maceo died a 1896– J.T. White patented 1946– Committee on Civil Rights 1964– Martin Luther King, Jr. 1872– P.B.S. Pinchback became 1870– Joseph H. Rainey elected 1973– David Dinkins named
martyr for Liberty of Cuba. lemon squeezer. organized by Executive Order. awarded Nobel Peace Prize. acting governor of Louisiana. U.S. House of Representatives. deputy mayor of N.Y.C.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1865– Thirteenth Amendment
adopted.
1973– Fourteen Black college
presidents asked U.S. President 1976– Andrew Young appointed 1663– Death of Angolan Queen 1912- Gen. Benjamin O Davis 1875– Carter G. Woodson, 1933– J. Jackson published “ Am
Richard Nixon for funds. 1791– Bill of Rights took effect. Ambassador to U.N. Nzingha. born in D.C. historian, born. I A Soldier of the Cross”.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
C. J. Walker born
Flo Jo born
1848– Ellen & William Craft
escaped from slavery in GA.
1941– Atlanta urban League won 1760– Jupiter Hammon, Black
1920– W.H. Sammons patented battle for “Mrs.” for Black 1975– Stanley Scoot appointed 1814– Black Troops held posi- slave published “ Salvation of 1908– Jack Johnson became 1st 1887– Stewart & Johnson pat-
hair straightening comb. women. to AID African Staff. tion , battle of New Orleans. Christ”. Black heavyweight champion. ented metal bending machine.
28 29 30 31
Denzel Washington born
1862- Watch Night, residents of
Rochester, N.Y. joined Freder-
ick Douglass in anticipation
of Emancipation Proclamation.
1900- Selma Burke, sculp-
tor, born.
1816– The American Coloniza- 1746– Lucy Terry, Black poet, 1800– Blacks represented 20% of 1952– Ends 1st full year in 71
tion Society organized. wrote 1st poem. U.S. population. years without a lynching.
