On January 20, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama Was Sworn In As The 44th And First Acknowledged Black American President Of The United States Of America.Read & See More On The BLACK IN TIME, The ALL THINGS OBAMA TRIBUTE Page!!
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Posted Wednesday, January 19th 2011 at 11:31PM
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams & James Cornish
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Was Born January 18, 1856.Dr. Williams Made Medical History On July 9, 1893, When He Performed The First Successful Open Heart Surgery On Record. He Operated On James Cornish, A Y ...
Posted Monday, January 17th 2011 at 11:22PM
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Janie. R. Gaddy
My Mother, Janie R. Gaddy, Was Born January, 17, 1932, In Smithfield, North Carolina. The Youngest Of Seven Children Born To Irene And George W. Pearsall, She Watched Her Father Establish A Successful Grocery Store ...
Posted Sunday, January 16th 2011 at 7:57PM
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P.B.S. Pinchback
On January 13th 1873 Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback Relinquished The Office Of Governor, Saying At The Inauguration Of The New Louisiana Governor:
"I now have the honor to formally surrender the office of governor, with the h ...
Posted Thursday, January 13th 2011 at 1:58AM
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Innervisions
On December 29, 1973, Stevie Wonder Held The Number Position On BillBoard's R&B Chart, With the Song "Living For The City," One Of Several Hits From The Landmark Album, "Innervisions."Wonder Produced "Innervisions" During What Is ...
Posted Wednesday, December 29th 2010 at 1:29AM
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Denzel WashingtonActor/Director, Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. Was Born December 28, 1954.A Native Of Mount Vernon, New York, The Two-Time, Academy Award-Winning Actor Received A B.A. In Drama And Journalism From Fordham University In 1977.Washington ...
Posted Tuesday, December 28th 2010 at 12:50PM
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Madame CJ Walker
Madam C.J. Walker, Whose Birth Name Was Sarah Breedlove, Was Born December 23, 1857, In Delta Louisiana. She Was The First Member Of Her Family To Be Born Free.She Made Her Fortune By Developing And Marketing A Hugely Successful L ...
Posted Thursday, December 23rd 2010 at 12:33AM
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Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell Played His First Game With The NBA's Bonston Celtics On This Date In 1956.
In 1966, Russell Was Named Coach Of the Boston Celtics, Making Him The First Black Head Coach Of A Major Professional Spor ...
Posted Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 11:53PM
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On December 21, 1976, Patricia Roberts Harris Was Named Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD), By President Jimmy Carter - Making Her America's First Black Female Cabinet Member.
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Posted Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 1:51AM
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Max Robinson
Max Robinson, America's First Black Broadcast News Anchor, Died On December 20, 1988.
Born In Richmond, Virginia, In 1939, Robinson Began His Career In 1959, At A Television Station In Portsmith, VA. He Eventually Went To Was ...
Posted Sunday, December 19th 2010 at 4:09PM
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Featuring An Array Of Products - Perfect For Christmas, Kwanzaa, Black History Month Or ANYTIME!!
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Posted Friday, December 17th 2010 at 3:52AM
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Just a few of my personal recommendations for your BLACK HISTORY Library!! Book can be purchased at AMAZON, by CLICKING on the IMAGES!!
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Posted Friday, December 17th 2010 at 3:21AM
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Musician, Playwright, Lyricist, Singer And Bandleader, Noble Sissle, Died December 17, 1975. More About Him Ans His Work, In Today's BLACK IN TIME Blog!!
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Posted Friday, December 17th 2010 at 1:53AM
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On December 16, 1976, Andrew Young Was Named The First Black American Ambassador To The United Nations.
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Posted Thursday, December 16th 2010 at 4:00AM
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Jupiter Hammon
America's First Black Poet, Jupiter Hammon, Was Born October 17, 1711.
On December 15, 1761, Hammon Published "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries." This Was The First Single Poem Published By An ...
Posted Wednesday, December 15th 2010 at 12:56AM
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John Mercer Langston
The Man Credited With Being America's First Black Elected Official, John Mercer Langston, Was Born December 14, 1829, In Louisa County, Virginia.The Son Of A Virginia Planter And Slave Mother, Langston Was Freed At Age ...
Posted Monday, December 13th 2010 at 8:39PM
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Black WAVES
On This Day, In 1944, Black American Women Were Sworn In, For The First Time, To The Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Services (WAVES), A Women's Naval Reserve.The WAVES Were The First Women's Branch Of The U.S. Armed For ...
Posted Sunday, December 12th 2010 at 4:18PM
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Otis Redding
One Of The Purest Voices In Soul Music Was Silenced On December 10, 1967. R&B Legend, Otis Redding, Was Killed, Along With Six Other People (Including Memebers Of The R&B Group, The Bar-Kays), When His Private Plane Cr ...
Posted Friday, December 10th 2010 at 1:57AM
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Comic Legend, John Elroy Sanford, Better Known As Redd Foxx, Was Born December 9, 1922, In St. Louis, Missouri. Foxx Grew Up On Chicago's South Side.CLICK THE LINK To Read More In The BLACK IN TIME Blog, Previously Posted Oct. 11, 2010.http://www ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 2:33AM
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Flip Wilson
Born Clerow Wilson On December 8, 1933, In Jersey City, New Jersey, Comedian, Flip Wilson, Was Given His Nickname By His Air Force Buddies Who Said He "Flipped Them Out" With His Humor.Flip Wilson Made History By Becoming Televis ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 1:24AM
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On December 7, 1941, Japanese War Planes Attacked Pearl Harbor.On That Day, Doris "Dorie" Miller Became The First Hero Of World War II.CLICK THE LINK To Read More From The BLACK IN TIME Blog - Previously Posted May 27, 2010.http://www.blackintime.in ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 2:29AM
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Dr. T. K. Lawless
Dermatologist, Medical Researcher And Philanthropist, Doctor Theodore K. Lawless, Was Born December 6, 1892, In Thibodeaux, Louisiana.Dr. Lawless Was Known For His Work Related To Syphilis, Leprosy And The Use Of Radium In ...
Posted Sunday, December 5th 2010 at 3:13PM
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Frederick Douglass
One Of America's Pioneering Black Journalists, Frederick Douglass Published The North Star Newspaper On December 3, 1847, In Rochester, New York. The Paper's Slogan Was: "Right Is Of No Sex --- Truth Is Of No Color --- God Is ...
Posted Thursday, December 2nd 2010 at 11:11PM
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John Brown
On December 2, 1859, Abolitionist, John Brown, Was Hanged, For Treason, In Charles Town, West Virginia.On October 16 Of The Same Year, Brown Led 21 Men, Including Two Of His Sons And Five Blacks, In An Attack On Harpers Ferry, West Virg ...
Posted Thursday, December 2nd 2010 at 2:29AM
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Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, A Mild-Mannered, Alabama Seamstress Named Rosa Parks, Changed The Course Of The Modern Black Civil Rights Movement.Tired From A Long Day's Work, She Refused To Give Up Her Bus Seat To A White Man. Consequent ...
Posted Tuesday, November 30th 2010 at 11:39PM
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