Vanessa Williams & Suzette Charles
On September 17, 1983, In Atlantic City, New Jersey, 20-Year Old, Vanessa Williams Was Crowned The First Black American Miss America.On That Same Night, New Jersey Native And African American, Suzette Charles ...
Posted Thursday, September 16th 2010 at 5:44PM
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B.B. King
Riley B. King, Aka, "B.B.," Was Born September 16, 1925, In Ita Bena, Mississippi.B.B. King Is A Bona Fide Music Legend. For Decades He Has Carried On The Delta Blues Tradition --- Recording Coutless Blues Classics Which Include: "Sweet Si ...
Posted Wednesday, September 15th 2010 at 7:52PM
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Four Little Girls Killed In Church Bombing
On September 15, 1963, The Ku Klux Klan Bombed The 16th Street Baptist Church In Birmingham, Alabama.Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carol Robertson And Cynthia Wesley Were The Four Young Black Girls Ki ...
Posted Wednesday, September 15th 2010 at 1:35AM
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Speckled Red
Rufus "Speckled Red" Perryman Recorded The Song. "The Dirty Dozen," On The Brunswick Label, In Memphis, Tennessee, On September 14, 1929.
Perryman Was Born October 23, 1892, In Monroe, Louisiana. He Died January 2, 1973. He Was ...
Posted Monday, September 13th 2010 at 9:49PM
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Attica Prison InmatesOn September 13, 1971, Five Days Of Rioting At The Maximum-Security Prison In Attica, New York, Came To A Dramatic Conclusion.The Majority Of The Security Guards At Attica Were White, While 85 Percent Of The Inmates Were Black An ...
Posted Sunday, September 12th 2010 at 1:39PM
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James Meredith
On September 10, 1962, The U.S. Supreme Court Ordered The University of Mississippi To Admit James Meredith - Making Him The First Black Student To Attend "Ole Miss." He Graduated From The University On August 18, 1963 At Age 30. Me ...
Posted Friday, September 10th 2010 at 11:55AM
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Stono
On Sept. 9, 1739, The Bloodiest Slave Rebellion Of The Century Ignited At Stono, South Carolina, Outside Of Charleston.Twenty Angolans, Led By A Slave Named Cato. Seized Weapons From A Storehouse And Began Marching Toward Florida, Gathering ...
Posted Wednesday, September 8th 2010 at 8:26PM
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Dorothy Dandridge
On September 8, 1965, Dandridge Was Found Dead In Her Hollywood Home -- An Apparent Suicide Via A Drug Overdose.Born On November 9, 1922, In Cleveland, Ohio, Dandridge Entered Show Business During The 1930's With Her Sister, As Par ...
Posted Tuesday, September 7th 2010 at 10:11PM
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Jackie Wilson
On September, 7, 1968, "I Get The Sweetest Feeling," By R&B Legend, Jackie Wilson, Peaked At #34 On The Pop Music Charts. This Would Also Be His Last Top 40 Single, Although He Continued To Impact The R&B Charts For Several M ...
Posted Monday, September 6th 2010 at 9:10PM
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Bessie Coleman
On September 3, 1922, Bessie Coleman Made Her First Flight In An American Airplane, At An Exhibition Honoring The All-Black 15th Infantry Regiment Of The New York National Guard.
Coleman Had Recently Returned From France, Where In 19 ...
Posted Friday, September 3rd 2010 at 1:38AM
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Bill Cosby And Robert Kulp
The Last Episode Of The Television Drama, I SPY, Aired On September 2, 1968. The Show Followed Two Undercover Agents On Various Adventures Around The World.Bill Cosby Played Alexander Scott (Or Scotty) -- A Rhodes Scholar ...
Posted Thursday, September 2nd 2010 at 12:19PM
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Ethel Waters
The Woman Many Consider The First Black American Superstar, Singer/Actress, Ethel Waters, Died September 1, 1977.Waters Began Her Career Was A Nightclub Singer, Using The Stage Name, "Sweet Mama Stringbean." During The 1920's And 1930 ...
Posted Tuesday, August 31st 2010 at 11:57PM
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Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver Was Born On August 31, 1935, In Wabbaseka, Arkansas.His Family Moved To Phoenix, And Finally To Los Angeles, Where Cleaver, During His Teens, Would Become Involved With Petty Crime. On June 18, 1954, Eldridge Clea ...
Posted Monday, August 30th 2010 at 9:25PM
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Guion Bluford
On August 30, 1983, The Space Shuttle, Challenger, Left Kennedy Space Center, Carrying The First African American Male Astronaut To Go Into Space.Forty-Year-Old, Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr. A Mission Specialist, Tested The Challenger' ...
Posted Monday, August 30th 2010 at 12:16AM
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Gail Fisher
On August 27, 1975, The Last Episode Of The TV Show, Mannix, Aired On CBS. The One-Hour Television Drama Featured The Character, Joe, Mannix, A Los Angeles Detective And His Widowed Girl-Friday, Peggy Fair, Played By Actress, Gail Fish ...
Posted Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 7:03PM
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Norbert Rillieux
Norbert Rillieux Registered Patent No. 3,237 For A Vacuum-Pan Evaporator At The U.S. Patent Office On August 26,1843.The Rillieux Evaporator Revolutionized The Sugar Industry Worldwide. His System Increased Fuel Efficiency And Made ...
Posted Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 12:38AM
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Asa Phillip Randolph
Asa Phillip Randolph And Five Other Men Organized The Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters On August 25, 1925. The BSCP Became One Of The Most Powerful Organizations In The History Of American Labor. By 1959, The Union Claimed Mo ...
Posted Wednesday, August 25th 2010 at 12:23AM
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Bayard Rustin
Civil Rights Activist, Bayard Rustin, Died From A Heart Attack, On August 24, 1987.Born March 17, 1912, In West Chester, Pennsylvania, Rustin Was Raised By His Grandparents. His Grandmother Was A Quaker And NAACP Member. As A Young M ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2010 at 12:11AM
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First Africans Arrive In Jamestown Virginia, 1619
On August 20, 1619, The First 20 African Settlers Arrived In The United States As Indentured Servants, Landing In Jamestown Colony, Virginia. They Arrived On A Dutch Ship Under The Command Of Capt ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2010 at 10:32PM
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Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker Was A Noted Mathematician, Surveyor And Astronomer, And The Most Famous African American Of The Colonial Era.While In His 20's Banneker Built The First Clock Made In America. It Was Constructed Entirely Of Wood ...
Posted Wednesday, August 18th 2010 at 8:21PM
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James Meredith
James Meredith, The First Black Student Admitted To "Ole Miss", Graduated from That University On August 18, 1963 At Age 30.Meredith Was Born In Kosciusko, Mississippi, June 25, 1933. After Graduating High School, Meredith Enlisted ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2010 at 11:24PM
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Marcus M. Garvey
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marcus Mosiah Garvey!! CLICK The Link To View Toady's Blog And Watch The Complete Documentary,"MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY - SEE ME IN THE WHIRLWIND"http://www.blackintime.info/1/post/2010/08/marcus-garvey.html
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Posted Monday, August 16th 2010 at 11:33PM
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Peter Salem
Peter Salem, A Revolutionary War Veteran And Hero Of The Battle Of Bunker Hill, Died On This Date, In 1816. During The Battle Of Bunker Hill (Which Actually Took Place On Breed's Hill), Fought In June, 1775, Salem Shot Down British Royal ...
Posted Sunday, August 15th 2010 at 7:08PM
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Elijah Muhammad
A New York Times Article Dated August 13, 1962, Read:"Elijah Muhammad, a 64-year-old Georgia Negro, told a crowd at Kiel Auditorium {that} the United States should say: 'I'll give you a nice place to live and I will help you get st ...
Posted Friday, August 13th 2010 at 12:07AM
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Alex Haley
Author, Alexander Murray Palmer Haley Was Born In Ithaca, New York, On August 11, 1921. He Is Best Known As The Author Of Roots: The Saga of an American Family And The Autobiography Of Malcolm X.After Dropping Out Of Alcorn State Univer ...
Posted Tuesday, August 10th 2010 at 8:30PM
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