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Phyllis Wheatly was invited to General George Washington’s headquarters in Cambridge, MA, on this date in 1776. Wheatly had written a poem in his honor.
The play Porgy and Bess, starring Todd Duncan and Anne Browne, opened on Broadway on this date in 1943.
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, comedian, died on this date in 1977. Anderson performed over 30 years on both radio and television, with Jack Benny.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was sworn in as the first Black U.S. Senator on this date in 1870.
Cassius Clay, boxing legend, changed his name to Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam on this date in 1964 immediately after winning his first heavyweight title (KO of Sonny Liston, round seven).
Elijah Muhammad, activist and founder of the Nation of Islam, died at age 77, in Chicago, on this date in 1975.
Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr., the first Black Four-Star General in the U.S. Air Force, died at the Air Force Academy in Colorado on this date in 1978.
Edgar Daniel “E.D.” Nixon, civil rights leader and primary figure in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, died in Montgomery, AL, on this date in 1987.
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Benjamin Roberts filed the first school integration suit on this day in 1848, on behalf of his daughter, Sarah Roberts, after she was barred from a white school in Boston, MA.
Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist and discoverer of over 300 products from the peanut, was successful in getting a Branch Agricultural Experiment Station and Agricultural School at Tuskegee Normal School on this date in 1897.
Nat King Cole, singer, pianist, and entertainer, died in Santa Monica, CA on this date in 1965. “Unforgettable”, “Mona Lisa”, “Route 66”, “Nature Boy”, and “The Christmas Song” were some of his most popular songs.
Henry Lewis was named Director of the New Jersey Symphony on this date in 1968. Lewis was the first black person to direct an American orchestra.
Kweisi Mfume became President and CEO of the NAACP on this date in 1996.
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Henry Highland Garnet, activist, Presbyterian minister, diplomat, abolitionist, died in Monrovia Liberia, on this date in 1882. In 1843, Garnet called for a slave revolt and general slave strike at the National Black Convention in Buffalo, NY.
Andrew “Rube” Foster organized the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs (Negro League), the first Black baseball league, on this date in 1920.
The Renaissance, the first Black professional basketball team, was organized on this date in 1923.
Joeph L. Searles, III began training as a floor partner with Neuberger, Loeb and Co. on this date in 1970. Searles was the first Black person on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of “The Color Purple”, was born in Eatontown, GA, on this date in 1944.
Leroy “Satchel” Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1971. Paige became the first player from the Negro League to receive this honor.
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. became the first Black astronaut to take a spacewalk on this date in 1995.
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