This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History
December 25, 1760 Jupiter Hammon became the first African-American published writer when a poem he wrote, “An Evening Thought,” appeared…
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November 27, 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers hurler Don Newcombe becomes the first player to win baseball’s Cy Young Award, signifying him…
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October 13, 1966 Legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix plays his first concert as the Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel…
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August 16, 1963 Television and advertising executive George Olden becomes the first Black person to design a U.S. postage stamp…
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July 9, 1893 Chicago physician Daniel Hale Williams, the nation’s first Black cardiologist, performs the first successful open heart surgery…
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July 1, 1991 Georgia-born attorney Clarence Thomas is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall, the high…
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June 28, 1964 Malcolm X announces the establishment of the Organization of African Unity at a public meeting in New…
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June 24, 1936 Bethune-Cookman College President Mary McLeod Bethune, the 15th child of former slaves, is named director of Negro…
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May 29, 1973 Despite a sometime hostile and racially tinged campaign, former Los Angeles City Councilman Tom Bradley, the grandson…
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This Week in Black History
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March 5, 1770 Massachusetts sailor Crispus Attucks is shot to death by British Redcoats, reportedly becoming the first patriot killed…
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