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Posted by:
tonyreed, on
2/1/2009,
in category "People"
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First Black Finishes Marathons On All Seven Continents ~
On June 23, 2007, Anthony "Tony" Reed finished Kenya's Lewa SafriCom Marathon to become the first Black in the world to ...
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Posted by:
default, on
7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Flora Batson ~
(soprano-baritone singer) born
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Posted by:
default, on
10/6/2007,
in category "People"
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Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner ~
Olympic medal winning sprinter) dies at age 38. She suffered a heart seizure.
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Posted by:
default, on
12/16/2007,
in category "People"
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Florence Griffith-Joyner ~
(track athlete, four-time Olympic medal winner) is born in Los Angeles, California
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Floyd Patterson ~
loses his world heavyeight title to Sony Liston
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Posted by:
default, on
12/10/2007,
in category "People"
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Four Are Hanged ~
(John A. Copeland, Shields Green, Dangerfield Newby, and Sheridan Leavy) for conspiring in the raid on Harpers Ferry, Vi ...
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Posted by:
default, on
8/18/2007,
in category "People"
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Fourth Pan-African Congress ~
meets in New York City
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Posted by:
default, on
7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Frances Williams ~
(first Black American to graduate from college in the Western Hemisphere) publishes collection of Latin poems
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Posted by:
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12/1/2007,
in category "People"
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Francis Barber ~
is born in Jamaica. He was a slave who later became a teacher and business in England.
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Posted by:
default, on
7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Francis Bebey ~
(guitarist and author) born
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Posted by:
default, on
7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Franics L Cardoza ~
elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
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Posted by:
default, on
2/16/2008,
in category "People"
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Frank E. Petersen, Jr ~
becomes the U.S. Marine Corps's first Black Brigadier General
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Posted by:
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11/18/2007,
in category "People"
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Frank Mann ~
(designer and engineer) is born in Houston, Texas
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Posted by:
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8/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Frank Robinson ~
(baseball player) named MVP of the American League
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Frank Robinson ~
(professional baseball player) becomes the manager of the Cleveland Indians and the first Black manager of a major leagu ...
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Posted by:
default, on
9/7/2007,
in category "People"
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Frank Yerby ~
(novelist) born
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Posted by:
default, on
7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Franklin Thomas ~
named president of the Ford Foundation
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Posted by:
default, on
1/4/2011,
in category "People"
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Fred Hampton ~
(chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party) killed by Chicago police while he was sleeping
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Posted by:
default, on
2/16/2008,
in category "People"
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Frederick Augusta Douglass ~
(abolitionist and orator) dies in Washington, D.C.
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Posted by:
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9/7/2007,
in category "People"
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Frederick Augustus Douglass ~
(abolitionist) delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention, helping to bring the 15th Amendment - giving Bl ...
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
in category "People"
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Frederick Douglas ~
home in Washington DC is declared a national shrine
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Frederick Douglass ~
(orator and activist) elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust
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Posted by:
default, on
12/1/2007,
in category "People"
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Frederick Douglass ~
(along with Martin R Delaney) start
The North Star , an anti-slavery paper
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Posted by:
default, on
8/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Frederick Douglass ~
escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
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Posted by:
default, on
7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Frederick Douglass ~
born
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