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7/29/2007,
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Althea Gibson ~
(tennis champion) becomes the first Black woman to win the women's Wimbledon singles championship
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7/29/2007,
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Althea Gibson ~
(tennis champion) becomes the first Black athelete to win a US national tennis championship
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7/29/2007,
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Althea Gibson ~
(tennis champion) wins the French Open, becoming the first Black tennis player to win a major tennis title
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3103 times
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7/29/2007,
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Alvin Ailey ~
(choreographer) born
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10/21/2007,
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Amy Ashwood Garvey ~
(activist) is born in Antonio, Jamaica. She was the first wife of Marcus Garvey.
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Posted by:
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12/30/2007,
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Amy E.J. Garvey ~
(Pan-Africanist, journalist, historian) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. She was the second wife of Marcus Garvey.
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7/29/2007,
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Andrew "Rube" Foster ~
organizes The Negro Baseball League, the first Black baseball league
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7/29/2007,
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Andrew Brimmer ~
is appointed the first Black person to serve on the Federal Reserve Board
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7/29/2007,
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Andrew Hatcher ~
is named associate press secretary to President John F Kennedy, becoming the first Black press secretary
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3676 times
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7/29/2007,
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Andrew J Beard ~
patents the
jerry coupler , still used today to connect railroad cars
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3323 times
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7/29/2007,
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Andrew Young ~
named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations
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4680 times
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
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Angela Bassett ~
(actress) born in New York, New York
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4736 times
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Posted by:
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8/14/2007,
in category "People"
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Angela Davis ~
(activist) named in a federal warrant issued in connected with George Jackson's attempted escape from San Quentin prison
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4853 times
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7/29/2007,
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Angela Davis ~
(activist) born
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3297 times
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8/26/2007,
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Anita Bush ~
(actress and dancer) born in New York
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3943 times
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8/10/2007,
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Anna Cooper ~
the defender of equality for black women was born. In 1925, she also became the fourth African American to earn a Docto ...
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2/1/2008,
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Anne Spencer ~
(poet) is born in Henry County, Virginia
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7/29/2007,
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Antoine "Fats" Domino ~
(singer) born
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4700 times
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7/29/2007,
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Aretha Franklin ~
(singer) born
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3173 times
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7/29/2007,
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Arna W Bontemps ~
(noted poet) born
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3231 times
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(first Black male to win Wimbledon) born
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3285 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(first Black male to win Wimbledon) is denied entry to compete on the US Team for the South African Open tennis champion ...
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3975 times
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(tennis champion) wins the men's Wimbledon singles championship
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3190 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(first Black male to win Wimbledon) inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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3449 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(first Black male to win Wimbledon) becomes first Black person named to the US Davis Cup team
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3239 times
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