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7/29/2007,
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PBS Pinchback ~
ends service as governor of Louisana
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7/29/2007,
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PBS Pinchback ~
(first Black state governor) is denied his senate seat by the Senate
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7/29/2007,
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PBS Pinchback ~
(first Black state governor) born
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7/29/2007,
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Pearl Bailey ~
(entertainer) born
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
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Pearl Bailey ~
(jazz singer) dies
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3221 times
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Posted by:
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12/1/2007,
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Pearl Cleage ~
(writer) is born in Springfield, Massachusetts
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12/1/2007,
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Pearl Primus ~
(choreographer and songwriter) is born in Trinidad
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7/29/2007,
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Percy L Julian ~
(chemist whose research helped create drugs for treatment of artritis) born
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Posted by:
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9/25/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Peter "The Black Prince" Jackson ~
wins the Australian heavyweight title, becoming the first Black man to win a national boxing crown
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3253 times
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
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Peter Salem ~
(Soldier in Revolutionary War) died in Framingham, Massachusetts
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4448 times
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Posted by:
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9/9/2007,
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Peter Tosh ~
(reggae pioneer) killed in Jamaica
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Posted by:
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8/19/2007,
in category "People"
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Philip Emeagwali ~
(inventor) born in Akure, Nigeria
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Phyllis Wheatley ~
(one of the first Black female poets in America) dies
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Pompey Lamb ~
(noted spy) aids the American Revolutionary War effort
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9/7/2007,
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President Franklin D Roosevelt ~
signs Selective Service Act, allowing Blacks to enter all branches of the US Military Service
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4591 times
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Posted by:
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9/23/2007,
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President John F Kennedy ~
authorizes use of federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi
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8/5/2007,
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President Lyndon Johnson ~
signs Voting Rights Bill
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2827 times
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Posted by:
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12/16/2007,
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Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd) ~
(jazz and blues musician) is born in Bogalusa, Louisiana
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7/29/2007,
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Pvt George Wanton ~
cited for bravery at Tayabacoa Cuba in the Spanish-American War
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Quincy Jones ~
(composer and musician) born
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2872 times
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
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Rafer Lewis Johnson ~
(track and field star) born in Hillsboro, Texas
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3838 times
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7/29/2007,
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Ralph Ellison ~
(author of
The Invisible Man ) dies
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3051 times
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Ralph Ellison ~
(author of
The Invisible Man ) born
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3324 times
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Posted by:
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8/6/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Ralph J Bunche ~
(diplomat and first Black winner of Nobel Peace Prize) born
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2264 times
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Posted by:
saafir, on
8/6/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Ralph J Bunche ~
(diplomat and first Black winner of Nobel Peace Prize) named undersecretary of the United Nations
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3357 times
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