October 07, 1800
Gabriel Prosser Executed
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October 08, 1805
Richmond Fights Tibbs
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October 09, 1806
Benjamin Banneker Dies
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October 24, 1812
Black Regiments Approved to Fight in the War of 1812
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October 17, 1817
Samuel R. Ward Born
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October 07, 1821
William Still Born
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October 09, 1823
Mary Ann Cary Born
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October 30, 1831
Nat Turner Captured
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October 02, 1833
New York Anti-Slavery Society Formed
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October 25, 1843
First Black State Convention in Michigan
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October 05, 1846
New England Labor Convention Protests Slavery
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October 16, 1849
George Washington Williams Born
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October 14, 1850
Boston Vigilance Committee Founded
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October 01, 1851
Fugitive Slave Rescued by New York Citizens
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October 22, 1854
James A. Bland Born
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October 03, 1856
T. Thomas Fortune Born
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October 17, 1859
John Brown Raids Harpers Ferry
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October 28, 1862
First African American Troops Fight in Civil War
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October 29, 1862
Charlotte Forten Joins a Freedmen's School
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October 04, 1864
First Black Daily Newspaper
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October 19, 1865
First Meeting of the National Equal Rights League
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October 25, 1865
Florida Black Code Established
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October 06, 1871
First Fisk Jubilee Singers Concert Held
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October 05, 1872
Booker T. Washington Attends Hampton Institute
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October 21, 1872
First African American Enters Naval Academy
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October 13, 1876
Meharry Medical College Founded
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October 15, 1883
Supreme Court Strikes Down Civil Rights Bill
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October 15, 1885
Morris Brown College Founded
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October 08, 1887
Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race Published
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October 11, 1887
Alexander Miles Patents Elevator
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October 11, 1887
Woods Patents Telephone System and Apparatus
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October 09, 1888
O.B. Clare Receives Patent
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October 17, 1888
First Bank for Blacks Organized
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October 27, 1891
Charles H. Garvin Born
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October 25, 1897
Afro-American Historical Society Formed
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October 02, 1898
Otis J. René Born
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October 20, 1898
First Black Life Insurance Company Founded
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October 10, 1899
Issac R. Johnson Receives Patent
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October 31, 1899
William F. Burr Receives Patent
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October 31, 1900
Ethel Waters Born
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October 16, 1901
Booker T. Washington Dines at the White House
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October 13, 1902
Arna Bontemps Born
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October 18, 1902
Lilliette Council Born
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October 21, 1902
First Recording of a Black Vocal Group
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October 12, 1903
W. Montague Cobb Born
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October 25, 1903
Bobby Robinson Born
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October 14, 1904
DuBois Publishes His Credo
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October 01, 1908
Elyse White Born
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October 12, 1908
Ann Petry Born
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October 16, 1908
Reverend Harry Charles Tartt Born
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October 25, 1908
Quentin Mease Born
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October 13, 1909
Art Tatum Born
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October 07, 1911
James Guilford, Jr. Born
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October 26, 1911
Mahalia Jackson Born
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October 22, 1912
George Leighton Born
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October 25, 1913
Louis A. Rabb Born
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October 20, 1914
Fayard Nicholas Born
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October 24, 1914
Betty Gross Born
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October 13, 1916
Frank Lumpkin Born
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October 03, 1917
Prince Spencer Born
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October 06, 1917
Fannie Lou Hamer Born
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October 10, 1917
Thelonious Monk Born
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October 21, 1917
Dizzy Gillespie Born
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October 27, 1917
Anna Langford Born
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October 16, 1918
Susan Cayton Woodson Born
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October 17, 1918
Jefferson Eugene Grigsby Born
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October 12, 1919
Doris "Dorie" Miller Born
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October 26, 1919
Hon. Edward W. Brooke III Born
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October 27, 1919
Edward W. Brooke Born
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October 08, 1920
James Paschal Born
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October 22, 1920
William Warfield Born
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October 06, 1921
Rev. Joseph Lowery Born
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October 07, 1921
Henry Presswood Born
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October 17, 1921
William Blair, Jr. Born
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October 08, 1922
Frances Murphy II Born
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October 19, 1922
Katherine Bennett Born
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October 22, 1922
Harvey Bryant Smith Born
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October 09, 1923
Robert Dorsey Born
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October 14, 1923
Jean Toomer's Cane Published
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October 24, 1923
Statistics Indicate Continued Black Migration
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October 28, 1923
Azira Sanchez Hill
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October 28, 1923
Russ Ewing Born
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October 29, 1923
Reverend Vernon Dobson Born
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October 18, 1924
James Collier Born
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October 27, 1924
Ruby Dee Born
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October 31, 1924
Charles Duncan Born
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October 21, 1925
Lionel McMurren Born
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October 29, 1925
Stanley Tolliver, Sr. Born
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October 30, 1925
Honorable Gus Savage Born
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October 04, 1926
Earl Calloway Born
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October 08, 1926
William Greaves Born
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October 10, 1926
Oscar Brown, Jr. Born
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October 13, 1926
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. Born
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October 18, 1926
Chuck Berry Born
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October 06, 1927
Justice William Cousins, Jr. Born
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October 10, 1927
The Play, Porgy Opens on Broadway
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October 12, 1927
Rev. Dr. Latta Thomas Born
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October 28, 1927
Charles Vert Willie Born
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October 04, 1928
James Forman Born
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October 05, 1928
Herb Kent Born
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October 07, 1928
Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Born
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October 07, 1928
Rev. Abraham L. Woods, Jr. Born
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October 17, 1928
Lerone Bennett, Jr. Born
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October 27, 1928
Dr. Lloyd C. Elam Born
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October 30, 1928
Barbara Bowman Born
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October 03, 1929
Walter Leonard Born
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October 10, 1929
Alvin Boutte, Sr. Born
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October 25, 1929
The Stock Market Crashes
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October 29, 1929
Geraldine Moore Born
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October 08, 1930
Faith Ringgold Born
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October 10, 1930
"Blind" Lemon Jefferson Dies
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October 22, 1930
Blackbirds of 1930 Opens on Broadway
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October 29, 1930
Ann Yancy Born
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October 09, 1931
Myrtle Reid Davis Born
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October 15, 1931
Enid Pinkney Born
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October 28, 1931
Jack A. Kirkland Born
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October 28, 1931
Harold Battiste Born
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October 31, 1931
Harold Pates Born
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October 05, 1932
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke Born
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October 12, 1932
Dick Gregory Born
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October 12, 1932
Dick Gregory Born
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October 13, 1932
Belva Davis Born
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October 02, 1934
Joan Delores Sandler born
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October 07, 1934
Imamu Amiri Baraka Born
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October 14, 1934
James Pleasant Breeden Born
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October 26, 1934
NAACP Campaign Against Discrimination
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October 1935
Protests Over Invasion of Ethiopia
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October 10, 1935
Porgy and Bess Premieres on Broadway
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October 12, 1935
William Raspberry Born
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October 18, 1935
Emil Jones, Jr. Born
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October 22, 1935
Ernestine Brown Born
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October 19, 1936
Rev. James Bevel Born
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October 30, 1936
Merri Dee Born
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October 01, 1937
B.B. De Laine Born
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October 02, 1937
Johnnie Cochran Born
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October 03, 1937
Juliet Blackburn-Beamon
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October 04, 1937
Lee P. Brown Born
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October 14, 1937
E.T. Williams Born
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October 18, 1937
Bobbie Steele Born
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October 20, 1937
Eleo Pomare Born
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October 21, 1937
Ann Marie Williams Born
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October 27, 1937
Alma Powell Born
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October 06, 1938
Lee Walker Born
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October 08, 1938
Fred Cash Born
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October 13, 1938
Askia M. Touré Born
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October 13, 1938
Shirley Caesar Born
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October 19, 1938
Frank Greene Born
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October 20, 1938
Nathaniel R. Goldston, III Born
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October 23, 1938
Steven Minter Born
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October 14, 1939
Colonel Eugene Scott Born
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October 29, 1939
Louis Dinwiddie Born
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October 01, 1940
Dr. Drew Named Director of the Plasma Project in Great Britain
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October 04, 1940
Marie Dutton Brown Born
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October 16, 1940
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Made Brigadier General
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October 25, 1940
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club Incorporated
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October 31, 1940
Dr. Rene M. Earles Born
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October 01, 1941
South Side Community Arts Center Is Founded.
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October 03, 1941
Chubby Checker Born
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October 06, 1941
Sonjia Young Born
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October 08, 1941
Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Born
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October 08, 1941
Jesse Jackson, Sr. Born
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October 11, 1941
Emory Shaw Campbell Born
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October 22, 1941
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Born
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October 27, 1941
Ernest Everett Just Dies
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October 04, 1942
Bernice Johnson Reagon Born
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October 04, 1943
H. Rap Brown Born
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October 12, 1943
Joyce Ladner Born
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October 14, 1943
Gwendolyn M. Patton Born
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October 16, 1943
Robeson Performs in Othello
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October 19, 1943
Jonetta B. Cole Born
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October 21, 1943
Darryl Hill Born
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October 25, 1943
Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. Born
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October 19, 1944
Bennetta Nelson-West Born
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October 21, 1944
Walter Broadnax Born
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October 23, 1944
Dorothy R. Leavell Born
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October 26, 1944
Dennis Terry Born
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October 29, 1944
Julius Wayne Dudley Born
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October 01, 1945
Donny Hathaway Born
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October 10, 1945
Tyrone Brooks Born
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October 18, 1945
Robeson Awarded Spingarn Medal
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October 23, 1945
Robinson Signs as a Brooklyn Dodgers Minor Leaguer
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October 03, 1946
Veronica Jones Born
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October 10, 1946
Ben Vereen Born
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October 19, 1946
J. Veronica Biggins Born
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October 23, 1946
Wade Hudson Born
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October 27, 1946
Lorenzo Morris Born
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October 28, 1946
Floyd Powell Born
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October 31, 1946
Marcia Cantarella Born
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October 05, 1947
Linda Washington Cropp born
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October 20, 1947
Monica Kaufman Born
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October 21, 1947
Mary Schmidt Campbell Born
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October 23, 1947
NAACP Presents Petition to UN on Racism in the U.S.
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October 29, 1947
Commission on Civil Rights Presents its Report
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October 16, 1948
Stephanie Smith Hughley Born
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October 18, 1948
Ntozake Shange Born
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October 20, 1948
James Harris Born
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October 24, 1948
Kweisi Mfume Born
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October 24, 1948
Michael V. Roberts Born
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October 10, 1949
Jerry Mondesire Born
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October 22, 1949
Kenneth G. Rodgers Born
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October 29, 1949
First Black President of Hampton Institute Hired
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October 29, 1949
Dr. Raphael Lee Born
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October 01, 1950
Maureen Forte Born
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October 02, 1950
Khephra Burns Born
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October 09, 1950
Luther Keith Born
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October 10, 1950
Iola Johnson Born
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October 11, 1950
Jamala Rogers Born
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October 12, 1950
Ronald McNair Born
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October 30, 1950
Jocelyn Dorsey Born
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October 03, 1951
Dave Winfield Born
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October 17, 1951
Richard Lewis Holmes Born
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October 18, 1951
Terry McMillan Born
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October 22, 1951
Lynn Allen Born
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October 25, 1951
Dr. Donna M. Mendes Born
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October 07, 1952
Charisse Lillie Born
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October 10, 1952
Blondell Reynolds Brown Born
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October 14, 1952
Russell Williams, II Born
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October 22, 1953
First Black Certified in Neurological Surgery
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October 30, 1953
Michael Mauldin Born
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October 03, 1954
Rev. Al Sharpton Born
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October 27, 1954
First Black U.S. Air Force General
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October 30, 1954
U.S. Department of Defense Abolishes All-Black Units in Armed Forces
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October 03, 1955
Laura Murphy Born
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October 17, 1955
James Marshall Born
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October 25, 1955
Charles Tribbett Born
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October 25, 1955
Diann Burns Born
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October 11, 1956
Debra Martin Chase Born
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October 17, 1956
Dr. Mae Jemison Born
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October 15, 1957
Sickle Cell Disease Research Center Opens
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October 21, 1957
Reginald Thomas Born
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October 29, 1957
Dr. Hollis Underwood Born
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October 05, 1958
Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson Born
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October 23, 1958
Ricardo Patton Born
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October 22, 1959
Sidney Bechet Dies
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October 31, 1960
Vernon Jones Born
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October 01, 1961
DuSable Museum Founded
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October 18, 1961
Wynton Marsalis Born
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October 26, 1961
Rev. Rose Niles McCrary Born
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October 01, 1962
First Black Student Enrolls At University of Mississippi
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October 19, 1962
Evander Holyfield Born
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October 28, 1962
Carla Ann Harris Born
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October 04, 1964
Church Bombed in Vicksburg
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October 15, 1964
Hayes Wins Olympic Gold Medal
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October 28, 1964
Wayne Hewett Born
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October 20, 1965
Lee Bey Born
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October 26, 1965
First African American Woman Ambassador
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October 28, 1965
Earl Bostic Dies
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October 15, 1966
Black Panther Party Formed
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October 02, 1967
Justice Thurgood Marshall Sworn In
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October 03, 1968
The Great White Hope Debuts on Broadway
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October 20, 1968
Solomon Lightfoot Michaux Dies
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October 25, 1968
Du Sable Recognized as Founder of Chicago
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October 05, 1970
Rash of Violence Over Desegregation
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October 24, 1972
Jackie Robinson Dies
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October 16, 1973
Atlanta Elects First Black Mayor
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October 03, 1975
Frank Robinson Becomes Major League Manager
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October 30, 1979
Birmingham, Alabama's First Black Mayor Elected
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October 28, 1981
First Black Mayor Elected in Augusta, Georgia
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October 29, 1982
Andrew Young Elected Mayor of Atlanta
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October 16, 1984
Bishop Tutu Awarded Nobel Prize
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October 26, 1984
William Foster Honored
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October 02, 1986
Edward Perkins Appointed Ambassador to South Africa
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October 01, 1989
Colin Powell Named Chairman
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October 03, 1989
First African American NFL Coach
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October 23, 1989
First Black President of MLB's National League
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October 22, 1990
Bush Vetoes Civil Rights Bill
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October 25, 1990
African American Marketing and Media Association Organized
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October 01, 1991
Campbell Assumes Role of Dean
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October 11, 1991
Redd Foxx Dies
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October 15, 1991
Clarence Thomas Confirmed as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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October 17, 1992
First Black to Manage in the World Series
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October 07, 1993
Toni Morrison Awarded Nobel Prize
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October 26, 1994
First African American Woman Police Chief Appointed
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October 03, 1995
O.J. Simpson Acquitted
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October 07, 1995
Chicago Honors Jacoby Dickens
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October 16, 1995
Million Man March
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October 25, 1997
Million Woman March Held
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October 31, 1998
AP Reports DNA Investigation Confirms Connection Between President Jefferson and Sally Hemings
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October 08, 1999
John B. McLendon, Jr. Dies
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October 13, 1999
Rev. Angelique Walker-Smith Receives Award for Distinction
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October 16, 2000
Million Family March Held
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October 22, 2000
Frankie Crocker Dies
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October 26, 2000
Derek Jeter Named World Series MVP
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October 02, 2001
Sosa Hits 60 Homeruns in Three Consecutive Seasons
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October 04, 2001
Ricky Henderson Breaks Career Runs Record
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October 04, 2001
Barry Bonds Breaks Single Season Walks Record
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October 05, 2001
Bonds Breaks Single Season Homerun Record
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October 07, 2001
Barry Bonds Hits Record 73rd Homerun
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October 26, 2004
James Eaton Dies
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October 02, 2005
August Wilson Dies
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October 02, 2005
Nipsey Russell Dies
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October 06, 2005
Rhoda Louise Kent-Hope Dies
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October 12, 2005
C. DeLores Tucker Dies
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October 13, 2005
Vivian Malone Jones Dies
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October 17, 2005
Mattiebelle Woods Dies
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October 24, 2005
Rosa Parks Dies
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October 26, 2005
Dye Named World Series MVP
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October 28, 2005
Richard McKinney dies
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October 06, 2006
Buck O'Neil Passes Away
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October 08, 2006
Sandye Jean McIntyre II dies
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October 13, 2006
Mayme Clayton Dies
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October 15, 2007
Ernest C. Withers dies
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