September 16, 1810
Charles Remond Born
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September 10, 1813
Battle of Lake Erie
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September 21, 1814
Blacks Join U.S. Army During War of 1812
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September 21, 1815
Black Troops Honored by General Jackson
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September 09, 1817
Paul Cuffe Dies
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September 08, 1826
Second Black Graduates from College
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September 28, 1829
Abolitionist Pamphlet Causes Panic in South
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September 20, 1830
First National Negro Convention Meets
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September 02, 1833
Oberlin College Founded
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September 03, 1838
Frederick Douglass Escapes from Slavery
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September 22, 1839
Captain Michael Healy Born
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September 18, 1840
Pope Gregory XVI Condemns Slavery
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September 05, 1846
John W. Cromwell Born
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September 10, 1847
John R. Lynch Born
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September 04, 1848
Lewis H. Latimer Born
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September 06, 1848
Frederick Douglass Elected President of the National Black Political Convention
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September 18, 1850
Fugitive Slave Law Revised
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September 11, 1851
Slave Resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania
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September 10, 1855
First Black Elected Officer
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September 01, 1858
Oberlin Students Rescue a Fugitive Slave
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September 05, 1859
First African American Woman Publishes Novel
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September 17, 1861
First School for Freemen Opened
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September 25, 1861
Runaway Slaves Enlist in Union Navy
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September 22, 1862
President Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation
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September 23, 1863
Mary Church Terrell Born
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September 30, 1864
13 Black Union Soldiers Awarded Medals of Honor
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September 12, 1865
Alabama Black Code Established
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September 19, 1865
Atlanta University Founded
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September 04, 1875
Whites Attack Blacks in Clinton, Mississippi
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September 27, 1875
Branch Normal College Opens Doors
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September 13, 1881
Latimer and Nichols Patent the Electric Lamp
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September 19, 1881
Tuskegee Institute Opens
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September 13, 1886
Alain Leroy Locke Born
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September 15, 1890
Claude McKay Born
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September 01, 1891
First Woman Practices Medicine
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September 19, 1893
Elbert Robinson Receives Patent
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September 03, 1895
Charles Hamilton Houston Born
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September 18, 1895
Washington Delivers the "Atlanta Compromise"
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September 28, 1895
National Baptist Convention Organized
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September 10, 1903
Arthur Burton, Sr. Born
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September 28, 1903
Helen Newberry McDowell Born
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September 09, 1905
Representative Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr. Born
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September 22, 1906
Race Riots Erupt in Atlanta, Georgia
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September 08, 1907
Buck Leonard Born
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September 04, 1908
Richard Wright Born
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September 26, 1909
Robert Church Born
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September 24, 1910
Ora Higgins Born
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September 27, 1910
W.C. Handy Makes Music
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September 29, 1910
National Urban League Formed
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September 02, 1912
Romare Bearden Born
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September 27, 1912
W.C. Handy Published Memphis Blues
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September 12, 1913
Jesse Owens Born
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September 07, 1914
Jean Blackwell Hutson Born
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September 06, 1915
Evangeline Hall Born
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September 09, 1915
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Founded
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September 22, 1915
Xavier College Founded
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September 12, 1916
Wilhelmina Rolark Born
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September 20, 1916
Henry G. Parks Born
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September 07, 1917
Jacob Lawrence Born
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September 03, 1918
Honorable John Rogers, Sr. Born
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September 09, 1918
Colonel Stone Johnson Born
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September 27, 1919
Lt. Col. Herbert E. Carter Born
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September 16, 1920
Charles Dryden Born
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September 03, 1921
Johnny Holmes Born
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September 14, 1921
Constance Baker Motley Born
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September 15, 1921
Elma Lewis Born
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September 16, 1921
Roy Chappel Born
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September 05, 1922
Leatrice Branch Madison Born
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September 04, 1923
George Washington Carver Receives Accolades
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September 11, 1923
Charles Evers Born
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September 16, 1923
First Catholic Seminary For Black Priests Dedicated
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September 18, 1923
Sandye Jean McIntyre II Born
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September 01, 1924
Dr. William E. Finlayson Born
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September 08, 1924
Evie Dennis Born
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September 10, 1924
Doris Humphries Born
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September 15, 1924
Bobby Short Born
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September 01, 1925
Rosa Guy Born
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September 16, 1925
B.B. King Born
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September 08, 1926
Rev. Joseph Metz Rollins Born
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September 13, 1926
Andrew Brimmer Born
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September 16, 1926
Darwin McBeth Walton Born
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September 23, 1926
John Coltrane Born
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September 05, 1927
Lois Fisher Born
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September 02, 1928
Horace Silver Born
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September 05, 1928
Lena Mclin born
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September 15, 1928
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Born
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September 17, 1928
Bertrand Miles Born
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September 17, 1928
Dunbar National Bank Opens
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September 20, 1928
Merton Simpson Born
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September 23, 1928
Lois Martin Born
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September 30, 1929
Helen Marie Marshall Born
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September 03, 1930
Charles Holton Born
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September 06, 1930
Honorable Leander Shaw Born
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September 14, 1930
James Eaton Born
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September 19, 1930
Edward N. Smith Born
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September 23, 1930
Ray Charles Born
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September 12, 1931
Kenneth Crooks Born
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September 14, 1931
Rena Bancroft Born
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September 19, 1931
Brook Benton Born
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September 23, 1931
Charles Harrison Born
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September 24, 1931
Cardiss Robertson Collins Born
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September 05, 1932
Clay Bates Born
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September 06, 1932
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Begins
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September 11, 1932
Olive Lee Benson Born
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September 13, 1932
Useni Eugene Perkins Born
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September 29, 1932
Bezelee Martin Born
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September 13, 1933
Rev. Calvin Wallace Woods, Sr. Born
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September 14, 1933
James "Piano C Red" Wheeler Born
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September 14, 1933
C. Payne Lucas Born
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September 02, 1934
Samuel Gooden Born
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September 09, 1934
Eugene Sawyer Born
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September 09, 1934
Sonia Sanchez Born
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September 16, 1934
Joseph Johnson Born
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September 19, 1934
Raymond Bowen Born
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September 19, 1934
Carl Davis Born
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September 24, 1934
Joseph Dyer Born
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September 25, 1934
Dr. James P. Comer Born
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September 25, 1934
Dr. James P. Comer Born
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September 26, 1934
Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles Born
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September 27, 1934
Greg Morris Born
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September 29, 1934
Carl Anderson Born
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September 12, 1935
Richard Hunt Born
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September 14, 1935
Donald Russell Campbell Born
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September 15, 1935
Capt. William Pinkney Born
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September 17, 1935
Lamonte McLemore Born
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September 22, 1935
Alyce Earl Jenkins Born
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September 30, 1935
Johnny Mathis Born
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September 30, 1935
Porgy and Bess Premieres
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September 08, 1936
Iola McGowan Born
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September 28, 1936
Clyde Martin Born
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September 01, 1937
Charles Jordan Born
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September 07, 1937
Olly Wilson Born
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September 11, 1937
Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly Born
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September 21, 1937
Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon Born
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September 26, 1937
Bessie Smith Dies
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September 01, 1938
Jane Bond Moore Born
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September 06, 1938
Paul King Born
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September 24, 1938
Thomas N. Todd Born
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September 27, 1938
Jerry Williams Born
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September 04, 1939
Gail Hansberry Born
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September 04, 1939
Gail Hansberry Born
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September 07, 1939
Dr. Henry Cook Born
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September 20, 1939
Colbert King Born
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September 24, 1939
Sonny Turner Born
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September 06, 1940
George McKenna III Born
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September 14, 1940
Paul Joseph Adams III Born
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September 14, 1940
North Carolina College Law School Opens
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September 16, 1940
Selective Service and Training Act Passed
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September 06, 1941
Danny Davis Born
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September 09, 1941
Otis Redding Born
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September 16, 1941
Harry Robinson, Jr. Born
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September 22, 1941
Ernest Green Born
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September 22, 1941
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Born
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September 27, 1941
Leroy Richie Born
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September 30, 1941
Maudine Cooper Born
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September 03, 1942
Larkin Arnold, Jr. Born
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September 08, 1942
Renault Robinson Born
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September 11, 1942
Lola Falana Born
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September 17, 1942
Frank Smith, Jr. born
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September 19, 1942
Freda Payne Born
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September 23, 1942
Imagene Bigham Stewart Born
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September 29, 1942
Badi Foster Born
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September 29, 1942
U.S. Merchant Marine Ship Named After Booker T. Washington Launched
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September 30, 1942
Bobby L. Wilson Born
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September 06, 1943
George L. Knox, III Born
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September 16, 1943
Alden J. McDonald Born
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September 18, 1943
Don Jackson Born
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September 20, 1943
Bernard Kinsey Born
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September 25, 1943
Earl Richardson Born
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September 27, 1943
Donald Carpenter Born
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September 28, 1943
Ulysses Grant Ford III Born
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September 29, 1943
Lorenzo Pace Born
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September 29, 1943
Lorenzo Pace Born
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September 04, 1944
Jacqueline Finney Brown Born
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September 05, 1944
Alma Dodd Born
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September 08, 1944
Thomas McLeary Born
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September 08, 1944
Carl Spight Born
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September 16, 1944
Anthony W. Hall, Jr. Born
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September 30, 1944
Karen Hastie Williams Born
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September 01, 1945
Wayne Watson Born
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September 03, 1945
Frank Clark Born
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September 04, 1945
Howard Brown, Jr. Born
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September 04, 1945
Ramona Edelin Born
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September 09, 1945
Alphonso Jackson Born
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September 18, 1945
White Students Protest Integration
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September 26, 1945
Lou Myers Born
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September 05, 1946
Shirley James Born
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September 12, 1946
George N’Namdi Born
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September 16, 1946
Nannette Kindle Mitchell Born
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September 18, 1946
Knowlton Atterbeary Born
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September 05, 1947
Judge Craig S. Strong Born
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September 17, 1947
Barbara Bowles Born
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September 22, 1947
Dr. Janice Hutchinson Born
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September 22, 1947
Rev. Gregory Robeson Smith Born
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September 22, 1947
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans Published
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September 26, 1947
Robert Nash Born
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September 30, 1947
Amyre Makupson Born
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September 24, 1948
Hermene Hartman Born
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September 28, 1948
Herman B. White Born
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September 29, 1948
Bryant Gumbel Born
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September 16, 1949
Oz Scott Born
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September 16, 1950
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Born
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September 22, 1950
Ralph Bunche Awarded Nobel Prize
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September 24, 1951
Rev. Dwight Andrews Born
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September 16, 1952
Roshell "Mike" Anderson Born
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September 26, 1952
Dr. St. Elmo W. Crawford, Jr. Born
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September 04, 1953
Dorothy Brown Born
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September 05, 1953
Samuel Akainyah Born
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September 20, 1953
Ernie Banks Hits First Home Run
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September 22, 1953
Julianne Malveaux Born
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September 29, 1953
Janis Kearney Born
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September 07, 1954
Public Schools Desegregate
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September 21, 1954
Robert DeBlanc Born
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September 27, 1954
Beverly Daniel Tatum Born
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September 10, 1955
Mike Glenn Born
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September 14, 1955
Paul Mason Born
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September 19, 1955
Wayne Dawkins Born
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September 17, 1956
Janet Adderley Born
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September 13, 1957
Dr. Keith Black Born
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September 24, 1957
Little Rock Schools Integrated
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September 02, 1958
Frederick M. Jones Receives Patent
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September 19, 1958
Martha Brock Born
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September 20, 1958
Dr. King Stabbed
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September 11, 1959
Duke Ellington Wins Spingarn Medal
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September 05, 1960
Senghor Elected President of Senegal
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September 06, 1960
Campbell Integrates Raleigh Schools
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September 06, 1960
Rafer Johnson Wins Olympic Decathlon
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September 09, 1960
Constance Jackson Born
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September 10, 1960
Rey Ramsey Born
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September 14, 1960
Alisa Starks Born
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September 17, 1960
Kevin Clash Born
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September 20, 1960
Deborah Roberts Born
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September 23, 1960
Barrietta Killiebrew Born
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September 25, 1960
Honorable Jennifer Jones Born
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September 07, 1961
Michele Norris Born
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September 19, 1961
First Alien Abduction Case Brought to the Public's Attention
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September 28, 1961
Purlie Victorious Debuts
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September 04, 1962
New Orleans Catholic Schools Ordered to Integrate
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September 17, 1962
BeBe Winans Born
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September 26, 1962
Sonny Liston Wins Heavyweight Title
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September 15, 1963
Bomb Kills Four Girls in Birmingham Church
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September 13, 1964
Tavis Smiley Born
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September 14, 1964
Leontyne Price and A. Phillip Randolph Awarded Medal of Freedom
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September 08, 1965
Dorothy Dandridge Dies
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September 10, 1965
George Baker Dies
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September 29, 1965
First Black-owned Television Station
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September 29, 1965
Ralph Boston Breaks World Record
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September 25, 1966
Hon. Harold D. Melton Born
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September 29, 1966
John D. Terry Born
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September 09, 1968
Weaver Dedicates New HUD Headquarters Building
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September 09, 1968
Arthur Ashe Wins U.S. Open Tennis Championship
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September 20, 1968
Maisha Handy Born
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September 25, 1968
Will Smith Born
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September 18, 1970
Jimi Hendrix Dies
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September 13, 1972
Two Black Mayors Elected in Alabama
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September 10, 1973
Daryl Shular Born
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September 25, 1974
First Black White House Fellow Chosen
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September 01, 1975
Marva Collins Starts School
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September 12, 1975
Marino Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop
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September 12, 1975
Racial Violence Erupts in Boston
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September 24, 1977
Klansman Indicted
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September 03, 1979
First Black Heads a Major Daily Newspaper
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September 15, 1980
First Annual Black College Day Held
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September 17, 1983
First Black Woman Named Miss America
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September 20, 1984
The Cosby Show Premieres
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September 06, 1988
First African American Texas Ranger
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September 02, 1989
Sharpton Leads March Through New York
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September 17, 1991
DuSable Museum Opens New Wing
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September 12, 1992
First Black Woman in Space
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September 30, 1994
Merri Dee Receives National Voice Award
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September 12, 1996
Civil War Memorial Dedicated
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September 21, 1998
Florence Griffith Joyner Dies
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September 29, 1998
Tom Bradley Dies
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September 23, 2000
Carl T. Rowan Dies
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September 27, 2000
Black Watergate Security Guard Dies
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September 11, 2001
America Attacked by Terrorists
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September 11, 2001
Hijacked Plane Crashes in Rural Pennsylvania
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September 23, 2002
Roy Chappell Dies
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September 12, 2004
Lutrelle F. Palmer Dies
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September 05, 2005
MaVynne Betsch Dies
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September 27, 2005
Willie Hutch Dies
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September 27, 2005
Judge Constance Baker Motley Dies
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September 27, 2006
Frank Sublett, Jr. Dies
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September 06, 2007
Allan Crite dies
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September 13, 2007
Dr. Daniel Collins dies
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September 26, 2007
Julius Richardson dies
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September 11, 2009
Michael Jordan Inducted into Hall of Fame
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