Timeline

 

Events for the Month of November

November 29, 1802
   Ohio Outlaws Slavery

November 07, 1837
   Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy Murdered

November 07, 1841
   Slaves Aboard the Creole Revolt

November 17, 1842
   George Latimer's Freedom Bought

November 06, 1861
   Jefferson Davis Elected President of Confederacy

November 20, 1861
   Kentucky Votes to Secede

November 28, 1861
   Missouri Admitted to the Confederacy

November 03, 1866
   9th and 10th Cavalry Unit Organized

November 20, 1866
   Howard University Founded

November 09, 1868
   Howard University Medical School Opens

November 09, 1868
   Arkansas Declares Martial Law

November 24, 1868
   Scott Joplin Born

November 24, 1870
   Robert S. Abbott Born

November 16, 1873
   W.C. Handy Born

November 03, 1874
   First Black Episcopal Bishop

November 02, 1875
   The "Mississippi Plan" Instituted

November 03, 1875
   Dr. James E. Shepard Born

November 04, 1879
   Thomas Elkins Receives Patent

November 15, 1881
   Payton Johnson Receives Patent

November 03, 1883
   Race Riots in Virginia

November 24, 1883
   Edwin Bancroft Henderson Born

November 26, 1883
   Sojourner Truth Dies

November 22, 1884
   ThePhiladelphia Tribune Founded

November 29, 1887
   Woods Patents Railway Telegraph

November 10, 1891
   Granville T. Woods Patents His New Electric Railway System

November 21, 1893
   Granville T. Woods Patents His Electric Railway Conduit

November 13, 1894
   Albert C. Richardson Receives Patent

November 23, 1897
   John Love Receives Patent

November 23, 1897
   Beard Invents the "Jenny Coupler"

November 26, 1897
   Amazon Brooks Born

November 30, 1897
   J.A. Sweeting Receives Patent

November 10, 1898
   Race Riot in Wilmington, North Carolina

November 06, 1900
   Lift Every Voice and Sing Composed

November 14, 1900
   Washington Society of Colored Dentists Founded

November 05, 1901
   Etta Moten Barnett Born

November 21, 1904
   Coleman Hawkins Born

November 29, 1908
   Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Born

November 12, 1909
   Ernest S. McBride Born

November 19, 1910
   Edith Gray Born

November 14, 1911
   Eugenia Fortes Born

November 17, 1911
   Omega Psi Phi Founded

November 19, 1911
   Robert Beale Born

November 26, 1911
   William Henry Lewis Appointed

November 16, 1912
   Rachel Hall Brown Born

November 24, 1912
   Marie L. Greenwood Born

November 30, 1912
   Gordon Parks, Sr. Born

November 23, 1914
   Ruth Brett Quarles Born

November 28, 1914
   Gertrude Hadley Jeannette Born

November 03, 1915
   Hal Jackson Born

November 14, 1915
   Booker T. Washington Dies

November 14, 1915
   Birth of a Nation Boycotted

November 29, 1915
   William "Billy" Strayhorn Born

November 24, 1916
   Frankie Muse Freeman Born

November 01, 1917
   Margaret Burroughs Born

November 05, 1917
   Emmett Scott Receives Cabinet Appointment

November 05, 1917
   Buchanan v. Warley

November 19, 1917
   Augustine Davis Born

November 23, 1917
   First Black Elected to New York State Legislature

November 30, 1917
   Elaine Ellis Born

November 07, 1918
   Maycie Herrington Born

November 10, 1918
   First World War Ends

November 09, 1919
   J.W. Lemon Born

November 23, 1919
   Black Star Line Established

November 27, 1919
   Adelaide Cromwell Born

November 01, 1920
   Charles Gilpin Opens in Emperor Jones

November 15, 1921
   William A. Gaines Born

November 19, 1921
   Roy Campanella Born

November 12, 1922
   Sigma Gamma Rho Founded

November 13, 1922
   Harlem Shadows Published

November 04, 1923
   Fredi Brown Born

November 09, 1923
   Dorothy Dandridge Born

November 20, 1923
   Garrett A. Morgan Patents Traffic Light

November 03, 1924
   Shirley Chisholm Born

November 15, 1924
   James McQuay Born

November 30, 1924
   Maggie Lena Walker Honored by Order of Saint Luke

November 09, 1925
   Paul Robeson Makes His Film Debut

November 27, 1925
   Adelaide Sanford Born

November 27, 1925
   Adelaide Sanford Born

November 07, 1926
   Charles D. Churchwell Born

November 29, 1926
   Bernice I. Sumlin Born

November 27, 1927
   Bishop John Hurst Adams Born

November 30, 1927
   Robert Guillaume Born

November 01, 1928
   Shirley Jones Born

November 02, 1928
   Dr. Price M. Cobbs Born

November 05, 1928
   Clark Burrus Born

November 06, 1928
   Oscar De Priest Elected to Congress

November 21, 1928
   Samuel DuBois Cook Born

November 28, 1929
   Berry Gordy, Jr. Born

November 03, 1930
   Mable John Born

November 10, 1930
   Clarence Pendleton, Jr. Born

November 17, 1930
   Henry H. Brown Born

November 04, 1931
   Charles "Buddy" Bolden Dies

November 05, 1931
   Eddie Thomas Born

November 08, 1931
   Gloria E.A. Toote Born

November 23, 1931
   Gloria Lynne Born

November 25, 1931
   James O. Webb Born

November 04, 1932
   Rudolph Fisher Dies

November 15, 1932
   Clyde McPhatter Born

November 02, 1933
   Dr. Louis Sullivan Born

November 04, 1933
   Jewelle Taylor Gibbs Born

November 09, 1933
   Dorothy O. Jackson Born

November 12, 1933
   Diane Watson Born

November 26, 1933
   William Lucy Born

November 28, 1933
   Thelton Eugene Henderson Born

November 30, 1933
   Sam Gilliam Born

November 01, 1934
   Miriam DeCosta-Willis Born

November 07, 1934
   Arthur Mitchell Becomes Congressman

November 12, 1934
   Judge Marcus Othello Tucker, Jr. Born

November 09, 1935
   Robert "Bob" Gibson Born

November 20, 1935
   Dan Moore, Sr. Born

November 22, 1935
   Willard R. Johnson Born

November 24, 1935
   Hon. Ronald Dellums Born

November 03, 1936
   Delano O’Banion Born

November 03, 1936
   Roosevelt Reelected

November 22, 1936
   Donald "Duck" Porter Born

November 24, 1936
   Stuart Rankin Born

November 24, 1936
   Dorothy Gilliam Born

November 27, 1936
   Avon Kirkland Born

November 29, 1936
   Amy Billingsley Born

November 01, 1937
   Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Becomes Senior Minister of Abyssinian Baptist Church

November 10, 1937
   Reverend Calvin Pressley Born

November 26, 1937
   Dr. William A.J. Ross Born

November 28, 1937
   Marv Dyson Born

November 04, 1938
   Harry Elston Born

November 08, 1938
   First African American Woman Elected to State Legislature

November 10, 1938
   Michael Schultz Born

November 24, 1938
   Oscar Robertson Born

November 27, 1938
   Rev. Al Sampson Born

November 07, 1939
   Julia Hare Born

November 10, 1939
   Betty Currie Born

November 18, 1939
   Richard Womack Born

November 26, 1939
   Tina Turner Born

November 26, 1940
   Bob Petty Born

November 30, 1940
   Josh White, Jr. Born

November 1941
   Al Spearman Wins Golden Gloves Championship

November 04, 1941
   Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell, Sr. Born

November 12, 1941
   National Negro Opera Company Founded

November 13, 1941
   George L. Miles, Jr. Born

November 16, 1941
   Edward Margetson Honored

November 18, 1941
   Wayne A. Budd Born

November 19, 1941
   Elnora Daniel Born

November 01, 1942
   Negro Digest First Published

November 03, 1942
   William Dawson Elected to Congress

November 22, 1942
   Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Born

November 22, 1942
   Julian Earls Born

November 27, 1942
   Jimi Hendrix Born

November 12, 1943
   Gregory Howard Williams Born

November 24, 1943
   Dorie Miller Dies

November 03, 1944
   Mel Farr Born

November 04, 1944
   Scherrie Payne Born

November 10, 1944
   Marvin Early Perry Born

November 23, 1944
   Linda Torrence Born

November 24, 1944
   Adrienne Y. Bailey Born

November 27, 1944
   Sanford Cloud Born

November 01, 1945
   First Issue of Ebony

November 06, 1945
   Paul Hill Born

November 23, 1945
   Dr. James Gavin Born

November 1946
   Chester Higgins, Jr. Born

November 09, 1946
   The Links, Inc. Founded

November 23, 1946
   Bobby Rush Born

November 30, 1947
   Ray M. Robinson Born

November 13, 1948
   Sheila Frazier Born

November 23, 1948
   Anthony Burroughs Born

November 25, 1948
   Blanton Canady born

November 25, 1948
   Jemadari Kamara Born

November 27, 1948
   James Avery Born

November 03, 1949
   Larry Holmes Born

November 25, 1949
   Luther "Bill" Robinson Dies

November 07, 1950
   Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis Born

November 07, 1950
   Dr. Alexa Canady Born

November 20, 1950
   E. Ethelbert Miller Born

November 04, 1951
   Ricardo Khan Born

November 17, 1951
   Otis L. Story, Sr. Born

November 22, 1951
   Abe Thompson Born

November 04, 1952
   Ronald D. McNeil Born

November 04, 1952
   U.S. Supreme Court Rules to Abolish Segregated Interstate Railway Travel

November 18, 1952
   Lonnie Bunch Born

November 11, 1953
   Kahil El'Zabar Born

November 25, 1953
   Dawoud Bey Born

November 02, 1954
   Michigan Elects Its First Black Congressman

November 07, 1955
   Supreme Court Bans Segregation in Public Recreational Facilities

November 13, 1955
   Whoopi Goldberg Born

November 18, 1955
   Roy Wilkins Named Executive Secretary of NAACP

November 20, 1955
   Jury Drops Charges Against Those Charged with Emmitt Till's Murder

November 11, 1956
   The Nat King Cole Show Debuts

November 13, 1956
   Holder Begins at Metropolitan Opera

November 13, 1956
   Montgomery, Alabama Buses Desegregated

November 14, 1956
   Valerie Bowman Jarrett Born

November 21, 1956
   Jason Miccolo Johnson Born

November 21, 1956
   Chaka Fattah Born

November 27, 1957
   Yvonne Sanders-Butler Born

November 04, 1959
   Banks Named MVP

November 08, 1960
   Dr. Christopher Leggett Born

November 26, 1960
   David Duerson Born

November 28, 1960
   Richard Wright Dies

November 29, 1960
   U.S. Census Reports that Black Population is Over Ten Percent

November 01, 1961
   Albany Students Test the Barring of Segregated Interstate Bus and Train Stations

November 09, 1961
   PGA Opens Doors

November 17, 1961
   Albany Movement Formed

November 28, 1961
   Ernie Davis Wins Heisman

November 06, 1962
   Brooke Elected Attorney General of Massachusetts

November 08, 1962
   First Black Elected to Georgia State's Legislature

November 20, 1962
   President Kennedy Issues Executive Order Barring Racial Housing Discrimination

November 10, 1963
   Dr. Shawna D. Nesbitt Born

November 27, 1963
   President Lyndon Johnson Calls For the Passage of a Civil Rights Bill

November 03, 1964
   Conyers Elected to Congress

November 16, 1964
   Harry J. Lennix Born

November 09, 1965
   Julian Bond Elected To Georgia House of Representatives

November 25, 1965
   Segregation Banned on Public Vehicles and Waiting Areas

November 08, 1966
   First Black U.S. Senator Elected Since Reconstruction

November 15, 1966
   First African American NBA Coach

November 22, 1966
   Muhammad Ali Defeats Patterson

November 24, 1966
   Zenobia Washington Born

November 13, 1967
   Carl Stokes Elected Mayor

November 05, 1968
   First Black Woman Elected to U.S. Congress

November 01, 1970
   Susan Taylor Hired at Essence

November 26, 1970
   Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Dies

November 26, 1970
   Charles Gordone Awarded Pulitzer Prize

November 06, 1973
   First Black Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina Elected

November 06, 1973
   Detroit Elects Black Mayor

November 05, 1975
   George Brown Becomes Lieutenant Governor

November 09, 1976
   United Nations Condemns South Africa's Apartheid

November 19, 1977
   Klansman Convicted

November 09, 1978
   Marion Barry Elected Mayor

November 09, 1978
   Roland Burris Elected Illinois State Comptroller

November 09, 1978
   Carol Moseley Braun Elected To House of Representatives

November 04, 1980
   Savage Elected to Congress

November 17, 1980
   First African American Public Broadcasting Station

November 17, 1980
   First Black-operated Public Radio Station

November 03, 1981
   Hartford, Connecticut Elects Its First Black Mayor

November 16, 1981
   First Black Woman Runs a Daily Newspaper

November 02, 1983
   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Made Holiday

November 10, 1983
   First Black Mayor of Philadelphia Elected

November 01, 1984
   Richardson Named President of Morgan State

November 12, 1984
   Chester Himes Dies

November 21, 1984
   Apartheid Protests Ignite Awareness of Cause

November 08, 1985
   Reuben "Hurricane" Carter Released from Prison

November 19, 1985
   Stepin Fetchit Dies

November 25, 1987
   Harold Washington Dies

November 30, 1987
   James Baldwin Dies

November 05, 1989
   Civil Rights Memorial Dedicated

November 07, 1989
   First African American Governor

November 07, 1989
   First Black Mayor of New York

November 16, 1989
   The Learning Tree Named to National Film Registry

November 17, 1989
   Gloria Naylor Wins Lillian Smith Award

November 06, 1990
   Jefferson Elected to Congress

November 06, 1990
   Waters Elected to Congress

November 06, 1990
   Roland Burris Elected Illinois State’s Attorney General

November 27, 1990
   Charles R. Johnson Awarded National Book Award

November 01, 1991
   Clarence Thomas Seated as Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court

November 03, 1992
   Carol Moseley Braun Elected To Senate

November 18, 1992
   Malcolm X Film Debuts

November 18, 1994
   Cab Calloway Dies

November 13, 1995
   Joseph H. Holt, Sr. Dies

November 11, 1997
   Hit the Road Jack Hit the Number One Spot on R&B Charts

November 10, 1998
   Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Meet on The Oprah Winfrey Show

November 04, 1999
   Daisy Bates Dies

November 07, 2000
   Dorothy Brown Elected Clerk of the Circuit Court

November 09, 2000
   First Black President of an Ivy League University

November 16, 2000
   Coca-Cola Company Settles Race Discrimination Case

November 16, 2000
   Hosea Williams Dies

November 14, 2002
   Abner Val Jean Jackson Dies

November 21, 2002
   Frances Matlock Dies

November 14, 2003
   Howard Rawlings Dies

November 02, 2004
   Barack Obama Elected Senator

November 30, 2005
   Junius Gaten Dies

November 05, 2006
   Bill Stewart Dies

November 09, 2006
   Ed Bradley Dies

November 10, 2006
   Gerald Levert Dies

November 17, 2006
   Ruth Brown Dies

November 21, 2006
   Robert Lockwood, Jr. Dies

November 21, 2006
   Thomas C. Fleming Dies

November 23, 2006
   Gerald Boyd Dies

November 24, 2006
   Robert McFerrin, Sr. Dies

November 27, 2006
   Bebe Moore Campbell dies

November 27, 2006
   Bebe Moore Campbell

November 10, 2007
   Donda West Dies

November 10, 2007
   Augustus Hawkins dies

November 17, 2007
   Boots Shepard dies

November 21, 2007
   Frances Murphy II Dies

November 27, 2007
   Reynaldo Glover dies

November 04, 2008
   Obama Elected President

November 07, 2008
   Rev. Abraham L. Woods, Jr. Dies

November 25, 2008
   Ethel Bradley Dies

November 28, 2008
   James Paschal Dies


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