November 29, 1802
Ohio Outlaws Slavery
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November 07, 1837
Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy Murdered
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November 07, 1841
Slaves Aboard the Creole Revolt
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November 17, 1842
George Latimer's Freedom Bought
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November 06, 1861
Jefferson Davis Elected President of Confederacy
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November 20, 1861
Kentucky Votes to Secede
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November 28, 1861
Missouri Admitted to the Confederacy
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November 03, 1866
9th and 10th Cavalry Unit Organized
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November 20, 1866
Howard University Founded
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November 09, 1868
Howard University Medical School Opens
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November 09, 1868
Arkansas Declares Martial Law
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November 24, 1868
Scott Joplin Born
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November 24, 1870
Robert S. Abbott Born
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November 16, 1873
W.C. Handy Born
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November 03, 1874
First Black Episcopal Bishop
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November 02, 1875
The "Mississippi Plan" Instituted
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November 03, 1875
Dr. James E. Shepard Born
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November 04, 1879
Thomas Elkins Receives Patent
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November 15, 1881
Payton Johnson Receives Patent
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November 03, 1883
Race Riots in Virginia
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November 24, 1883
Edwin Bancroft Henderson Born
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November 26, 1883
Sojourner Truth Dies
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November 22, 1884
ThePhiladelphia Tribune Founded
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November 29, 1887
Woods Patents Railway Telegraph
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November 10, 1891
Granville T. Woods Patents His New Electric Railway System
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November 21, 1893
Granville T. Woods Patents His Electric Railway Conduit
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November 13, 1894
Albert C. Richardson Receives Patent
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November 23, 1897
John Love Receives Patent
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November 23, 1897
Beard Invents the "Jenny Coupler"
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November 26, 1897
Amazon Brooks Born
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November 30, 1897
J.A. Sweeting Receives Patent
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November 10, 1898
Race Riot in Wilmington, North Carolina
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November 06, 1900
Lift Every Voice and Sing Composed
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November 14, 1900
Washington Society of Colored Dentists Founded
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November 05, 1901
Etta Moten Barnett Born
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November 21, 1904
Coleman Hawkins Born
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November 29, 1908
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Born
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November 12, 1909
Ernest S. McBride Born
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November 19, 1910
Edith Gray Born
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November 14, 1911
Eugenia Fortes Born
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November 17, 1911
Omega Psi Phi Founded
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November 19, 1911
Robert Beale Born
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November 26, 1911
William Henry Lewis Appointed
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November 16, 1912
Rachel Hall Brown Born
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November 24, 1912
Marie L. Greenwood Born
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November 30, 1912
Gordon Parks, Sr. Born
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November 23, 1914
Ruth Brett Quarles Born
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November 28, 1914
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette Born
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November 03, 1915
Hal Jackson Born
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November 14, 1915
Booker T. Washington Dies
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November 14, 1915
Birth of a Nation Boycotted
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November 29, 1915
William "Billy" Strayhorn Born
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November 24, 1916
Frankie Muse Freeman Born
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November 01, 1917
Margaret Burroughs Born
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November 05, 1917
Emmett Scott Receives Cabinet Appointment
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November 05, 1917
Buchanan v. Warley
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November 19, 1917
Augustine Davis Born
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November 23, 1917
First Black Elected to New York State Legislature
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November 30, 1917
Elaine Ellis Born
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November 07, 1918
Maycie Herrington Born
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November 10, 1918
First World War Ends
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November 09, 1919
J.W. Lemon Born
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November 23, 1919
Black Star Line Established
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November 27, 1919
Adelaide Cromwell Born
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November 01, 1920
Charles Gilpin Opens in Emperor Jones
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November 15, 1921
William A. Gaines Born
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November 19, 1921
Roy Campanella Born
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November 12, 1922
Sigma Gamma Rho Founded
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November 13, 1922
Harlem Shadows Published
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November 04, 1923
Fredi Brown Born
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November 09, 1923
Dorothy Dandridge Born
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November 20, 1923
Garrett A. Morgan Patents Traffic Light
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November 03, 1924
Shirley Chisholm Born
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November 15, 1924
James McQuay Born
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November 30, 1924
Maggie Lena Walker Honored by Order of Saint Luke
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November 09, 1925
Paul Robeson Makes His Film Debut
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November 27, 1925
Adelaide Sanford Born
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November 27, 1925
Adelaide Sanford Born
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November 07, 1926
Charles D. Churchwell Born
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November 29, 1926
Bernice I. Sumlin Born
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November 27, 1927
Bishop John Hurst Adams Born
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November 30, 1927
Robert Guillaume Born
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November 01, 1928
Shirley Jones Born
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November 02, 1928
Dr. Price M. Cobbs Born
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November 05, 1928
Clark Burrus Born
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November 06, 1928
Oscar De Priest Elected to Congress
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November 21, 1928
Samuel DuBois Cook Born
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November 28, 1929
Berry Gordy, Jr. Born
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November 03, 1930
Mable John Born
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November 10, 1930
Clarence Pendleton, Jr. Born
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November 17, 1930
Henry H. Brown Born
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November 04, 1931
Charles "Buddy" Bolden Dies
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November 05, 1931
Eddie Thomas Born
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November 08, 1931
Gloria E.A. Toote Born
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November 23, 1931
Gloria Lynne Born
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November 25, 1931
James O. Webb Born
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November 04, 1932
Rudolph Fisher Dies
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November 15, 1932
Clyde McPhatter Born
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November 02, 1933
Dr. Louis Sullivan Born
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November 04, 1933
Jewelle Taylor Gibbs Born
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November 09, 1933
Dorothy O. Jackson Born
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November 12, 1933
Diane Watson Born
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November 26, 1933
William Lucy Born
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November 28, 1933
Thelton Eugene Henderson Born
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November 30, 1933
Sam Gilliam Born
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November 01, 1934
Miriam DeCosta-Willis Born
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November 07, 1934
Arthur Mitchell Becomes Congressman
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November 12, 1934
Judge Marcus Othello Tucker, Jr. Born
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November 09, 1935
Robert "Bob" Gibson Born
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November 20, 1935
Dan Moore, Sr. Born
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November 22, 1935
Willard R. Johnson Born
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November 24, 1935
Hon. Ronald Dellums Born
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November 03, 1936
Delano O’Banion Born
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November 03, 1936
Roosevelt Reelected
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November 22, 1936
Donald "Duck" Porter Born
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November 24, 1936
Stuart Rankin Born
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November 24, 1936
Dorothy Gilliam Born
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November 27, 1936
Avon Kirkland Born
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November 29, 1936
Amy Billingsley Born
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November 01, 1937
Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Becomes Senior Minister of Abyssinian Baptist Church
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November 10, 1937
Reverend Calvin Pressley Born
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November 26, 1937
Dr. William A.J. Ross Born
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November 28, 1937
Marv Dyson Born
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November 04, 1938
Harry Elston Born
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November 08, 1938
First African American Woman Elected to State Legislature
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November 10, 1938
Michael Schultz Born
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November 24, 1938
Oscar Robertson Born
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November 27, 1938
Rev. Al Sampson Born
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November 07, 1939
Julia Hare Born
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November 10, 1939
Betty Currie Born
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November 18, 1939
Richard Womack Born
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November 26, 1939
Tina Turner Born
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November 26, 1940
Bob Petty Born
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November 30, 1940
Josh White, Jr. Born
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November 1941
Al Spearman Wins Golden Gloves Championship
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November 04, 1941
Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell, Sr. Born
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November 12, 1941
National Negro Opera Company Founded
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November 13, 1941
George L. Miles, Jr. Born
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November 16, 1941
Edward Margetson Honored
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November 18, 1941
Wayne A. Budd Born
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November 19, 1941
Elnora Daniel Born
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November 01, 1942
Negro Digest First Published
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November 03, 1942
William Dawson Elected to Congress
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November 22, 1942
Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Born
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November 22, 1942
Julian Earls Born
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November 27, 1942
Jimi Hendrix Born
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November 12, 1943
Gregory Howard Williams Born
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November 24, 1943
Dorie Miller Dies
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November 03, 1944
Mel Farr Born
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November 04, 1944
Scherrie Payne Born
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November 10, 1944
Marvin Early Perry Born
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November 23, 1944
Linda Torrence Born
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November 24, 1944
Adrienne Y. Bailey Born
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November 27, 1944
Sanford Cloud Born
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November 01, 1945
First Issue of Ebony
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November 06, 1945
Paul Hill Born
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November 23, 1945
Dr. James Gavin Born
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November 1946
Chester Higgins, Jr. Born
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November 09, 1946
The Links, Inc. Founded
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November 23, 1946
Bobby Rush Born
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November 30, 1947
Ray M. Robinson Born
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November 13, 1948
Sheila Frazier Born
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November 23, 1948
Anthony Burroughs Born
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November 25, 1948
Blanton Canady born
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November 25, 1948
Jemadari Kamara Born
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November 27, 1948
James Avery Born
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November 03, 1949
Larry Holmes Born
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November 25, 1949
Luther "Bill" Robinson Dies
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November 07, 1950
Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis Born
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November 07, 1950
Dr. Alexa Canady Born
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November 20, 1950
E. Ethelbert Miller Born
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November 04, 1951
Ricardo Khan Born
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November 17, 1951
Otis L. Story, Sr. Born
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November 22, 1951
Abe Thompson Born
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November 04, 1952
Ronald D. McNeil Born
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November 04, 1952
U.S. Supreme Court Rules to Abolish Segregated Interstate Railway Travel
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November 18, 1952
Lonnie Bunch Born
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November 11, 1953
Kahil El'Zabar Born
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November 25, 1953
Dawoud Bey Born
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November 02, 1954
Michigan Elects Its First Black Congressman
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November 07, 1955
Supreme Court Bans Segregation in Public Recreational Facilities
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November 13, 1955
Whoopi Goldberg Born
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November 18, 1955
Roy Wilkins Named Executive Secretary of NAACP
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November 20, 1955
Jury Drops Charges Against Those Charged with Emmitt Till's Murder
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November 11, 1956
The Nat King Cole Show Debuts
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November 13, 1956
Holder Begins at Metropolitan Opera
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November 13, 1956
Montgomery, Alabama Buses Desegregated
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November 14, 1956
Valerie Bowman Jarrett Born
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November 21, 1956
Jason Miccolo Johnson Born
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November 21, 1956
Chaka Fattah Born
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November 27, 1957
Yvonne Sanders-Butler Born
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November 04, 1959
Banks Named MVP
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November 08, 1960
Dr. Christopher Leggett Born
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November 26, 1960
David Duerson Born
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November 28, 1960
Richard Wright Dies
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November 29, 1960
U.S. Census Reports that Black Population is Over Ten Percent
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November 01, 1961
Albany Students Test the Barring of Segregated Interstate Bus and Train Stations
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November 09, 1961
PGA Opens Doors
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November 17, 1961
Albany Movement Formed
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November 28, 1961
Ernie Davis Wins Heisman
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November 06, 1962
Brooke Elected Attorney General of Massachusetts
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November 08, 1962
First Black Elected to Georgia State's Legislature
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November 20, 1962
President Kennedy Issues Executive Order Barring Racial Housing Discrimination
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November 10, 1963
Dr. Shawna D. Nesbitt Born
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November 27, 1963
President Lyndon Johnson Calls For the Passage of a Civil Rights Bill
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November 03, 1964
Conyers Elected to Congress
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November 16, 1964
Harry J. Lennix Born
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November 09, 1965
Julian Bond Elected To Georgia House of Representatives
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November 25, 1965
Segregation Banned on Public Vehicles and Waiting Areas
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November 08, 1966
First Black U.S. Senator Elected Since Reconstruction
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November 15, 1966
First African American NBA Coach
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November 22, 1966
Muhammad Ali Defeats Patterson
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November 24, 1966
Zenobia Washington Born
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November 13, 1967
Carl Stokes Elected Mayor
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November 05, 1968
First Black Woman Elected to U.S. Congress
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November 01, 1970
Susan Taylor Hired at Essence
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November 26, 1970
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Dies
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November 26, 1970
Charles Gordone Awarded Pulitzer Prize
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November 06, 1973
First Black Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina Elected
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November 06, 1973
Detroit Elects Black Mayor
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November 05, 1975
George Brown Becomes Lieutenant Governor
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November 09, 1976
United Nations Condemns South Africa's Apartheid
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November 19, 1977
Klansman Convicted
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November 09, 1978
Marion Barry Elected Mayor
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November 09, 1978
Roland Burris Elected Illinois State Comptroller
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November 09, 1978
Carol Moseley Braun Elected To House of Representatives
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November 04, 1980
Savage Elected to Congress
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November 17, 1980
First African American Public Broadcasting Station
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November 17, 1980
First Black-operated Public Radio Station
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November 03, 1981
Hartford, Connecticut Elects Its First Black Mayor
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November 16, 1981
First Black Woman Runs a Daily Newspaper
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November 02, 1983
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Made Holiday
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November 10, 1983
First Black Mayor of Philadelphia Elected
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November 01, 1984
Richardson Named President of Morgan State
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November 12, 1984
Chester Himes Dies
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November 21, 1984
Apartheid Protests Ignite Awareness of Cause
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November 08, 1985
Reuben "Hurricane" Carter Released from Prison
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November 19, 1985
Stepin Fetchit Dies
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November 25, 1987
Harold Washington Dies
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November 30, 1987
James Baldwin Dies
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November 05, 1989
Civil Rights Memorial Dedicated
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November 07, 1989
First African American Governor
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November 07, 1989
First Black Mayor of New York
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November 16, 1989
The Learning Tree Named to National Film Registry
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November 17, 1989
Gloria Naylor Wins Lillian Smith Award
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November 06, 1990
Jefferson Elected to Congress
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November 06, 1990
Waters Elected to Congress
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November 06, 1990
Roland Burris Elected Illinois State’s Attorney General
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November 27, 1990
Charles R. Johnson Awarded National Book Award
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November 01, 1991
Clarence Thomas Seated as Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
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November 03, 1992
Carol Moseley Braun Elected To Senate
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November 18, 1992
Malcolm X Film Debuts
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November 18, 1994
Cab Calloway Dies
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November 13, 1995
Joseph H. Holt, Sr. Dies
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November 11, 1997
Hit the Road Jack Hit the Number One Spot on R&B Charts
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November 10, 1998
Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Meet on The Oprah Winfrey Show
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November 04, 1999
Daisy Bates Dies
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November 07, 2000
Dorothy Brown Elected Clerk of the Circuit Court
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November 09, 2000
First Black President of an Ivy League University
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November 16, 2000
Coca-Cola Company Settles Race Discrimination Case
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November 16, 2000
Hosea Williams Dies
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November 14, 2002
Abner Val Jean Jackson Dies
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November 21, 2002
Frances Matlock Dies
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November 14, 2003
Howard Rawlings Dies
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November 02, 2004
Barack Obama Elected Senator
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November 30, 2005
Junius Gaten Dies
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November 05, 2006
Bill Stewart Dies
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November 09, 2006
Ed Bradley Dies
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November 10, 2006
Gerald Levert Dies
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November 17, 2006
Ruth Brown Dies
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November 21, 2006
Robert Lockwood, Jr. Dies
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November 21, 2006
Thomas C. Fleming Dies
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November 23, 2006
Gerald Boyd Dies
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November 24, 2006
Robert McFerrin, Sr. Dies
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November 27, 2006
Bebe Moore Campbell dies
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November 27, 2006
Bebe Moore Campbell
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November 10, 2007
Donda West Dies
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November 10, 2007
Augustus Hawkins dies
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November 17, 2007
Boots Shepard dies
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November 21, 2007
Frances Murphy II Dies
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November 27, 2007
Reynaldo Glover dies
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November 04, 2008
Obama Elected President
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November 07, 2008
Rev. Abraham L. Woods, Jr. Dies
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November 25, 2008
Ethel Bradley Dies
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November 28, 2008
James Paschal Dies
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