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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Isaac Burns Murphy

Isaac Burns Murphy Won The Kentucky Derby On This Day In 1884. Riding The Horse, Buchanan.

Six Years Later He Won The Kentucky Derby Again, Riding A Horse Named Riley. And The Very Next Year (1891) He Rode The Horse, Kingman, To Victory.

Murphy Was The First Black Jockey To Win The Kentucky Derby Three Times. He [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Mary Church Terrell

On May 15, 1949, The Following Letter To The Editor (Excerpted) Appeared In The Washington Post. It Was Written By Civil Rights Activist And NAACP Co-Founder, Mary Church Terrell:

"I am urging the Post and others willing to advance our interests and deal justly with our group to stop using the word, ' [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Earl Cole

On May 14, 2007, Earl Cole Received A Check For $1 Million Dollars On CBS' Early Show After Winning The Grand Prize On The Season Finale Of The CBS Reality Game Show, Survior: Fiji.

Cole Is The Second African American To Win $1000,000 On The Popular Television Show ( Vecepia Towery Won In Sho [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Charles Evers

On May 13 1969, James Charles Evers Became Mayor Of Fayette, MS -- The First African American To Become Mayor In A Racially-Mixed, Mississippi Town Since Reconstruction. He Popularized The Slogan, "Hands That Once Picked Cotton Can Now Pick The Mayor."

On September 11, 1922, Charles Evers Was Born In Decatur, Mississippi. The Older Brother O [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Coretta Scott King

On May 12, 1968, Coretta Scott King Was Was One Of The Leaders Of The Mother's Day March On Washington, DC. She And 5,000 Other Protesters Joined Welfare Mothers In The Nation's Capital.

After The Death Of Her Husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King Was Dubbed "The Keeper Of The Flame.&quo [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Jack Thompson

On This Date In 1930, Bare-Knuckle Boxer Jack "The Frisco Flash" Thompson Defeated Defending World Welter Weight Champion, Jackie Fields.

Fields Had Beaten Thompson In An Earlier Title Fight (1929). The Second Fight, Which Was Considered An Upset, Was Witnessed By A Crowd Of About 14,000 Fans At The O [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Bishop Henry McNeal Turner

On This Day In 1915, Author, Activist And Church Organizer, Henry McNeal Turner, Died At Age 82.

Turner Was Born Free, In Georgia In 1834. Instead Of Being Sold Into Slavery, He Was Sent to Live With A Quaker Family. He Taught Himself To Read And Write.

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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Jesse Jackson
"Campaigning In Free Verse," An Article About Rev. Jesse Jackson's Bid For The 1984 Democratic Presidential Nomination, Appeared In The May 7, 1984 Issue Of Time Magazine.

A Predecessor To Recent Black Presidential Candidates, Al Sharpton And Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson Was The First African American To Be Tak [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Prince Hall

African Lodge No. 549 In Boston, Massachusetts Was Chartered On May 6, 1787, By England's Grand Lodge.

Prince Hall Had Established This Self-Help Organization 11 Years Earlier, After Being Denied Membership In White Masonic Lodges.

In Addition To Being A Pioneer In Institution Building, Hall Was A Revolutionary War Veteran, Soap Maker, Lando [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

James Bland

Composer/Songwriter, James A. Bland Died Of Pneumonia, May 5, 1911, In Philadelphia. He Was 56 Years Old.

Born On October 22, 1854, In Flushing, New York, Bland Was A Mulatto Of Mixed African, Native American And European Blood. His Father Was One Of The First Black College Gradu [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Nannie Helen Burroughs Was Born May 2, 1879, In Orange, Virginia.

She Was Among The Outstanding African American Educators, Religious Leaders, Activists, Orators And Entrepreneurs To Emerge During The Late 19th Century.

While A Young Woman, She Mo [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Gwendolyn Brooks

On May 1, 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks Was Awarded A Pulitzer Prize For Her Collection Of Poetry, Titled Annie Allen --- Becoming The First African American To Win That Award.

Brooks Was An Important Figure In The Black Arts Movement Of The 1960's And Early 1970's. She Produced Over 15 Volumes Of Poetry.

In 1953 She Wrote The Novel, Maud Martha, [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Bessie Coleman

On April 30, 1926, Bessie Coleman Was Killed When Her Plane Crashed During A Test Flight In Jacksonville, Florida.

Bessie Coleman Was Born In Texas, In 1893, To Sharecropper Parents. She Was Twelfth Of Thirteen Children. She Was Inspired To Become A Pilot By Eugene Jacques Bullard, A Black Pilot Who Flew For The French During World War I.

Colema [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Scene From The 1992 L.A. Riot

April 29, 1992 Marked The First Day Of Rioting Which Rocked The Predominately Black Neighborhood Of South Central Los Angeles.

Federal Troops Were Called In To Restore Calm And By The End Of The Three-Day Tragedy,The District Had Suffered More Than $550 Million And Fifty-Three People Were Killed -- Making I [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Muhammad Ali

The World Boxing Association Stripped Muhammad Ali Of His Heaveweight Championship On April 28, 1967.

Ali's First Heavyweight Title Was Suspended After He Refused To Enlist In The Draft For The Vietnam War --- Having Claimed "Conscientious Objection" As A Minister Of Islam.

He Argued: "You won't even stand up for me here in America for my religious bel [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Charles "Chuck" Cooper

On April 25, 1950, Charles "Chuck" Cooper
Was Selected In The Second Round Of The National Basketball Association Draft By Boston Celtics Owner Walter Brown And Broke The Color Barrier In the NBA.

Born September 29, 1926, In Pittsburgh, The 6'5" Cooper Attended West Virginia State Before Going Into T [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

United Negro College Fund

On April 24, 1944, The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Was incorporated With 27 Member Colleges. UNCF Is The Nation's Oldest And Most Successful Minority Higher Education Assistance Organization.

It Was Actually Founded A Year Earlier By Dr. Frederick Patterson, President of Tuskegee Institute (Now Tuskegee Uni [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Charlotte Ray

Charlotte E. Ray, Became America's First Black Female Attorney On April 23, 1872. She Was Also The First Female To Graduate From The Howard University Law School.

Born In New York City, Ray Was Admitted To The District Of Columbia Bar on April 23, 1872. Soon After Her Admission To The Bar, She Was Forced To Give Up Her Practice Due To Poor Business. By 1879 She Had Returned To New York Wher [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Bob Marley

On April 22, 1978, Reggae Music Legend, Bob Marley, Took Part In The Historic One Love Peace Concert At The National Stadium In Kingston, Jamaica.

This Concert Was Held During A Political Ci [...]

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our History

HGaddyjr@hotmail.com — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Bill Pickett

Black Cowboy, Bill Pickett, Died On April 21, 1932, After Being Kicked While Roping A Bronco. He Was 72 Years Old.

Known As The "Dusky Demon," Pickett Invented -- And Was The Master Of -- The Rodeo Event Called Bulldogging. Bulldogging Requires That A Cowboy Wrestle A Longhorn Steer To The [...]