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Sojourner Truth:
On November 26, 1883, Sojourner Truth Died In Battle Creek, Michigan.
She
Was Born A Slave In Ulster, New York And Given The Name Isabella
Baumfree. She Freed Herself And Became A Self-Styled Minister And
Dynamic Orator.
In
1843 She began Traveling Around The Country Delivering Strong Messages
Agaisnt Slavery And For Women's Rights. She Adopted The Name
Sojourner Truth Based On What She Said Was God's Purpose For Her To
"Travel Up And Down The Land And Declare Truth To People."
In 1852 She Earned Respect And A Place In
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A. J. Beard's Jenny Coupler:
Patent No. 594.059 Was Awarded November 23, 1897, To Black Inventor, Andrew Jackson Beard.
Despite Having No Formal Education In
Engineering And Metalwork, Beard Invented An Automatic Railroad Car Coupling Device Called The Jenny Coupler.
Prior To The Jenny Coupler, Trains Were Joined Together Manually, Causing Thousands Of Railroad Workers To Lose Hands, Arms And Even Their Lives.
Born In Eastlake, Alabama, In 1850, Beard
Labored
For Years In Railroad Yards Where He Personally Witnessed Tragic
Accidents, When Workers Tried To The
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Shaw University:
Shaw University,The Nation's First And Oldest Southern, Black University, Was Founded In Raleigh, North Carolina, On November 21 1865, By The American Baptist Home Mission Society.
Originally
Called The Raleigh Institute, It Changed Its name In 1870, To Shaw
Collegiate Institute To Honor Its Chief Financial Supporter Elijah Shaw
Of Wales, Massachusetts.
In 1875, It Was Chartered By The State Of North Carolina As Shaw University.
The
School's Original Curriculum Was Established on "freedom theology" And
Biblical Interpretation. Within Fifteen
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Howard University:
The
Howard University Theological Seminary Was Founded On November 20,
1866, By General Oliver O. Howard, Commissioner Of The Freedman's
Bureau.
Howard Seminary Was Established In An Abandoned Dance Hall And Beer Saloon "for the education of youth in the liberal arts and social sciences."
Today Called Howard University, It Has Become The Nation's Largest Historically Black University,
With A Campus Covering 89 Acres, In Urban Northeast Washington, DC.
Currently More Than 10,000 Students Are Enrolled, 88 Percent Of Whom
Are African American.
Howard's
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Lincoln (Stepin Fetchit) Perry:
Comic
Actor, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, AKA Stepin Fetchit, Died
On November 19 1985 From Pneumonia. He Was 83 Years Old.
Considered The "Father Of Black Film, Stars," And The First Black Entertainer To Become A Millionaire, Perry Began His Career Working With Partner, Ed Lee, As The Vaudeville Team, Step 'N Fetchit: Two Dancing Fools From Dixie.
The Two Took Their Name From A Horse Perry Had Won A Bet On In Oklahoma, In The 1920's. Perry Kept The Name When He Went Solo.
In 1929 Perry Played "Gummy" In The Hollywood Film,
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