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Josiah Henson:
Josiah Henson Was Born Into Slavery, In Charles County, Maryland, On This Date In 1789,
In 1830, Via The Underground Railroad, Henson Escaped With His Family To Ontario, Canada, After His Master Decided To Sell His Children.
He Established A Settlement For Runaway Slaves Near The Canadian Town Of Dresdan And Returned South Many Times To Free Other Slaves.
Henson Also Went To Britain To Raise Funds For A Vocational School For Former Slaves, Uncle Tom's British Institute, As The School Was Named, Became Canada's First Vocational Institution.
Henson Died In 1883, At The Age Of 94. His Headstone Read Simply, "Uncle Tom."
Prior To His Death, Henson Had Become The Inspiration For Harriet Beecher Stowe's Fictional Hero, Uncle Tom, The Book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Published In 1852.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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George Washington Carver:
On This Date In 1927, Dr. Geaorge Washington Carver Patented A Process For Producing Paints And Stains From Soybeans (U.S. 1,632, 365).
Nicknamed "The Peanut Man" And "The Wizard Of Tuskegee," Carver Headed The Agricultural Department At Tuskegee Institute In Alabama And Was One Of The Most Prominent Scientists Of His Day.
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Was Famous For Finding New Uses For Everyday Items. Carver Found 188
Ways To Use The Sweet Potato And 300 Uses For The Peanut, Which
Included Peanut Milk, Dye, A Scrubing Powder, Sweets, Flour And Livestock Feed.
During World War I He Found A Way To Replace The Textile Dyes Formally Imported From Europe. He Was Able To Produce 500 Different Shades Of Dye.
Dr. Carver Died January 5, 1943. He Was Inducted Into The Inventors Hall Of Fame In 1990.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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Thurgood Marshall:
On June 13, 1967, Thurgood Marshall Became The First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, After Being Appointed By President Lyndon Johnson. At The Time Of His Appointmant, Marshall Was Solicitor General Of The United States.
During
His Law Career, Marshall Argued 32 U.S. Supreme Court Cases And Won 29.
Several Of These Were Landmark Cases, The Most Famous Being Brown v. the Board of Education, Which Outlawed Segregation In Public Schools.
Marshall Served For 20 Years As Director Of The NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund.
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Served On The Supreme Court For 24 Years And Compiled A Record That
Reflected His Unyielding Support For The Constitution Protection Of
Individual Rights.
Thurgood Marshall Was Born July 2, 1908, In Baltimore, Maryland. He Died January 24, 1993, Of Heart Failure. He Is Buried In Arlington National Cematery.
"In order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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Medgar Evers:
On
June 12, 1963, 37- Year Old, Medgar Wylie Evers, While In The Driveway
Of His Jackson, Mississippi Home, Was Shot In The Back And Killed By Ku
Klux Klan Memeber, Byron De La Beckwith.
A Native Of Decatur, Mississippi And A World War II Veteran, Medgar Evers Served As The NAACP's
Field Secretary. He Was A Key Figure In The Desegregation Efforts
Taking Place In Mississippi And Was Involved In Investigating The
Murders Of African Americans In The State.
Evers Worked For A
Time As An Insurance Salesman. Through That Job, He Was Exposed To The
Plight Of Poor Blacks. He Decided To Stop Selling Insurance And Devote
Himself To The NAACP Full-Time.
Medgar Evers Was The First Major Civil Rights Leader To Be Murdered. He Is Buried In Arlington National Cemetary, In Arlington, VA. His Killer Was Not Convicted Until 1994.
The Death Of Medgar Evers Prompted President John F. Kennedy To Ask Congress For A National Civil Rights Bill. President Lyndon Johnson Signed The Bill Into Law In 1964.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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James Forten, Prince Hall &Richard Allen:
On This Date In 1794, Delegates From Eight Northern States Gathered In Philadelphia, PA, To Form The American Convention Of Abolition Societies.
While There Were Anti-Slavery Groups In The South, Those In The North Were Formed On A More Consistant Basis.
The
Groups Represented Endangered African Americans In Legal Cases (Both In
The North And South), Petitioned State And Federal Goverments To End
Overseas And Domestic Slave Trading And Aided Escaped Slaves On The Underground Railroad, Among Other Things.
It
Should Be Noted That Blacks Were Sometimes Excluded From The Prominent
White Abolitionist Groups. Free Blacks Emerging In The North And Upper
South, Such As Prince Hall, Richard Allen, Daniel Coker, James Forten And William Hamilton Created Their Own Productive, Anti-Slavery Movements.
"In OrderFor Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy,
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