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BLACK HISTORY365 Courtesy of the AT&T Alabama African American History Calendar BLACK HISTORY365 Courtesy of the AT&T Alabama African American History Calendar JANUARY volt in Louisiana, 1811. Rights Movement, was born in 22 Susan Rice confirmed as U.S. Am- Atlanta, Georgia, 1929. bassador to the U.N., the first 1 President Abraham Lincoln issues 9 Earl Gilbert Graves, Sr., publisher, African American female to hold Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. entrepreneur, philanthropist, and 16 Marcelite Jordan Harris, the first that position, 2009. founder of Black Enterprise maga- African American female general in 2 Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, zine was born in Brooklyn, New the United States Air Force, was 23 Roots the television miniseries the first African American woman York, 1935. born in Houston, Texas, 1943. based on Alex Haley’s book Roots: to receive a Ph.D. in the United The Saga of an American Family, States, was born in Philadelphia, 1898. 10 George Washington Carver, agri- 17 Three-time heavyweight boxing began airing on ABC, 1977. cultural scientist, inventor, and champion Muhammad Ali was 3 William Tucker, the first recorded educator born in 1864. born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1942. 24 Jackie Robinson is first African African American born in the American elected to Baseball Hall American colonies, was born in 11 Reuben V. Anderson, first African 18 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, pioneer of Fame, 1962. Jamestown, Virginia, 1624. American to be appointed to heart surgeon, was born in Mississippi Supreme Court, 1985. Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, 1856. 25 Black Entertainment Television be- 4 Grace Bumbry, opera singer, was gan broadcasting, 1980. born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1937. 12 U.S. Supreme Court rules that Afri- 19 John Harold Johnson, publisher can Americans have the right to (Ebony and Jet magazines), author, 26 Angela Yvonne Davis, political ac- 5 Alvin Ailey, Jr., hall of fame choreo- study law at state institutions, 1948. and businessman was born in tivist and educator, was born in grapher and activist, was born in Arkansas City, Arkansas, 1918. Birmingham, Alabama, 1944. Rogers, Texas, 1931. 13 Douglas Wilder becomes first African American U.S. governor 20 Colin Luther Powell became the 27 Leontyne Price made her Metropol- 6 Louis Allen Rawls, soul, jazz and (Virginia) since Reconstruction, 1990. first African American United itan Opera debut, 1961. blues singer, died in 2006. States Secretary of State, 2001. 14 Dudley Randall, founder of Broad- 28 Ronald Ervin McNair, physicist and 7 Zora Neale Hurston, author and side Press, was born in Washington, 21 Leonard Roy Harmon, the first NASA astronaut, died, along with playwright, was born in Notasulga, D.C, 1914. African American to have a navy six other crew members, during the Alabama, 1891. ship named in his honor, was born launch of the Space Shuttle Chal- 15 Martin Luther King, Jr., clergyman, in Cuero, Texas, 1917. lenger, 1986. 8 Charles Deslondes leads slave re activist and leader of the Civil 295 The Future Emerges from the Past BLACK HISTORY 365 AT & T A LABAMA A FRICAN A MERICAN H ISTORY C ALEN D AR 29 Violette Nealy Anderson becomes 7 The first day of Negro History 16 James Baskett, first African Amer- 1864. the first African American woman Week, originated by historian ican male actor to receive an admitted to practice before the Carter G. Woodson. Negro His- Oscar, was born in Indianapolis, 25 Hiram R. Revels, first African U.S. Supreme Court, 1926. tory Week later became Black Indiana, 1904. American to serve in the U.S. History Month, 1926. Senate. He filled the seat once 30 Franklin Thomas named president 17 James Nathaniel “Jim” Brown, held by Jefferson Davis, 1870. of Ford Foundation, 1979. 8 Debra Janine “Debi” Thomas be- hall of fame football player and came the first African American actor, was born in St. Simons 26 Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee 31 Benjamin Lawson Hooks, attorney, to win the United States National Island, Georgia, 1936. Jackson dies after being shot by minister and civil rights leader, was Ladies’ Figure Skating title, 1986. state police in Marion, Alabama, born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1925. 18 Toni Morrison, recipient of the 1965. 9 Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr. be- 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature FEBRUARY comes first African American as- and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for 27 Marian Anderson, world-renowned tronaut to walk in space, 1995. her novel Beloved, was born in opera singer and civil rights activ- 1 National Freedom Day. President Lorain, Ohio, 1931. ist, was born in Philadelphia, Abraham Lincoln signed resolu- 10 Mary Violet Leontyne Price, Pennsylvania, 1897. tion that proposed the 13th internationally acclaimed opera 19 Vonetta Flowers becomes Winter Amendment which would official- singer, was born in Laurel, Olympics’ first African American 28 Michael Jackson, musician and ly abolish slavery, 1865. Mississippi, 1927. gold medalist, 2002. entertainer, wins eight Grammy Awards, 1984. 2 Alfred L. Cralle received patent 11 Nelson Mandela of South Africa 20 Sidney Poitier, actor, director, #576395 for a lever operated ice is released from prison after 27 author and diplomat, was born in MARCH cream scoop, a design still widely years, 1990. Miami, Florida, 1927. used today, 1897. 1 The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was 12 National Association for the Ad- 21 John Robert Lewis, civil rights signed into law by President 3 Eric H. Holder Jr. sworn in as the vancement of Colored People leader, politician and author, was Ulysses Grant, 1875. nation’s first African American (NAACP) founded, 1909. born in Troy, Alabama, 1940. attorney general, 2009. 2 David Satcher, physician, United 13 Edward Gay Robinson, hall of fame 22 James Reese Europe, ragtime and States Surgeon General and As 4 Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer, football coach, was born in jazz bandleader, arranger and sistant Secretary for Health, was who sparked the 1955 Montgomery, Jackson, Louisiana, 1919. composer, was born in Mobile, born in Anniston, Alabama, 1941. Alabama bus boycott, was born in Alabama, 1881. Tuskegee, Alabama, 1913. 14 Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, 3 Thomas L. Jennings, first African women’s suffragist, editor, author 23 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, American to receive a U.S. patent 5 Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, hall of and statesman, was born in civil rights activist, historian and (number 3306x) for a dry-scouring fame baseball player, was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland, 1818. author, was born in Great Barring- process, now known as dry-clean- Mobile, Alabama, 1934. ton, Massachusetts, 1868. ing, 1821. 15 Henry Lewis becomes the first 6 Arthur Ashe Jr., hall of fame tennis African American to lead a sym- 24 Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes 4 Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr., player, humanitarian and activist, phony orchestra in the United first African American woman to inventor and entrepreneur, was dies, 1993. States, 1968. receive a medical degree (New born in Paris, Kentucky, 1877. England Female Medical College), Celebrating 200 Years of Alabama African American History & Culture 296 BLACK HISTORY 365 AT & T A LABAMA A FRICAN A MERICAN H ISTORY C ALEN D AR 5 Crispus Attucks one of the first 13 Cowtown/Work to Ride polo team a Globe Supporter for Electric 31 Thomas M. Peterson of Perth casualties of the American Revo- from Philadelphia, Penn., first Lamps, 1882. Amboy, New Jersey, cast the first lution, was killed in the Boston African American team to win the vote by an African American after Massacre, 1770. National Interscholastic Polo 22 Joseph Paul Reason, the first Afri- the passage of the 15th Amend- Championship, 2011. can American four-star admiral ment, 1870. 6 The Supreme Court decided Dred in the United States Navy, was Scott v. Sandford. This opinion 14 Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., trum- born in Washington, D. C., 1941. APRIL declared that slaves were not U.S. peter, music conductor and ar citizens and could not sue in fed- ranger, record producer, and film 23 Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., the 1 Dr. Charles R. Drew, medical re- eral courts, 1857. composer, was born in Chicago, first African American mayor of searcher who developed tech- Illinois, 1933. Atlanta, Georgia, was born in Dallas, niques for processing and preserv- 7 The first Selma to Montgomery Texas, 1938. ing blood, died in a car accident, 1950. march ended when marchers were 15 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first attacked by state and local police president of the Republic of Liberia, 24 Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg, 2 Georgetown coach John Thompson at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, on was born in Norfolk, Virginia, 1809. the first African American female becomes first African American what would become known as to hold a commercial pilot license, coach to win NCAA basketball “Bloody Sunday”, 1965. 16 Mississippi became the last state was born in Griffin, Georgia, 1907. tournament, 1984. to ratify the Thirteenth Amend- 8 Alexander T. Augusta, surgeon, ment to the United States Consti- 25 Aretha Louise Franklin, hall of fame 3 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his Civil War veteran, and highest- tution which abolished slavery, pianist, singer and songwriter, was “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” ranking African American officer 1995. born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1942. speech in support of the striking in the Union Army, born in sanitation workers in Memphis, Norfolk, Virginia, 1825. 17 Nathaniel Adams “Nat King” Cole, 26 Thomas J. Martin of Dowagiac, Tennessee, 1968. hall of fame jazz pianist and sing- Michigan received patent number 9 Oscar Stanton De Priest, the first er, was born in Montgomery, 125,063 for improvements in the 4 Martin Luther King, Jr. was assas- African American elected to Con- Alabama, 1919. fire extinguisher, 1872. sinated in Memphis, 1968. gress in the 20th century, was born in Florence, Alabama, 1871. 18 Fred Shuttlesworth, minister and 27 Arthur Mitchell, hall of fame 5 Booker Taliaferro Washington, civil rights activist, was born dancer and choreographer, was educator, author and political 10 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, Freddie Lee Robinson in Mount born in Harlem, New York, 1934.
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