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Celebrating Black History Month 2025
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On this day Feb. 1st
- 1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was adopted by the 38th Congress.
- 1902 - Langston Hughes, famous poet, was born this day in Joplin, Mo.
- 1926 - What is now known as Black History Month was first celebrated on this date as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson. It became a month-long celebration in 1976.
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On this day Feb. 2nd
- 1914 - Ernest Just, genetic biologist wins the Spingarn Medal., awarded by the NAACP and given to an African American for his outstanding achievements. He received this same medal on this day in 1915 for his pioneering in cell division and fertilization.
- 1948 - President Truman sent Congress a special message urging the adoption of a Civil Rights program, including the creation of a fair employment practices commission.
- 1914 - Ernest Just, genetic biologist wins the Spingarn Medal., awarded by the NAACP and given to an African American for his outstanding achievements. He received this same medal on this day in 1915 for his pioneering in cell division and fertilization.
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On this day Feb. 3rd
- 1903 - Jack Johnson wins his first boxing Heavyweight title.
- 1965 - Geraldine McCullough sculptor, wins the Widener Gold Medal Award.
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On this day Feb. 4th
- 1913 - Rosa Parks, born Rosa Loise McCauley, was born on this day.
- 1971 - National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, N. C. The Wilmington 10 case followed
- 1997 - J. C. Watts becomes the first black person selected to respond to a State of the Union Address.
- 1913 - Rosa Parks, born Rosa Loise McCauley, was born on this day.
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On this day Feb. 5th
- 1866 - Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmens Bureau Bill authorizing the distribution of public land to freedmen and loyal refugees in 40 acres lots.
- 1958 - Clifton R. Wharton Sr. was confirmed as minister to Rumania. This career diplomat was the first Black to head a U.S. embassy in Europe.
- 1866 - Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmens Bureau Bill authorizing the distribution of public land to freedmen and loyal refugees in 40 acres lots.
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On this day Feb. 6th
- 1993 - Arthur Ashe, the first African American tennis player to win Wimbleton passes away.
- 1867 - Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degree in dentistry.
- 1993 - Arthur Ashe, the first African American tennis player to win Wimbleton passes away.
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On this day Feb. 7th
- 1926 - Negro History Week originated by Carter G. Woodson is observed for the first time.
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On this day Feb. 8th
- 1944 - Harry S. McAlphin, first African American to be accredited to attend the White House press conference.
- 1986 - Oprah Winfrey becomes the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show.
- 1944 - Harry S. McAlphin, first African American to be accredited to attend the White House press conference.
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On this day Feb. 9th
- 1944 - Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia
- 1952 - Author Ralph Ellisons novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award.
- 1995 - Bernard Harris, African American astronaut, takes spacewalk.
- 1971 - Leroy Satchel Paige is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1944 - Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia
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On this day Feb. 10th
- 1927 - Leontyne Price, who became an internationally acclaimed opera singer, was born in Laurel, Mississippi.
- 1964 - After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by a vote of 290-130.
- 1966 - Economist Andrew Brimer, assistant Secretary of Economic Affairs in the U.S. Department of Commerce is appointed to the board of governors of the Federal Reserve.
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On this day Feb. 11th
- 1961 - Robert Clifton Weaver becomes the 1st Administrator of the U. S. Housing and Home Finance Agency. Later to be appointed as the 1st United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966.
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On this day Feb. 12th
- 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. The call for the organizational meeting was issued on 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
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On this day Feb. 13th
- 1920-The Negro Baseball League is founded.
- 1923 - The first African American professional basketball team, “The Renaissance†was organized.
- 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized at New Orleans meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. , its newly elected President.
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On this day Feb. 14th
- 1817 - Frederick Douglass was born.
- 1867 - Morehouse College was organized in Augusta Georgia. The institution was later moved to Atlanta.
New registration law in Tennessee abolished racial distinctions in voting.
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On this day Feb. 15th
- 1848 - Sarah Roberts at age 5 was barred from attending school with white children in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.
- 1851 - Black abolitionists invaded a Boston courtroom and rescued fugitive slave, Shadrach Minkins. Minkins died a free man in 1875.
- 1968 - Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States, and later to become the first African American to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera in 1972.
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