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#BlackFriday May 16

1826
John Russwurm 1st African American college graduate in recorded history, Bowdoin College, Maine

1927
William Harry Barnes 1st African American certified by an American surgical board

1929
John Conyers Jr born Highland Park MI

Lillie Mae Jones ''Betty Carter'' born Flint MI
Also known as Lorene Carter, Lorraine Carter
youtube.com/watch?v=2seOG_5SGw

1966
Janet Damita Jo Jackson born Gary IN
youtube.com/watch?v=2b_KfAGigl

Thurman Lee Thomas born Houston TX

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#BlackFriday May 2

1920
Inaugural game of National Negro Baseball League

1844
Inventor Elijah J McCoy born Colchester Ontario Canada
''The Real.McCoy''

1961
Etta James 3rd Billboard Hot 100 single ''All I Could Do Was Cry''

1845
Marcus Allen 1st African-American admitted to bar in Massachusetts

1968
Poor People's March led by Ralph Abernathu

1924
Theodore Bikel born Vienna Austria

1963
1000 Black children peacefully protest Segregation Birmingham AL

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#BlackFriday April 18

1877
The American Nicodemus Town Company founded by six African American settlers in northwestern Kansas

1966
Bill Russell 1st Black coach in NBA, Boston Celtics

1977
Alex Haley wins Pulitzer Prize ''Roots''

1983
Alice Walker 1st African-American woman winner Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

1980
Independence Day Zimbabwe, Bob Marley performs at celebration

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1948
Jackie Robinson signed contract, 1st African American in Major League Baseball

1966
Emmett Ashford 1st Black umpire in Major Leave Baseball

1967
Harlem NYC voters re-elect Adam Clayton Powell Jr after Congress unconstitutional expelled him

1968
President Johnson signed 1968 Housing Act

1972
Benjamin L. Hooks becomes 1st African American in Federal Communications Commission

1988
Willie Davis Burton becomes 1st African American Oscar winner for sound (Bird)

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