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| 30 | 31 | 1 1975: General Daniel Chappie James was promoted to General and became first black officer to make four-star rank. | 2 1943: The Liberty Ship Frederick Douglass was torpedoed and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. | 3 1838: Disguised as a sailor, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom in the North. | 4 1848: Birth date of inventor Lewis Howard Latimer. | 5 |
6 1800: James Durham was the first recognized black doctor. | 7 LABOR Day
1954: Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD, public schools integrated. | 8 1901-1981: Dies Roy Wilkins, second Executive Director of NAACP | 9 1817: Death of Revolutionary era leader and business man Captain Paul Cuffe. | 10 1884: Congressman John R. Lynch presided over the Republican National Convention. | 11 1959: Duke Ellington won Springarn Medal for his musical achievements. | 12 1913: Olympic athlete Jesse Owens was born in Decatur, Georgia. |
13 1889: Lewis Latimer invented and patented an electric lamp with a carbon filament. | 14 1940: President FD Roosevelt signed Selective Service Act, allowing blacks to enter all branches of the U.S. Military Service. | 15 1830: Blacks held 1st National Convention at Mother Bethel AME church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | 16 1855: Bill to establish FAMU sponsored by T.V.R. Gibbs. | 17 1861: Hampton Institute founded in Virginia. | 18 1850: Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act. | 19 1893: E.R. Robinson patented the electric railway trolley. |
20 1830: First Negro Convention of Free Men agreed to boycott slave-produced goods. | 21 1815: General Andrew Jackson honored the courage of black troops who fought in Battle of New Orleans. | 22 1994: The Clinton Administration awarded 13.4 million dollars to 28 historically black colleges. | 23 1863-1954: Birth date of Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist | 24 1957: Desegregation of Central High School, Little Rock Ark. | 25 1957: Federal Troops enforced court ordered integration as nine children integrated Central High School (AK). | 26 1990: Black Leaders decided that those of African descendants should be called African Americans. |
27 1912: WC Handy published Memphis Blues, the first Blues Song. | 28 1895: National Baptist Convention organized. | 29 | 30 1864: Thirteen blacks won the Congressional Medal of Honor. | 1 | 2 | 3 |