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| 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 1951-2005: Luther Vandross died from suffering a major stroke | 2 1777: Vermont abolished slavery. It was the first state to do so. | 3 1775: Prince Hall founded Africa Lodge No. 1, the first black lodge of Free Masons. | 4 INDEPENDENCE Day
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5 1809: In New York the Abyssinian Baptist church was founded. | 6 1854: Republican Party was the name officially chosen for the new anti-slavery political party. | 7 1906: Baseball legend Satchel Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama. | 8 1805: Bill Richmond became the first black to distinguish himself as a prize fighter. | 9 1893: Dr Daniel Hale Williams performed what is believed to be the first open heart surgery. | 10 1875: The founder of Buthune-Cookman College, Mary McLeod Bethune was born in Maysville, South Carolina. | 11 African Americans intellectuals' activists led by W.E.B. Dubois and William Monroe Trotter. |
12 1937: Actor, comedian, writer William (Bill) Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | 13 1863: New York Draft Riot became a race riot where innocent blacks were hung. | 14 1892: All wounded Civil War veterans began receiving a 50 dolls monthly pension. | 15 1980: Racial disorders, lasting three days, began in Miami, Florida. | 16 1991: Jazz singer Miles Davis was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor. | 17 1862: Congress approved arming blacks as soldiers in the Union Army. | 18 1943: Professional golfer Calvin Pete was born in Detroit, Michigan. |
19 1941: The U.S. Army Air Corps began fighter pilot training for blacks at Tuskegee Institute. | 20 1950: The New York Times reported the defeat of North Korean troops. | 21 1896: The National Association of Colored Women was formed. | 22 1861: President Lincoln read first draft of Emancipation Proclamation to Cabinet. | 23 1868: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution which defines citizenship was ratified. | 24 1920: Pioneers of Women's Rights: Bella Abzug: Russian-Jewish heritage. | 25 1943: The Navy Destroyer escort USS Harmon was commissioned. |
26 1847: Liberia became a Republic under an agreement with the U.S. for repatriating blacks in Africa. | 27 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabee adding three. | 28 1977: Roy Wilkins handed off the leadership in the NAACP to Rev. Benjamin Hooks. | 29 1895: First National Convention of Black Women held in Boston Mass. | 30 1860: Police in New Orleans stormed a Republican Meeting. | 31 1988: The first National Black Arts was held. | 1 |