FEBRUARY BLACK HISTORY TRIVIA: February 1 1865 John Rock first black to practice before U. S. Supreme Court 2 1807 Congress legally banned foreign slave trade 1776 George Washington answered letter from Phyllis Wheatley 3 1920 Negro Baseball League founded 4 2007 Tony Dungy became first black head coach to win Super Bowl 6 1820 U. S. blacks emigrate from New York to Sierra Leone 1961 Jail movement began in Rock Hill, S. C. when students refused to pay fines and requested jail sentences 7 1867 Fredrick Douglass and black delegation called on President of U. S. 8 1951 Private Edward Cleaborn, Memphis solider awarded Distinguished Service Award 9 1964 Arthur Ashe Jr. became first Black on U. S. Davis Cup team 10 1989 Ronald H. Brown elected Chairman of Democratic National Committee 11 1644 First black legal protest in America by 11 blacks who petitioned for freedom in New York 12 1793 Congress passed Fugitive Slave Act 1909 NAACP founded in New York 14 1867 Augusta Institute, later Morehouse College, opened in Atlanta 15 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized 16 1874 Frederick Douglass elected President of Freedoms Bank and Trust 17 1950 Thomas L. Griffith admitted to Los Angeles Bar Association 18 1688 First formal protest against slavery -Quakers 19 1790 George Bridgewater musician, made London debut 21 1965 Malcolm X assassinated 22 1967 Adam Clayton Powell stripped of seniority 25 1870 Hiram Revels elected first black in senate 26 1926 Carter G. Woodson announced Negro History Week 27 1844 Dominican Republic established 1988 Debi Thomas became first black to win medal at Winter Olympics 28 1708 Slave revolt on Long Islands **Special thanks and appreciation to Vertie Woodard for the Black History Trivia.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:59:05 +0000
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