Hey Family,
Did you know???...........
February 16
1857-Frederick Douglass, orator and activist, elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.
1970- Joe Fraizer knocks out Jimmy Ellis to become world heavyweight champion.
February 17
1942-Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, born.
1982- Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, dies, 1982
February 18 Gambia Independence Day
February 19
1919- WEB Dubois, activist, organizes the first Pan-African Congress.
February 20
1900- JF Pickering patents his airship invention.
1927- Sydney Poitier, actor, born.
February 21
1804- Lemuel Haynes, first Black minister to serve for a White congregation, becomes the first Black person to receivean honorary degree (an MA) from a White college (Middlebury College).
1965- Malcolm X, activist and Black nationalist, assassinated.
February 22 St. Lucia Independence Day
1967- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, activist and chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, denied his congressional seat.
***List created by Charles L Isbell, Jr.http://www.seditionists.org/black***
Showing posts with label this week in black history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label this week in black history. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Did you know? _ This Week in Black History
Hey Family,
Did you know???...........
February 16
1857-Frederick Douglass, orator and activist, elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.
1970- Joe Fraizer knocks out Jimmy Ellis to become world heavyweight champion.
February 17
1942-Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, born.
1982- Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, dies, 1982
February 18 Gambia Independence Day
February 19
1919- WEB Dubois, activist, organizes the first Pan-African Congress.
February 20
1900- JF Pickering patents his airship invention.
1927- Sydney Poitier, actor, born.
February 21
1804- Lemuel Haynes, first Black minister to serve for a White congregation, becomes the first Black person to receivean honorary degree (an MA) from a White college (Middlebury College).
1965- Malcolm X, activist and Black nationalist, assassinated.
February 22 St. Lucia Independence Day
1967- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, activist and chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, denied his congressional seat.
***List created by Charles L Isbell, Jr.http://www.seditionists.org/black***
Did you know???...........
February 16
1857-Frederick Douglass, orator and activist, elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.
1970- Joe Fraizer knocks out Jimmy Ellis to become world heavyweight champion.
February 17
1942-Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, born.
1982- Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, dies, 1982
February 18 Gambia Independence Day
February 19
1919- WEB Dubois, activist, organizes the first Pan-African Congress.
February 20
1900- JF Pickering patents his airship invention.
1927- Sydney Poitier, actor, born.
February 21
1804- Lemuel Haynes, first Black minister to serve for a White congregation, becomes the first Black person to receivean honorary degree (an MA) from a White college (Middlebury College).
1965- Malcolm X, activist and Black nationalist, assassinated.
February 22 St. Lucia Independence Day
1967- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, activist and chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, denied his congressional seat.
***List created by Charles L Isbell, Jr.http://www.seditionists.org/black***
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