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October 11 1820- The “Emancipator,” the first anti-slavery magazine, was issued monthly from April 30 to October 31, 1820. It was edited and published by Elihu Embree. 1888 - Sargent C. Johnson, pioneering artist of the Harlem Renaissance known for his wood, cast stone, and ceramic sculptures, was born. 1889 - William Owen Bush (1832-1907) was the first black elected to the Washington legislature. 1993 - Writer, Toni Morrison, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. October 12 1932 - Richard (“Dick”) Gregory was born. 1972 - Forty-six Black and white sailors injured in race riot on the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk of North Vietnam. 1999 - Basketball legend, Wilt Chamberlain, died, he was 63. October 13 1901 - First Black delegate to United Nations, Edith Sampson, was born. 1924 - Nightclub comedian and actor Nipsey Russell was born in
Buffalo, NY. 1926 - First Black naval aviator, Jesse Leroy Brown was born. 1970 - Angela Davis arrested in New York City and charged with unlawful flight to avoid persecution for her alleged role in California courthouse shoot-out. October 14 1864 - The first African American daily newspaper, the New Orleans Tribune is published in both French and English. 1902 - Dr. Davis, a leading social anthropologist and educator, challenged the cultural bias of standardized intelligence tests. Dr. Davis argued that Black’s low scores were not the results of lower intelligence but the result of middle-class cultural bias posed in the questions. 1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept African Americans as members. 1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. activist and civil rights leader became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. October 15 1883 - U.S. Supreme Court declared Civil Rights Act of 1875
unconstitutional. 1949 - William Hastie nominated for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was the first Black to sit on the court. 1974 - National Guard mobilized to restore order in Boston school busing crisis. 1991 - Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, its second African American. October 16 1901 - Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South. 1968 - Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos give Black Power salute during medal ceremony at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. 1973 - Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta. 1995 - Nation of Islam’s Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for “A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation”. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families. October 17 1787 - Prince Hall submitted, to the State Legislature of Boston, Massachusetts, a petition asking for equal educational rights. His petition was not granted. 1888 - The first bank organized for Blacks was the Capital Savings Bank of Washington D.C. 1969 - Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr. elected president of Michigan State University and became the first Black to head a major, predominantly white university in the twentieth century.
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