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This Date in History:
April 22 1441
Episode 		  Goree Island, home of "The Door of No Return."
The date remembers Goree Island.
May 5 1441
Episode 		  Blacks in Latin America, a brief history. . .
On this date of Cinco de Mayo, we look briefly at the history of Africans in Latin (Central and South) America and the Caribbean.
December 1 1441
Episode 		  Black history in Europe, a short story!
*African (black) history in Europe from 1400 is briefly recalled on this dates Registry.
March 13 1500
Episode 		  Bahia, a source point for Africa in the Americas. . .
*The state of Bahia in Brazil from 1500 is remembered on this date.
November 3 1500
Episode 		  African & Native Americans share a rich history.
*From the beginning of U.
August 20 1619
Episode 		  African slaves arrive at Jamestown. .
*It was on this date in 1619 that twenty Africans arrive in Jamestown, Virginia aboard a Dutch ship.
January 3 1624
Episode 		  First black birth recorded in America
*On this date in 1624, the first African-American birth was recorded.
September 13 1663
Episode 		  Slaves revolt in Virginia.
*On this date in 1663, the first known slave revolt occurred in Gloucester County, VA.
July 15 1700
Episode 		  'Jumping The Broom' a short history. . .
*Jumping the Broom from 1700 is celebrated on this date.
February 28 1708
Episode 		  Slave revolt in Long Island, NY
*On this date in 1708, one of the first recorded slave revolts occurred in America.
April 6 1712
Episode 		  Slave revolt in New York!
On this date in 1712, the New York Slave Rebellion occurred.
November 1 1733
Episode 		  Early African Slave rebellion successful!
*On this date in 1733 one of the first successful African slave rebellions took place.
March 1 1738
Episode 		  Maroons sign Treaty with England!
On this date in 1738, escaped African slaves and British settlers in Central America agreed to a conflict truce.
October 26 1749
Episode 		  England formally sanctions American slavery!
*On this date in 1749 the British parliament formally legalized slavery in the colony now known as Georgia.
March 5 1770
Episode 		  British massacre demonstrators in Boston. . .
*This is the date of the Boston Massacre in 1770.
May 10 1775
Episode 		  Fort Ticonderoga captured!
On this date in 1775, Black patriots helped capture Fort Ticonderoga.
June 17 1775
Episode 		  Battle of Bunker Hill has a diverse history!
On this date in 1775, several Blacks participated in the famous, but misnamed, Battle of Bunker Hill.
November 24 1775
Episode 		  Blacks barred from continental army!
*On this date in 1775 the Continental Congress of America issued the order to bar blacks from the army.
March 1 1780
Episode 		  Pennsylvania abolishes slavery
On this date in 1780, Pennsylvania became the first state to abolish slavery.
May 9 1781
Episode 		  The Pico House, a California landmark!
The construction of the Pico House in 1870 is celebrated on this date.
May 6 1787
Episode 		  First Black masonic Lodge organized. .
On this date in 1787, Prince Hall, a Revolutionary War veteran, organized the Negro Masonic Order in the United States-African Lodge No.
October 23 1790
Episode 		  First Haitian slave revolt.
*On this date in 1790, the first slave revolt in Haiti took place.
May 16 1792
Episode 		  Denmark abolishes slavery . . .
On this date in 1792, Denmark abolished slavery.
February 4 1794
Episode 		  France abolishes slavery . . .
*On this date in 1794 France abolished slavery.
June 1 1800
Episode 		  Nigger (the word), a brief history!
On this date, we look at the history of word “nigger” in America.
January 1 1804
Episode 		  Independence for Haiti!
*On this date in 1804, Haiti emerged as the first independent Black-led republic in the modern world.
January 5 1804
Episode 		  Ohio enacts "Black Laws."
*On this date in 1804, “Black Laws” were enacted in the state of Ohio.
January 8 1811
Episode 		  Slaves rebel in Louisiana!
*On this date in 1811, Black slaves rebelled against their white masters in Louisiana.
July 27 1815
Episode 		  Slave Fort in Florida attacked, Seminole Wars begin!
*On this date in 1815, the Seminole Wars began.
February 6 1820
Episode 		  The Mayflower of Liberia leaves New York!
*On this date in 1820 the Mayflower of Liberia set sail.
June 16 1822
Episode 		  Slaves revolt in South Carolina
On this date in 1822, Denmark Vesey led a slave rebellion in South Carolina.
April 30 1828
Episode 		  Shaka, Zulu Chief killed. .
*On this date in 1828, Shaka, the great Zulu King was killed.
May 28 1830
Episode 		  Native and African Americans removed . . .
On this date in 1830, U.
August 21 1831
Episode 		  Slave rebellion in Virginia!
*On this date in 1831, Nat Turner and seventy slaves began a two-day free will charge in Southampton County, Virginia.
November 10 1831
Episode 		  Nat Turner confesses!
On this date in 1831, the confessions of Nat Turner occurred.
November 11 1831
Episode 		  Nat Turner hanged!
*On this date in 1831, Nat Turner was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia.
December 25 1831
Episode 		  Black Seminoles defeat U.S. troops at Okeechobee.
*On this date in 1831, during the Second Seminole War, a force of Seminole Indians defeated U.
December 4 1833
Episode 		  Anti-Slavery Society meets in Philadelphia.
*On this date in 1833, Sixty abolitionist leaders met to end slavery.
August 1 1834
Episode 		  British Empire forbades slavery . . .
*On this date in 1834, slavery was declared unlawful in the British Empire.
February 23 1836
Episode 		  The Alamo, why did it happen?
*On this date in 1836, the Mexican army began attacking the Alamo.
June 28 1839
Episode 		  Cinque kidnapped, Amistad saga begins . . .
On this date in 1839, Cinque of the Mende tribe was kidnapped into slavery.
October 27 1842
Episode 		  Fort Scott, Kansas; a historic landmark!
*Fort Scott, Kansas is celebrated on this date.
April 29 1845
Episode 		  First Black Law practice opened. .
*It was on this date in 1845, Macon B.
December 4 1849
Episode 		  Roberts vs. City of Boston begins.
*On this date in 1849 the case of Roberts v.
September 18 1850
Episode 		  Congress passes the Compromise of 1850!
*On this date in 1850 the United States Congress passed the second Fugitive Slave Law act.
February 15 1851
Episode 		  Abolitionists rescue slave from courtroom. . .
*On this date 1851, Black abolitionists broke into a Boston courthouse and rescued Shadrach Minkins, a fugitive slave.
September 11 1851
Episode 		  The Christiana Resistance!
*On this date in 1851 the Christiana Resistance occurred.
April 11 1852
Episode 		  Uncle Toms Cabin, then and now!
Uncle Toms Cabin, an antislavery novel written in 1852 is celebrated on this date.
July 5 1852
Episode 		  Frederick Douglass gives one of his greatest speeches. . .
*On this date in 1852, Frederick Douglass gave the speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro".
April 20 1853
Episode 		  Harriet Tubman starts working with the Underground railroad!
On this date in 1853, Harriet Tubman began her work with the
May 24 1854
Episode 		  Anthony Burns, a southern slave, captured in Boston
On this date in 1854, fugitive slave Anthony Burns was returned to the South from Boston.
May 30 1854
Episode 		  The Kansas/Nebraska Act passed
On this date in 1854, the U.
January 28 1856
Episode 		  The moving sacrifice of Margaret Garner
*On this date in 1856, we celebrate the Margaret Garner story.
March 6 1857
Episode 		  The Dred Scott case, an American turning point . . .
*On this date in 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott Case.
March 3 1859
Episode 		  "The Weeping Time" occurs.
*On this date in 1859, "the weeping time" of slavery occurred in African American heritage.
October 16 1859
Episode 		  John Brown raids the Harper Ferry arsenal!
*On this date in 1859, abolitionist John Brown and a group of his followers raided the Harpers Ferry Virginia arsenal.
December 16 1859
Episode 		  Harpers Ferry conspirators hanged!
*On this date in 1859, two of the five Black abolitionist in the raid on Harpers Ferry were hanged.
April 12 1861
Episode 		  American "Civil War" begins.
On this date in 1861, the Civil War began.
May 31 1861
Episode 		  The American Civil War, a brief summary!
The American Civil War, waged from 1861 to 1865, is remembered on this date.
June 1 1861
Episode 		  First Civil War Encounter!
The first encounter of the Civil War happened on this date in 1861 at the Fairfax Court House in Arlington Mills, Virginia.
August 30 1861
Episode 		  Fremont Proclamation revoked. . .
*On this date in 1854, John C.
September 25 1861
Episode 		  First Blacks admitted into the Union Navy.
*On this date in 1861, The Union Navy admitted Blacks for military service for the first time, almost a year before the army opened its ranks.
November 26 1861
Episode 		  West Virginia, created by moral choice.
*On this date in 1861, the state of West Virginia was created.
February 21 1862
Episode 		  Slave-trader hanged!
*On this date in 1862, Nathaniel Gordon was hanged for slave trading.
April 16 1862
Episode 		  Slavery abolished in Washington D.C.
On this date in 1862, the nations capitol ended slavery.
May 12 1862
Episode 		  Slaves take confederate ship "The Planter!"
On this date in 1862, Black slaves commandeered the Confederate ship “the Planter.
May 20 1862
Episode 		  Homestead Act passed by Congress. .
On this date in 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act.
March 10 1863
Episode 		  54th Infantry created
*This date celebrates the creation of the all-Black Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry in 1863.
April 17 1863
Episode 		  Black woman kicked off of Cable Car!
On this date in 1863, a black woman was forcibly removed from a horse-drawn streetcar in San Francisco.
May 17 1863
Episode 		  Lincoln orders freedom for slaves!
*On this date in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation; ordering that all slaves in rebel territory be freed.
July 13 1863
Episode 		  The New York Draft riots occur!
*On this date in 1863 the New York Draft Riots occurred.
July 18 1863
Episode 		  First Black receives Congressional Medal of Honor. .
*On this date in 1863, the first Black-American received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
July 20 1863
Episode 		  Miscegenation, a story of racial intimacy!
*Miscegenation is a subject for this dates African American Registry.
December 2 1863
Episode 		  Slave finishes White House Dome!
*On this date in 1863, “Freedom,” the statue on top of the dome of the U.
April 12 1864
Episode 		  Fort Pillow, a Civil War dishonor!
This date marks the anniversary of the Fort Pillow Massacre in 1864.
June 14 1864
Episode 		  Congress legislates equal pay to Black soldiers!
*On this date in 1864, Congress passed the enrollment Act that authorized equal pay for Black soldiers.
July 31 1864
Episode 		  RECONSTRUCTION, America first attempt to integrate.
*On this date we remember Reconstruction, the historic period that began during
January 16 1865
Episode 		  General Sherman enacts "forty acres and a mule."
*On this day in 1865, Forty Acres and a Mule was inacted.
March 8 1865
Episode 		  The Freedman's Bureau helped newly freed slaves!
*This date celebrates the Freedmen’s Bureau.
June 19 1865
Episode 		  Junteenth, National Freedom Day observed!
This date marks the Juneteenth National Freedom Day.
December 6 1865
Episode 		  13th amendment ratified!
*The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified on this date in 1865.
April 19 1866
Episode 		  Blacks celebrate abolition from slavery!
On this date in 1866, the African-American citizens of
Washington, D.
July 28 1866
Episode 		  U.S. Cavalry forms Buffalo Soldiers!
*On this date in 1866, Section 3 of the Act of Congress authorized the formation of the two regiments of cavalry composed of "colored" men.
July 30 1866
Episode 		  Riot in New Orleans!
*On this date in 1866 the New Orleans Riot occurred.
February 6 1867
Episode 		  The Peabody Fund established
*On this date in 1867.
November 19 1867
Episode 		  Blacks impact South Carolina politics!
*On this date in 1867, Emancipated blacks began influencing South Carolina politics.
September 28 1868
Episode 		  Massacre in Opelousas!
*On this date in 1868, the Opelousas massacre occurred.
October 16 1868
Episode 		  Black Senator assassinated!
*On this date in 1868, a black senator was assassinated in South Carolina.
November 3 1868
Episode 		  First Black man elected to U.S. Congress!
*On this date in 1868, the first Black man was elected to Congress in America.
March 30 1870
Episode 		  The 15th Amendment, an ongoing story. . .
*On this date in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified.
April 23 1872
Episode 		  First Black woman admitted to practice Law.
On this date in 1872, Charlotte E.
March 23 1873
Episode 		  Puerto Rico ends slavery!
On this date in 1873, Puerto Rico abolished slavery.
September 14 1874
Episode 		  The Battle of Liberty Place occurs!
*On this date in 1874, White Democrats seized the Louisiana statehouse in a takeover.
May 17 1875
Episode 		  Black jockey wins first Kentucky Derby.
On this date in 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was run with a black man as the jockey.
September 1 1875
Episode 		  Race riot in Mississippi!
*On this date in 1875, White Democrats attacked Republicans at Yazoo City, Mississippi.
November 2 1875
Episode 		  The Mississippi Plan, political deviance!
*On this date in 1875, The Mississippi Plan went into effect.
November 16 1875
Episode 		  Ethiopia wins the battle of Gundet.
*On this date in 1875, Ethiopia won the Battle of Gundet over Egypt.
October 4 1877
Episode 		  One of the first Black settlements after slavery founded!
*This date in 1877 celebrates the town of Nicodemus, Kansas.
December 26 1877
Episode 		  "Jim Crow Laws" were meant to enslave.
*Jim Crow Laws are featured on this date.
January 11 1879
Episode 		  Zulu British war begins
*On this date in 1879 the Zulu-British War began.
February 28 1879
Episode 		  The beginning of "The Exodus of 1879".
*On this date in 1879, the exodus from slavery after reconstruction began in earnest.
October 18 1882
Episode 		  Chanteys, worksongs with roots from Africa!
*This dates Registry looks at the origins of the Chanteys in 1882.
June 25 1885
Episode 		  First Black Bishop becomes the first Black member of the Episcopal House of bishops .
On this date in 1885, Samuel David Ferguson was consecrated as bishop on June 24, 1885 (Saint John the Baptist's Feast Day), at Grace Church, New York, becoming the first Black member of the House of Bishopsin the Episcopal Church.
May 13 1888
Episode 		  Brazil Abolishes slavery!
On this date in 1888, Brazil abolished slavery.
August 12 1890
Episode 		  The "Mississippi Plan" begins!
*On this date in 1890, The Mississippi Constitutional Convention began systematic exclusion of Blacks from the politics of South.
February 13 1892
Episode 		  World's Fair Colored Opera Company debuts. . .
*On this date in 1892 the first African-American performers appeared at Carnegie Hall.
March 9 1892
Episode 		  Lynching in Memphis!
*On this date in 1892, three Black businessmen were lynched in Memphis.
May 11 1892
Episode 		  Fifteen year old rider wins Kentucky Derby!
On this date in 1892, an African American became the youngest rider ever to win the Kentucky Derby.
June 2 1892
Episode 		  Plessy v Ferguson begins!
*On this date in 1892, a 30-year-old Black shoemaker named Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the "White" car of the East Louisiana Railroad.
July 9 1893
Episode 		  First sucessful open-heart surgery in America!
*On this date in 1893, the first successful American open-heart surgery was performed by a black Doctor.
March 18 1895
Episode 		  Free Blacks leave for Liberia. . .
*On this date in 1895, 200 former African slaves left Savannah, Georgia for Liberia.
September 18 1895
Episode 		  Atlanta Compromise heard!
The Atlanta Compromise occurred on this date in 1895.
March 1 1896
Episode 		  Ethiopia wins the battle of Adwa!
On this date in 1896, Ethiopia defeated the Italian colonial army in the Battle of Adwa.
October 2 1897
Episode 		  The first Black firefighter hired in Los Angeles!
*On this date in 1897 the first African-American firefighter of the Los Angeles Fire Department was hired.
April 21 1898
Episode 		  Spanish American War declared!
The Spanish-American War was declared on this date in 1898.
November 10 1898
Episode 		  Riot in Wilmington, North Carolina.
*On this date in 1898, the Wilmington race riot took place.
February 12 1900
Episode 		  The debut of the Negro National Anthem
*On this date in 1900 “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” also known as the Negro National Anthem and the Negro National Hymn was sung publicly for the first time.
March 28 1900
Episode 		  Britain ask the Ashanti tribe for the "Golden Stool."
*Britain asks the Ashanti for the Golden Stool on this date in 1900.
April 30 1900
Episode 		  "The Ballad of Casey Jones" Written!
On this date in 1900, one of America’s classic folk songs, The Ballad of Casey Jones, was written.
September 22 1905
Episode 		  Race riots in Atlanta!
*On this date in 1906, The Atlanta race riot occurred.
September 27 1905
Episode 		  The first published Blues song goes on sale!
*On this date in 1905 the first published Blues Composition hit the streets of America.
October 22 1906
Episode 		  Protest against the Klan and tragedy in Philadelphia.
*On this date in 1906, Three thousand blacks demonstrated and rioted in Philadelphia.
June 30 1908
Episode 		  Allensworth,CA., a community of black self pride!
On this date, we celebrate the founding of Allensworth, California, in 1908.
May 31 1909
Episode 		  NAACP holds its first conference
On this date in 1909, the NAACP held its first conference, in New York City.
June 29 1914
Episode 		  An award of excellence, the Spingarn Medal!
*The 1914 establishment of the Spingarn Medal is celebrated on this date.
February 2 1915
Episode 		  First Spingarn Award given!
*On this date in 1915 Ernest Just, biologist, received the Spingarn Medal for pioneering research on fertilization and cell division.
March 20 1916
Episode 		  Ota Benga commits suicide!
*On this date in 1916, Ota Benga, an African pygmie kept in the Bronx Zoo, killed himself.
May 15 1916
Episode 		  The Waco Horror, racism gone wild!
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The Waco Horror took place on this date in 1916, one of many lynching of Blacks by whites in America during the 20th century.
July 28 1917
Episode 		  "Red Summers," long, hot, and painful. The image attached to this link may be inappropriate for young children
*On this date 1917, the NAACP staged a silent protest rally against lynching.
August 23 1917
Episode 		  Black soldiers retailiate in Houston. .
*This date in 1917 marks the anniversary of racial retaliation in Houston Texas between Black soldiers against white racism.
October 15 1917
Episode 		  First Black Officers finish Military duty!
*On this date in 1917, the first black enlistees from West Point graduated from military duty at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
November 5 1917
Episode 		  Buchanan v Warley ruled.
*On this date in 1917 the Supreme Court conceded that states cannot restrict and officially segregate African-Americans into residential districts.
September 30 1919
Episode 		  Race riot in Elaine, Arkansas!
*On this date in 1919 a Race Riot broke out in Elaine, Arkansas in Phillips County between Blacks and whites.
June 5 1920
Episode 		  Du Bois receives Spingarn Medal!
On this date in 1920, W.
June 15 1920
Episode 		  Blacks hanged in Duluth, Minnesota The stories image may not be suitable for young children to see.
On this date in 1920, three Black men were hanged in Duluth, Minnesota.
May 23 1921
Episode 		  Shuffle Along hits Broadway!
On this date in 1921, "Shuffle Along" became the first African-American Broadway Musical.
May 31 1921
Episode 		  Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma
On this date in 1921, 300 people died in the Tulsa Race riots, most of them Black, at the hands of a White mob.
July 20 1922
Episode 		  Barney Hill, a story of alien beings. .
*Barney Hill was born on this date in 1922.
August 12 1922
Episode 		  Memorial to Frederick Douglass dedicated. .
*On this date in 1922, the home of Frederick Douglass in Washington D.
November 4 1922
Episode 		  King Tut's tomb discovered.
*On this date in 1922, King Tut’s tomb was discovered.
October 29 1923
Episode 		  "The Charleston" goes public!
*On this date in 1923 Runnin’ Wild opened at Colonial Theater in New York City.
February 7 1926
Episode 		  Carter Woodson initiates National Negro Week.
*On this date in 1926, Carter G.
June 8 1926
Episode 		  First black Eagle Scout awarded!
On this date in 1926, the first Black became an Eagle Scout in America.
August 11 1929
Episode 		  The Bud Billiken parade brings folk out!
*On this date in 2007, the Bud Billiken parade will take place in Chicago.
March 25 1931
Episode 		  Blacks on trial in Scottsboro, Alabama!
*On this date in 1931, nine young Black men were arrested in Scottsboro, Alabama, and the case of the Scottsboro Boys trial began.
August 30 1932
Episode 		  "America's Nuremberg," the Tuskegee Study!
*On this date we remember the Tuskegee Syphilis study.
January 30 1933
Episode 		  Black history in Nazi Germany, a brief story!
*On this date from 1933, the Registry looks briefly into the Black history of Nazi Germany.
January 31 1934
Episode 		  First Black woman performs at the White House!
*On this date in 1934, Etta Moten sang for President and Mrs.
May 6 1935
Episode 		  The Works Progress Administration, a beginning for many!
On this date in 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created.
May 18 1935
Episode 		  An authors platform, the Federal Writers Project . . .
On this date we celebrate the Federal Writers Project (FWP).
November 5 1935
Episode 		  Murray v Pearson ruled.
*On this date in 1935, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled against segregation at the University of Maryland Law School.
June 14 1939
Episode 		  First Black seen on television!
*On this date in 1939, "The Ethel Waters Show," a variety special appeared on NBC.
November 13 1940
Episode 		  Supreme Court rules on Hansberry v. Lee!
*On this date in 1940 the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.
June 25 1941
Episode 		  The Fair Employment Practices Committee created!
*On this date in 1941, the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) was created.
June 25 1941
Episode 		  Marine Corps integrates!
On this date in 1941, the Marine Corps formally integrated.
September 29 1942
Episode 		  S.S. Booker T. Washington launched!
*On this date in 1942, The S.
January 5 1943
Episode 		  George Washington Carver Recignition Day celebrated!
*On this date from 1943, George Washington Carver Day is celebrated.
February 3 1943
Episode 		  Charles David, hero of the USS Dorchester
*On this date in 1943, Charles W.
February 28 1943
Episode 		  Detroit unrest, a sad reality .
*On this date in 1943 the Detroit rebellion occurred.
July 25 1943
Episode 		  Naval fighting ship named after black sailor!
*On this date in 1943, the SS Leonard Roy Harmon, was the irst navy fighting ship named after an African-American.
February 8 1944
Episode 		  First black reporter attends a White House press conference.
*On this date in 1944, Harry S.
August 21 1944
Episode 		  Got what you need, the "Red Ball Express."
*On this date in 1944, The American Army started the “Red Ball Express.
October 19 1944
Episode 		  First Black Navy WAVES admitted.
*On this date in 1944, the Navy integrated their Women accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).
March 5 1945
Episode 		  Lena Baker executed!
*On his date in 1945, Lena Baker, an African-American mother of three, was electrocuted at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsyille.
June 3 1946
Episode 		  Morgan v. Virginia ruled!
On this date in 1946, the U.
July 25 1946
Episode 		  The Monroe Massacre occurs!
*On this date in 1946, the Monroe Massacre occurred.
August 7 1946
Episode 		  First black designs a U.S. mint coin!
*On this date in 1946 the first U.
April 23 1947
Episode 		  The first Freedom Ride takes place!
On this date in 1947, The Journey of Reconciliation is celebrated.
September 21 1947
Episode 		  St. Louis schools, integrate or excommunicate!
*On this date in 1947, St.
October 23 1947
Episode 		  NAACP petitions United Nations!
*On this date in 1947, the NAACP issued a formal petition on racism in America to the United Nations.
May 3 1948
Episode 		  The Shelley House
The Shelley House is celebrated on this date for its role in the U.
July 26 1948
Episode 		  One of the first TV show's is hosted by a black man. . .
*On this date in 1948, Bob Howard became one of the first black male host on television.
August 9 1948
Episode 		  White reporter reports on the segregated South!
*On this date in 1948, a white man’s account of being Black in the segregated south was published.
June 13 1949
Episode