EBRUARY 13, 17 6 -
.- .... ; ...... 0 Jo , fi t BI ck
Prote tant minister, was
born. 1920 -
t 0 1 b 11
w tabli hed in Kan
City. 1970 - Jo ph
l'IIIOAD�IIAa becam fi t Black
member of ew York Stock
Exchange. 1951 - The Uni
ve ity of orth Carolina ad
mitted its first
African-American tudent.
How many novels did
W.E.B. DuBois publish after
his 89th birthday?
FEBRUARY 15, 1915 -
Biologist Ern t E. J re
ceived Spingarn Medal for
pioneer research on egg fer
tilization and cell division.
1817 Frederick
Do 1 , aboli tionist
leader, was born. 1957 -
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference was organ
ized.
FEBRUARY 14, T.
, • 1879
of 1 1 1 ppi
became irst fric n-Am ri
can to pr ide over U.S. Sen-
.1972-Th W hington,
D.C. home of c
Do Ia was designated a
national landmark. 1 33 -
Blacks and whi organized
the ti- lav-
ry 0 i ty. 1939
Eleanor Roosevel t resigned
from DAR when it barred
aria And r on from
singing in Constitution Hall.
What year did William
Dawson become the first
Black to head a Congres
sional committee? 1949, 1972
or 1974?
What Black-owned com
pany was the largest inde
pendent data processing and
computer security firm in the
U.S. in 1982?
FEBRUARY 16, ASH
WEDNESDAY. 1874 -
Frederick Dougla was
elected president of Freed
man's Bank and Trust. 1968
- Yale University an
nounced it would offer a BA
degree in African American
Studies. 1945-1890 -. Ed
monia Lewi was a pioneer
African-American sculptress
whose works were in demand
during the 1870's.
What two senators were
mainly responsible for draft
ing all the Reconstruction
Era Civil Rights Acts?
MARIAN ANDERSON
the field of education. 1991-
1992 - African-American
. mayor headed 16 cities
with populations over 50,000
and with white majorities.
1950 - Thoma L. Griffith
was admitted to Los Angeles
Bar Association. 1902 -
Marion Anderson, interna
tionally acclaimed opera star,
was born.
FEBRUARY 17, 1865 -
The Ku KI.ux Klan was
founded near Pulaski, Tenn.
1973 - USS Je e L.
Brown commissioned, the
first U.S. warship named for
an African-American. 1936
- John Hope, University
President, was awarded the
Spingarn Medal, posthu
mously, for hi in
At one time Donny
Hathaway was billed as the
nation's youngest gospel
tJinger. How old was heF
Toni Morri on
FEBRUARY 18, 1931 -
Toni Morn on, winner of
1988 Pultizer Prize for fiction
(for Beloved), was born. 1966
.,:_ Dr. Samuel abrit be
came first African-American \
named to the Atomic Energy
Commission. 1975-Arthur
Ashe was the first African
American to win a Wimble
don Tennis Championship.
1688 - First formal protest
against slavery - Quakers. .
What year was football for
mally organized at Atlanta
Baptist College?
1940 William "Srnok v"
Robin on I b rn. A part of th
M town group Th Mlracl and
in hi solo car r, Robinson will
be an ndurlng R B and pop
perform r.
FEBRUARY 19, 1790 -:
George Bridgetower, mu
sician, made London debut.
1923 - In Moore v ..
Demp y decision, U.S. Su
preme Court guaranteed due
process of law to Blacks in
state court. 1969 - Dr.
Clifton Wharto became
the first Black to lead a major
public university, Michigan
State.
In what year was James
Weldon Johnson admitted to
the Florida bar?
13th - Three.
14th - Charles Summer
and Thaddeus Stevens.
15th-1949.
16t - EDP Audit Con-
trols, Inc. of 1..0 Angeles.
17th - Three ye rs old.
1Bth-1900.
19th-1897.
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