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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