852 - "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
by white abolitioni t Harriet
B her Stowe, is published.
The controversial novel will be
credited by many, including
Abraham Lincoln, with park­
ing the Civil V:/ar.
1883 - Jan Matzeli r re­
ceiv patent #274,207 for his
shoe lasting machine. His inven­
tion will revolutionize the shoe
industry, allowing for the first
mass production of shoes.
1910 - The CRISIS, official
,organ of NAACP first appeared.
1912 - Historian Carter
Woodson received his doctorate
from Harvard.
1950 - Dr. Ralph Bunche re­
ceives the Nobel Peace Prize for
his wor as a mediator in the
1928 - The Carnegie Foun­
dation pre ented the Arthur
Schomburg collection of Black
History to the N.Y. Public Li-
.brary. � �,. �
19 1- Richard Wright'sNa­
tioe Son, opened on Broadway at
the St. Jam Th ter, starring
Canada Lee and directed by Or-
. son Welles.
1975 - Muhammad Ali
beats Chuck Wepner in a 15-
round bout to retain his world
heavyweight crown.
Who was the first Black on
record to receive a patent in the
U.S.?
What was folJelorist Hukkie
Ledbette's nickname'
An we
igned from DAR when it bars
Marion Anderson from inging
in Constitutional Hall. .
1977 - Alex Haley was
awarded a special Pulitzer Prize
for Roots.
1991 - The Reverened Em­
manuel Cleaver becom the
fi t Mrican-American mayor of
Kansas City, Mo.
20th - The Long Beach
Open.
21 - The Color Purple.
22nd - Sergeant,
23rd - Philadelphia.
24th -Thomas L. Jennings.
25th - Lead Belly.
28th - Richmond, Virginia.
1872 - Thomas J. Martin
was awarded patent for fire ex­
tinguisher.
1911- William H. Lewis be­
came U.S. Assistant Attorney
General for U.S.
1939 - Eleanor Roosevelt 1'8-
Where was the Bicentennial
Bowl plaJ ed in 19761
Palestine crisis. He is the first
African-American to be so hon­
ored.
What was the first nationwide
golf tournament won by a Black
man?
1874 - Patrick Healy a
Black man, became president of
Georgetown University.
1913 - Dr. Daniel Hale Wil­
liams was the first Black fellow
of the American College of Sur­
geons.
1955 - NAACP chairman,
author, and civil rights pioneer
Walter White dies in New York
City.
1965 - Martin Luther King
Jr. lead thousands of marchers
on 54-mile march from Selma to
Montgomery, Ala., to call for vot­
ing rights.
What contemporary book
written by Alice Walker made the
best-seller li t?
1898 - J. W. Smith received
second lawn sprinkler patent.
1956 - Sammy Davis Jr.
opened in the musical Mr. Won-
derful, at the Broadway Theater
in New York City.
1963 - Howard Jenkins was
the first African-American ap­
pointed to the National Labor
Relations Board.
What rank was William H.
Careyiohen he won the Congres­
sional Medal of Honor in 1863?
1873 - Slavery was abol­
ished in Puerto Rico.
1935-TheNatiohal Council
of Negro Women was estab­
lished in New York City.
1982 - Mu ie-Theatre
Group (N.Y.) host U.S. premiere
of The Long Journey Of Poppie
Nongena, a South African anti­
apartheid production.
TIlt! fir t abolitioni t society
in the U.S. was organized in
what CLty?
1837 - Canada gav Blacks
the right to vot .
1 65 - Black troops mus­
t red in Confed rate . rvice.
1912 - Dorothy I ne Height
is born in Richmond, Va. Sh
will ecome th pr id n of th
ational Coun i I of egro
Women and one of the strongest
advocat for th n of Afri­
can-American women and rami­
lies.
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