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"One day I will dress myself in memories, wind and flowers and walk in the flesh to the sacred watered rocks and pay homage to the ancestors, One day", (Thoughts on the Sacred Watered Rocks)T'Keyah Keymah. "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you" (Luke Chapter 17 Verse 6),The Holy Bible. |
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Love and Forgive...
Celebrated Jazz genius Orbert Davis, artistic director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, presents Hope in Action, July 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in Chicago . The concert, a tribute to Nelson Mandela, is free to the public and feature special guest performances by Zim Ngqwana, Ari Brown, Dee Alexander, Rodrick Dixon, and T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh.
Catch T'Keyah Live!... Mostly: A True Variety Show with Special Guest Darryl Reuben Hall on Sunday, July 27,2008 at 3PM during Aurora Jacksonville Black Arts Festival, July 24-30, 2009 at the Stage Aurora Performance Hall, (Inside Gateway Town Center), 5188 Norwood Avenue in Jacksonville, Fl.
T’Keyah will also conduct acting workshops for the Festival on Monday July 28 and Tuesday, July 29 from 6-9PM For more information check The Crystal News. To register, call (904) 765-7373.
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1870
- James W. Smith entered West Point
Burundi: Independence Day
Rwanda: Independence Day
Ghana: Republic Day
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1964
- Civil Rights Bill signed by Pres.
Johnson
1839 - Joseph Cinque led the African
rebellion that seized control of the
Amistad slave ship
1964 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson
signed into law the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, sweeping legislation prohibiting
racial discrimination in employment
and education, and outlawing racial
segregation in public facilities
1908 - Thurgood Marshall's Birthday New Moon
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02 |
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July
03 |
1962
- Jackie Robinson named to Baseball
Hall of Fame
US Virgin Islands: Danish West Indies
Emancipation Day
1962 - Algeria became independent after 132 years
of French rule
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July
04 |
1881
- Booker T. Washington began his work
at Tuskegee
Louis Armstrong's Birthday (1990)
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July
05 |
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1904
- George Edwin Taylor nominated for
Pres. Of the US
Cape Verde: Independence Day.
Algeria: Independence Day.
1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first
black man to win a Wimbledon singles
title.
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July
06 |
1854
- Republican party organized to oppose
slavery
Malawi: Republic Day / Independence
Day.
Comoros: Independence Day.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first
black tennis player to win a Wimbledon
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July
07 |
1948
- Cleveland Indians signed Leroy (Satchel) Paige
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July
08 |
1924
- DeHart Hubbard won Olympic victory |
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July
09 |
1966
- NAACP disassociated from "Black Power"
doctrine
Morocco: Youth Day.
1893 - The first successful open-heart
surgery was performed, in Chicago.
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July
10 |
1893
- Daniel Hale Williams performed 1st
open heart surgery
Bahamas: Independence Day. (1973)
1943 - Arthur Ashe's birthday
First
Quarter
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1905
- Niagara Movement organized |
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1936
- Cornelius Johnson set world
high jump record
Bill Cosby's birthday
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July
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1787
- Slavery banned in Northwest
Territory |
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July
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1951
- George W. Carver Nat'l Monument dedicated
in MS
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July
15 |
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1779
- Pompey Lamb, noted black spy,
aided war effort
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July
16 |
1944
- Charles R. Drew awarded Spingarn
Medal |
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1862
- The Arming of Negroes approved
by Congress
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July
18 |
1905
- Granville Woods patented railway
brakes
1918 - Nelson Mandela's Birthday
Full Moon
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July
19 |
1867
- Congressional Reconstruction
received legal basis |
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July
20 |
1848
- Women's Rights Convention
aided ant-slavery cause |
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July
21 |
1896
- Nat'l Asso. Of Colored Women
organized
T'Keyah performs with the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, presents Hope in Action, July 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in Chicago |
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July
22 |
1963
- Floyd Patterson lost to Sonny Liston
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July
23 |
1965
- Martin Luther King conducts
civil rights campaign in Chicago
& Winnetka, IL |
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July
24 |
1954
- Charles Bush named black page in Supreme
Ct. |
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July
25 |
1941
- FEPC Formed by Executive Order
Last Quarter |
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July
26 |
1847
- Liberia declared an independent
republic |
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July
27 |
1948
- Legal basis estab. For desegregation
of armed forces
T'Keyah Live!... Mostly: A True Variety Show with Darryl Reuben Hall at 3PM at the Stage Aurora Performance Hall, (Inside Gateway Town Center), 5188 Norwood Avenue in Jacksonville, Fl. |
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July
28 |
1868
- 14th Amendment ratified
Claudia de Llano's birthday
T'Keyah conducts Tools for the Trade – Stage, 6-9PM at 3PM at the Stage Aurora Performance Hall, ( Inside Gateway Town Center ), 5188 Norwood Avenue in Jacksonville , Fl. |
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July
29 |
1895
- 1st Nat'l Conference of Colored
Women Convention
T'Keyah conducts Tools for the Trade – Monologues, 6-9PM at 3PM at the Stage Aurora Performance Hall, ( Inside Gateway Town Center ), 5188 Norwood Avenue in Jacksonville , Fl. |
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July
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1921
- Urban League Exec. Whitney
Young Born |
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