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November
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Learn,
Love and Forgive...
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01 |
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1878
- First free school in New York City for blacks |
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Nov.
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1903
- Maggie Walker opens St. Luke Penny Savings Bank |
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Nov.
03 |
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1974
- Harold Ford elected to U.S. Congress |
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Nov.
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1953
- Hulan Jack elected borough President of Manhattan |
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1974
- Black Caucus raised to 17
First Quarter |
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Nov.
05 |
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Nov.
06 |
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1919 - Supreme
Court upheld housing rights in Louisville |
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Nov.
07 |
1955 - Supreme
Court ubanned segregation in recreational facilities |
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Nov.
08 |
1966 - Edward W. Brooke elected to U.S. Senate from
MA |
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Nov.
09 |
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1968 - Howard University Medical School opened
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Nov.
10 |
1960
- Andrew Hatcher named Associate Press Secretary
to Pres. Kennedy |
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Nov.
11 |
1898
- Samuel Coleridge Taylor's "Hiawatha" |
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Nov.
12 |
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1977
- Ernest N. Morial elected Mayor of New Orleans
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Nov.
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1839
- Liberty Party (1st anti-slavery political party)
organized
Full Moon |
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Nov.
14 |
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1977
- Trial began for 1963 Birmingham church bombing
case |
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Nov.
15 |
Hannibal
crossed the Alps |
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Nov.
16 |
1873
- W.C. Handy's birthday
Harry Lennix' birthday
1892 - Behanzin defended his native land, Dahomey,
against France
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Nov.
17 |
1636
- Henrique Dias won battle against Dutch |
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Nov.
18 |
1787
- Sojouner Truth's birthday |
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Nov.
19 |
1953
- Roy Campanella named MVP in Nat'l Baseball League
Last
Quarter |
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Nov.
20 |
1962
- Discrimination banned in Federally Aided Housing
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Nov.
21 |
1865
- Shaw University founded |
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Nov.
22 |
1948
- Levi Jackson elected captain. Yale football
team |
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Nov.
23 |
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1980 - National Black Independent Party formed |
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Nov.
24 |
1957
- Jim Brown set record for yards gained
1868 - Scott Joplin's birthday |
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1955
- ICC banned segregation in interstate travel |
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Nov.
26 |
1883
- Sojourner Truth'd death |
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Nov.
27 |
Amina
Fola's birthday
Carron Jones Perry's birthday
New Moon
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Nov.
28 |
Berry
Gordy's Birthday |
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Nov.
29 |
1905
- Chicago Defender began publication |
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Nov.
30 |
Margaret
Kemp's birthday |
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