African American History Calendar

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February 2, 1807 - Congress bans foreign slave trade.

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February 4, 1913 - Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer who sparked Montgomery bus boycott, born.

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February 6, 1867 - Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degree in dentistry.

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February 8, 1968 - Three South Carolina State students killed during segregation protest in Orangeburg, S.C.

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February 10, 1989 - Ronald H. Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

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February 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years.

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February 12, 1909 - NAACP founded in New York City.

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February 13, 1970 - Joseph L. Searles becomes first Black member of the New York Stock Exchange.

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February 14, 1879 - B.K. Bruce of Mississippi becomes . http://calendar.africanamericanview.com/edit_entry.php?year=2013&month=02&day=01#tabpete

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February 21, 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated in New York.

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February 22, 1989 - Col. Frederick Gregory was the first African American to command a space shuttle mission.

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George Washington answers Phillis Wheatley's letter - 1776

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February 26, 1965 - Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson died after being shot by state police in Marion, Alabama

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February 27, 1988 - Debbi Thomas becomes first Black to win an Olympic medal in figure skating.

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Hattie McDaniel became first African American to win an Academy Award - 2/29/1940 (Leap Day)

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February 28, 1984 - Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy awards.