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Charles Drew, developer of Blood Plasma, dies 1950
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1984: Georgetown coach John Thompson becomes first black coach to win NCAA baske
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Martin Luther King assassinated - 1968
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Washington DC outlaws segregation in restaurants
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Matthew A. Henson reaches the North Pole - 1909
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1959: Lorraine Hansberry becomes first black playright New York Critics award
Frank Robinson named Cleveland Indians manager - 1975
Granville T. Woods patents apparatus for transmission of messages by electricity
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Hank Aaron hits 715 home run - 1974
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1816: African Methodist Episcopal Church formed
Congress overrides presidential veto of Civil Rights Bill - 1866
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1816: Richard Allen becomes first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Chur
Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play major league baseball
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1997: World largest African-American History museum opens in Detroit
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1983: Harold Washington becomes first black mayor of Chicago
Confederates attack Fort Sumter - 1861
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1997: Tiger Woods wins Masters Golf Tournament
Historian Carter G. Woodson, author of "The Miseducation of the Negro", died
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1775: First abolitionist society in U.S. founded
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Sidney Poitier becomes first Black to win Academy Award for Best Actor - 1964
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Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia - 1862
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1983: Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for The Color Purple
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Indians and African Americans defeated at the battle of Sewanee - 1818
More than 200 Black Union troops massacred by Confederate forces - 1864
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1972: Major Davidson becomes first black to lead an army division
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2010: Dorothy Height dies
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African explorers visit St. Augustine, Florida - 1565
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1856: Granville T. Woods inventor of the steam boiler born
Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus patents photographic print wash - 1895
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United Negro College Fund Incorporated - 1944
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1918: Ella Fitzgerald born
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Sarah Boone patents ironing board - 1888
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Sierra Leone attains independence - 1961
Vincent Porter becomes first African American certified in plastic surgery - 196
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2009: Sojourner Truth first black woman to have a memorial in U.S. Capitol
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1899: Duke Ellington born
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Freedman's Bureau established - 1865
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April 1, 1950 - Charles R. Drew, who developed techniques for processing and preserving blood, died.
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1984: Georgetown coach John Thompson becomes first black coach to win NCAA basketball tournament.
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April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King assassinated.
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1951: Washington DC Municipal Court of Appeals outlaws segregation in restaurants.
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April 6, 1909 - Matthew A. Henson reaches the North Pole, 45 minutes before Commandeer Peary.
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1959: Lorraine Hansberry becomes first black playright New York Drama Critics Circle Award (for a Raisin in the Sun).
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Frank Robinson named Cleveland Indians manager - 1975
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April 7, 1885 - Granville T. Woods patents apparatus for transmission of messages by electricity.
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April 8, 1974 - Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron hits 715 home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as the game's all-time home-run leader.
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1816: African Methodist Episcopal(A.M.E.) Church formed.
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Congress overrides presidential veto of Civil Rights Bill - 1866
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1816: Richard Allen consecrated first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal(A.M.E.) Church
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Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play major league baseball.
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1997: The Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History Museum, the world's largest of it's kind, opens in Detroit.
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1983: Harold Washington becomes first African-American mayor of Chicago.
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Confederates attack Fort Sumter - 1861
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1997: Tiger Woods wins Masters Golf Tournamen
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April 13, 1950 - Historian Carter G. Woodson, author of "The Miseducation of the Negro", died.
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1775: First abolitionist society in U.S. is founded in Philadelphia.
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April 15, 1964 - Sidney Poitier becomes first Black to win Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field.
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April 16, 1862 - Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia.
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1983: Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Color Purple.
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1818 - Indians and African Americans defeated at the battle of Sewanee.
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April 18, 1864 - More than 200 Black Union troops massacred by Confederate forces at Ft. Pillow, Tennessee.
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1972: Stationed in Germany, Major General Frederick E. Davidson becomes first black to lead an army division.
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2010: Dorothy Height leading female voice of the 1960's civil rights movement, dies.
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African explorers visit St. Augustine, Florida - 1565
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1856: Granville T. Woods inventor of the steam boiler and automobile air brakes, born
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April 23, 1895 - Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus patents photographic print wash.
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April 24, 1944 - United Negro College Fund Incorporated.
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1918: Ella Fitzgerald, 'First Lady of Song," born
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April 26, 1888 - Sarah Boone patents ironing board.
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Sierra Leone attains independence - 1961
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April 27, 1968 - Vincent Porter becomes first African American certified in plastic surgery.
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2009: Sojourner Truth, former slave turned abolitionist, becomes first African-American woman to have a memorial in the U.S. Capitol.
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1899: Duke Ellington, jazz musician and composer, born
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Freedman's Bureau established - 1865
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