African American · African-American
Un calendario para contar este tema día a día: en cada día, el hecho más atado al tema (los demás, debajo). El botón tarjeta dibuja una imagen de ese día lista para publicar, con la fuente. Nadie ha elegido el tema: salió solo de la red (cómo); su nombre son las palabras que más distinguen sus hechos.
Enero
11 hecho ·
celebración · The last day of Kwanzaa (African Americans)
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
31 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1934 Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
82 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1867 The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
1 más ese día
nacimiento · 1735 John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (died 1815)
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1966 Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1908 The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
Febrero
21 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1922 James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (died 2002)
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1820 The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1989 Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1946 African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1952 Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1940 For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Marzo
51 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1945 Lena Baker, African American held captive post slavery-era (born 1900)
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1946 The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
Abril
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1947 The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1940 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1964 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
Mayo
21 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 2009 Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1935)
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1929 In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
Junio
62 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1966 March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category.
1 más ese día
nacimiento · 1952 Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1915 The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to African-Americans.
251 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1933 James Meredith, civil rights activist, first black man to graduate from the University of Mississippi
Julio
21 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1908 Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1993)
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1868 The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
131 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1935 Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (died 2009)
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1943 In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1967 Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
282 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1868 The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1917 Anti-lynching movement: The Silent Parade takes place in New York City, in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
312 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1874 Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 2019 Harold Prince, Broadway producer and director, who received more Tony awards than anyone else in history (born 1928)
Agosto
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1963 Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1968 James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1994 Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1955 Black teenager Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1967 Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Septiembre
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1992 NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47, which marks the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spacecraft, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
161 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1974 Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
191 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1948 Jeremy Irons, English actor, winner of multiple accolades (Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe)
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
Octubre
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 James Meredith becomes the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
231 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1946 Mel Martínez, American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
271 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1954 Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
Noviembre
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
73 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1989 Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1989 David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
acontecimiento · 1967 Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
82 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1892 The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1966 Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 2014 While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.
Diciembre
31 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1815 John Carroll, American archbishop (born 1735)
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1872 In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African American governor of a U.S. state following the impeachment of Henry C. Warmoth.
301 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1934 Tony Serra, American criminal defense and civil rights attorney, political activist and tax resister
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1983 Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever African American police commissioner.
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