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On October 11, 1963 Malcolm X gave a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in which he outlined the philosophy of Black nationalism...
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On October 25, 1940 Benjamin O. Davis became the first Black general in the U.S. Army.
On October 20, 1946 W.E.B. Du Bois, at 78, delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia, South...
On October 19, 1944 The US Navy announced that Black women would be permitted to join Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). The...
On October 11, 1963 Malcolm X gave a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in which he outlined the philosophy of Black nationalism...
On October 10, 1979 Hazel Johnson-Brown, nurse, educator, and Army leader, overcame adversity to become the first Black female general and first Black chief...
On October 9, 1984 W. Wilson Goode became the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia, PA.
On October 8, 1966 Andrew J. Young was elected chairman of the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), a coalition of civil rights and...
On October 7, 1993 Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
On October 6, 1871 The nine-member choir embarked on a national fundraising tour for Fisk. This group, known as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, introduced...
On October 5, 1995 Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, three months before her death, received the Sylvanus Thayer Award, named in honor of Sylvanus Thayer, Class...
On October 4, 1988 The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building was dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the...
On October 3, 1949 First Black Radio Station, WERD, began operating in Atlanta, GA.
On October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. Thurgood Marshall had already transformed American law....
