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Malcolm X (19 May 1925-21 Feb. 1965), African-American religious and political leader also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Earl Little and Louise (also Louisa) Norton, both activists in the Universal Negro Improvement Association established by Marcus Garvey. Earl Little, a Georgia-born itinerant Baptist preacher, encountered considerable racial harassment because of his black nationalist views. He moved his family sev

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May 1, 1867 - First four students enter Howard University. May 4, 1961 - "Freedom Riders" begin protesting segregation of interstate bus travel in the South. May 5, 1988 - Eugene Marino becomes first African American installed as a Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. May 6, 1991 - The Smithsonian Institution approves the creation of the National African American Museum. May 7, 1878 - Joseph R. Winters patents first fire escape ladder. May 10, 1950 - Boston Celtics select Ch

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According to a study released by the Council of the Great City Schools, by fourth grade only 12 percent of black male students read at or above grade level, while 38 percent of white males do. By eighth grade it falls to just 9 percent for black males, 33 percent for whites. Black male students are almost twice as likely as white males to drop out of school. And in some big American cities the dropout rate is around 50 percent. Let’s not spend another second pontificating abo

February 1, 1902 - Playwright, poet, author Langston Hughes born February 2, 1807 - Congress bans foreign slave trade. February 3, 1956 - Autherine Lucy enrolls as the first African American student at the University of Alabama. February 4, 1913 - Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer who sparked Montgomery bus boycott, born. February 5, 1934 - Major league home run champion Hank Aaron born. February 6, 1867 - Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degre

Harriet Tubman was born to enslaved parents in Dorchester County, Maryland, and originally named Araminta Harriet Ross. Her mother, Harriet “ Old Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess. Her father, Ben (Old Ben) Ross, was owned by Anthony Thompson, who eventually married Mary Brodess. Araminta, or “Minty,” was one of nine children. While the year of Araminta’s birth is unknown, it probably occurred between 1820 and 1825. Minty’s early life was full of hardship. Mary B