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May 1, 1946 ~ Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named "American Mother of the Year" by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first African-American woman to receive the honor.

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May 2, 1920 ~ First game of the National Negro Baseball League is played in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis ABCs beat the Chicago Giants 4-2. In spite of some early hiccups, the Negro Leagues went on to produce some major stars, including Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Cool Papa Bell & Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier of modern MLB by suiting up for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

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May 3, 1948 ~The Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that restrictive covenants in real property deeds which prohibited the sale of property to non-Caucasians unconstitutionally violate the equal protection provision of the Fourteenth Amendment.

law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/t

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May 4, 1891 ~ Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founds the Provident Hospital and Training Center in Chicago, Ill. It beยญcomes a major training center for Black doctors and nurses.
Williams is best known, however, for performยญing the nationโ€™s first open heart surยญgery on July 9, 1893. He operated on a man injured in a knife fight. The man would live for another 20 years after the surgery.

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May 5, 1905 ~ Robert Sengstacke Abbott founds the Chicago Defender newsยญpaper calling it โ€œthe worldโ€™s greatest weekly.โ€ Indeed, he would build the Defender into the largest circulation and most influential Black newspaยญper of its day. The Defender came to be known as โ€œAmericaโ€™s Black Newspaperโ€ and made Abbott one of the first self-made millionยญaires of African American descent.

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May 6, 1787 ~ Prince Hall organizes the nationโ€™s first Black Masonic lodge in Boston, Mass.โ€”African Lodge #459. Hall would go on to become the father of Black Masons in Amerยญica and a major Black leader in the Northeast.

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May 7, 1845 ~ Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African American registered nurse is born in Dorcester, Massachusetts.

In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing.

Mahoney received several honors and awards for her work. She was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 1976 and the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.

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May 8, 1983 ~ Lena Horne, an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist is awarded the Spingarn Medal for distinguished career in the field of entertainment.

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May 9, 1987 ~Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray became the first player in big league history to launch home runs from both sides of the plate in back-to-back games.

Missed posting the Black History thread yesterday.

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May 10, 2019 ~ Rihanna announces her new upmarket fashion label Fenty with world's largest luxury group LVMH, their first black female designer.

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May 10, 1975 ~ Natalie Cole releases her debut album "Inseparable" (wins 2 Grammy Awards)

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May 12, 1862~ In a bold and heroic endeavor, Robert Smalls led 12 other slaves and stole a Confederate warship, then turning it over to Union forces.

Smalls, a wheelman, quickly organized the Black crew and steered the ship out of Charleston harbor right past the unsuspecting Confederate forces.

For his daring deed, Smalls was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant. After the Civil War, he was elected congressman from South Carolina.

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May 13, 1962 ~ Ossie Davis' comedic stage farce "Purlie Victorious", starring the playwright, closes the Longacre, Theatre, NYC, after 261 performances.

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May 15, 1911~ Kappa Alpha Nu became the first incorporated Black fraternity in the US.

Born in the face of racism, the fraternity changed its name after incidents of bigotry. During a track event, a misunderstanding led to the mispronunciation of the fraternity's name, highlighting the need for change.
Thus, the fraternity adopted the Greek letter "ฮจ" in place of "N," solidifying its identity as Kappa Alpha Psiยฎ

kappaalphapsi1911.com/

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May 16, 1964 ~ Motown Records has its first No. 1 hit with Mary Wells' โ€œMy Guy"

Wells, who was known as the โ€œQueen of Motown,โ€ became a defining artist in the creation of the labelโ€™s sound in the early 1960s along with the Supremes, the Miracles, the Temptations and the Four Tops. She was also credited with being a part of the movement of African-American music onto major radio stations in mainstream America.

youtu.be/_E50THbPX-0

Missed posting to my thread yesterday

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May 17, 1988 ~ Dr. Patricia E. Bath of Los Angeles, a renowned ophthalmologist, laser scientist, and Black woman, patented an apparatus that efficiently removes cataracts by using laser technology becoming the first Black female doctor to receive a medical patent.

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May 18, 1896~ The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Plessy v. Ferguson court case to uphold a Louisiana state law allowing โ€œseparate but equalโ€ facilities for white and Black railroad passengers.

It wasnโ€™t until another landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Ed in 1954, and several civil rights acts passed by Congress in the 1950s and โ€™60s, that state-sanctioned segregation laws (Jim Crow laws) were dismantled in the US.

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May 19, 2023 ~ Ghanaian-British activist and entrepreneur Yvette Tetteh makes history by swimming the length of Ghanaโ€™s Volta River (450 kilometers) from the town of Buipe to Ada to bring to light the issue of textile waste or water pollution.

face2faceafrica.com/article/wo

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May 20, 2003 ~ Serena Williams wins Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year.

laureus.com/world-sports-award

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May 21, 2009 ~ James Young is elected mayor of Philaยญdelphia, Miss., a town which during the 1960s had the nationโ€™s most racยญist reputation. Ku Klux Klan memยญbers dominated the town and it was known for the mistreatment and unpunished killings of Blacks. One of the most brutal events in the city was the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. In his 2009 election victory, Young captured 30 percent of the White vote.

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May 22, 1959 ~ Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father was the first African American general in the U.S. Army

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May 29, 2024 ~ Major League Baseball incorporated the statistics of former Negro Leagues players into its historical records on its website, meaning legendary leaders in some categories like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb have now been replaced in the record books by players who were not allowed to play on the same fields as them during segregation.

cnn.com/2024/05/29/sport/josh-

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๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽต I love that old Motown music so much. We still crank up the sound when it comes on. ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ

@BrazenlyLiberal me too. That was good music. I'm not too sure about what we have now.

@nursefrombirth

This is true but our neighborhoods & schools are largely segregated to this day. The proliferation of private schools have placed a part in this issue. Also, legislation has.not & will not change the hearts of many bigoted individuals!

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