*On this date in 1889, Claude Barnett was born. He was an African American journalist and entrepreneur.
From Sanford, Fla., Claude Albert...
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Mon, 1889-09-16
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Tue, 1890-01-07
On this date in 1890, William B. Purvis was awarded a patent for a fountain pen.
Purvis was from Philadelphia and obtained his first...
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Sat, 1890-01-25
*On this date in 1890, the National Afro-American League was formed. Put together by Timothy Thomas Fortune it preceded the NAACP.
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Tue, 1890-03-04
*For this date, the Registry celebrates the founding of the Black town of Langston Oklahoma, in 1890.
This municipality is of national...
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Tue, 1890-12-09
On this date in 1890 John P. Parker, African-American businessman, and abolitionist patented the Soil Pulverizer.
This agricultural...
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Tue, 1891-04-28
*On this date in 1891, inventor George Toliver was awarded a patent for ship vessel’s propeller.
This African-American inventor’s patent...
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Mon, 1892-07-04
On this date in 1892, A. G. Gaston was born. He was an African American businessman and financial activist.
Born Arthur George Gaston...
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Sat, 1892-08-13
*On this date in 1892, the first issue of the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper hit the streets. This black owned and operated newspaper has...
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Tue, 1892-12-06
Theodore Lawless was born on this date in 1892. He was an African-American dermatologist, philanthropist, and medical pioneer.
He was...
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Tue, 1894-01-16
The founding of the Butler Street YMCA in 1894 is celebrated in this date.
Located in Atlanta, this facility was informally known as The...
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Wed, 1894-02-14
*On this date in 1894, Mary Dawson was born. She was an African-American musician, administrator, and teacher and the founding director of the...
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Sun, 1894-02-18
*The birth of Paul Williams in 1894 is marked on this date. He was an African-American architect.
Born in Los Angeles, Williams grew up...
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Tue, 1896-07-21
On this date in 1896, the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, (NACWC) was organized. The merger of National Federation of Afro-...
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Sat, 1896-10-24
On this date, Marjorie Stewart Joyner was born in 1896. She was an African-American businesswoman and humanitarian.
Born in Monterey in...
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Tue, 1897-02-02
*On this date in 1897, the Ice Cream Scoop was patented. Alfred L. Cralle, an African-American inventor, was its creator.
The ice cream...
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Mon, 1898-08-22
The founding of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (NCM) in 1898 is celebrated on this date.
Founded by John Merrick, it is...
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Tue, 1898-11-15
On this date in 1898, Lydia O. Newman, an African American of New York City acquired a patent for the hair brush.
Newman’s invention...
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Tue, 1899-01-17
Abram Harris, an African-American economist, was born on the date in 1899 in Richmond, Virginia.
Abram Lincoln Harris Jr. made...
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Tue, 1899-05-09
On this date 1899, John Albert Burr invented one of the first rotary-blade lawn mowers.
This Black inventors Patent number is #624,749....
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Sat, 1899-06-10
On this date in 1899, the Black Elks were formed. This historically Black non-profit charitable fraternal organization is still operating....