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Henry Blair received his first patent on October 14, 1834 for his seed planter invention.     Henry Blair received his first patent on October 14, 1834 for his seed planter invention. He was the second black man to patent his own creation. The Montgomery County, Maryland native looked for ways to help corn farmers […]

Rescue workers used trucks and chainsaws to dig out bodies in Japan’s crushed coastal towns, as Asia’s richest nation faces a nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands.

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Source From http://www.blackamericaweb.com Oscar Dunn was the first elected black former slave to serve as lieutenant governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction. The self-educated Dunn learned public speaking from the actors who often stayed in his mother’s lodging house. As a young man, Dunn fought with the 1st Louisiana Native Guards in the Civil War, the […]

<div>Legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.</div>

ABC-TV begins televising the Roots mini-series in 1977 (which would go on to be the most watched mini-series in history), based on Alex Haley’s book.

<div>Singer Sam Cooke, the son of a minister and believed by many to be the first father of soul music, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931.</div>

On January 20, 2001, Colin Luther Powell is sworn in by President George W. Bush as Secretary of State. He is the first black secretary of state in U.S. history.

On January 19, 1918 John H Johnson, publisher of “Ebony Magazine” and “Jet” was born. In 1982 he became the first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400.

On January 18, 1975, “The Jeffersons” premiered on television. It aired for 11 seasons, making it the longest-running series with a predominantly black cast.

On January 17, 1942 Boxing champion, Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He began boxing after his bike was stolen at age 12.