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The Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919 | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - The infamous Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919 was part of the wave of racial and labor violence that swept the United States during the “Red Summer” of 1919....
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Longview, Texas Race Riot, 1919 | BlackPast.org
Mar 1, 2025 - The Longview Race Riot occurred on July 10-12 in this northeast Texas city where 1,790 blacks comprised 31% of the town’s 5,700 people in 1919. Racial tensions...
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Chicago Race Riot, 1919 | BlackPast.org
Mar 1, 2025 - On July 27, 1919 when large crowds of white and black patrons went to the Lake Michigan beach in Chicago, Illinois to seek relief from the 96 degree heat, an...
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Harold Delaney (1919-1994) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 24, 1919, Harold Delaney was one of several African American scientists to work on the Manhattan Project in World...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/emmett-john-rice-1919-2011/
Emmett John Rice (1919-2011) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Economist, academic scholar, and bank executive Emmett John Rice was born on December 21, 1919, in Florence, South Carolina to Ulysses Simpson Rice, a...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/hotesse-esteban-1919-1945/
Esteban Hotesse (1919-1945) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Esteban Hotesse was the only Dominican-born member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, as well as one of the few people born in a Spanish-speaking nation to serve...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/robinson-jack-jackie-roosevelt-1919-1972/
Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) | BlackPast.org
Mar 20, 2025 - When Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947 wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, he became the first African American in over fifty...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/detroit-stars-1919-1931/
Detroit Stars (1919-1931) | BlackPast.org
Apr 3, 2025 - The Detroit Stars were a Negro League baseball team founded in 1919 by Rube Foster, owner of the Chicago American Giants. They were co-owned by Tenny Blount....
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/robert-leander-martin-1919-2018/
Robert Leander Martin (1919 - 2018) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Robert Leander Martin was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Martin was born on February 9, 1919 to unnamed parents in Dubuque, Iowa. His...
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Amelia Robinson Jones (1919-2015) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - One of a handful of women to become members of the Tuskegee Airmen, Sergeant Amelia Robinson Jones was born on July 3, 1919, on Daufuskie Island, South...
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