 August of 1619
1st Africans were brought to Jamestown, VA as slaves
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August 2, 1850: Underground Railroad was started
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August 7, 1970: Jonathan Jackson's Marin County, CA Courthouse Rebellion |
August 8, 1978: The MOVE Family was bombed by Philadelphia police |
August 8, 1950: Birth of Dr. Mutulu Shakur (New Afrikan prisoner of war) |
August 11, 1965: Watts Rebellion began |
August 17, 1887: Birth of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey Father of Black Nationalism |
August 18, 1971: Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA) was raided by Mississippi police and FBI agents |
August 21, 1831: “Prophet” Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion August 22, 1843: Henry Highland Garnett's Slave Strike |
August 21, 1971: George Jackson's San Quentin Prison Rebellion |
August 22, 1989: Transition of Huey P. Newton Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense |
August 22, 1791: Haitian Revolution began, led by Toussaint Louverture & Jean-Jacques Dessalines |
August 27, 1963: Transition of the Great Scholar & Educator W.E.B. Dubois who died in Ghana |
August 28, 1955: Emmett Till was lynched.
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August 30, 1800: Gabriel Prosser's Slave Rebellion |
August 30, 1948: Birth of Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. of the Chicago, Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense |
August 28, 1963: March on Washington |
