November 1, 1945: Ebony Magazine was published with an initial press run of 25,000 copies.
November 1, 1951: Jet Magazine was released.
November 2, 1986: President Ronald Reagan signed into law, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to be recognized annually on the third Monday of January.
November 3, 1896: J.H. Hunter, a Black American inventor, patented a portable weighing scale.
November 4, 2008: Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th and the first Black President of the United States of America.
November 5, 1968: Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, representing the 12th District, New York City, became the first Black Congresswoman.
November 6, 1904: George Poage (1880-1962) track and field star became the first Black American to win an Olympic medal at St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games.
November 7, 1775: John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore and governor of the British colony of Virginia, drafted the Dunmore’s Proclamation which promised freedom to any indentured servants, enslaved Black people, or others held in bondage by American revolutionaries so long as they were willing to bear arms for British troops fighting against American forces during the Revolutionary War. The proclamation was published on November 14 of that year and was the first documented movement in America that attempted to free enslaved Black people.
PROVIDED BY: the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1921 Dandridge Ave., Knoxville, TN. Beck is the protector and storehouse of artifacts of the lives of Black East Tennesseans, which includes pictures, documents, souvenirs, historical accountings passed down, and more of the experiences of African-Americans in East Tennessee history, which maybe expanded to include Knox surrounding counties. For more information, visit BECK CULTURAL EXCHANGE CENTER
African American History & Culture, 1927 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville. Phone, 865.524.8461; Website, BeckCenter.net; or Email, BeckCenter@BeckCenter.net