Tuesday, November 1, 2011
This Week in Black history
November 1 First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H
Johnson, 1945
WEB DuBois began publication of NAACP monthly magazine,
"Crisis", 1910
November 2
November 3 JH Hunter patented the portable weighing scales, 1896
November 4 T. Elkins patented the refrigerating apparatus, 1879
November 5 George Brown became first Black Lt. Governor in US
(Colorado), 1974
Shirley Chisholm became first Black woman elected to
Congress, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn,
NY, 1968
Theo Wright becomes first Black to obtain Theology Degree
in US, 1836
Negro History Week initiated by Carter G Woodson, 1926
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