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Article: This Week in Black History
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- October 21, 2009
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Week of October 22-28
October 22
1906-Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in Philadelphia to protest a theatrical production of Thomas Dixon's racist play-"The Clansman." The play essentially praised the Ku Klux Klan while demeaning Blacks.
1936-Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale is born in Dallas, Texas.
1953-Clarence S. Green becomes the first African-American certified as a neurological surgeon.
October 23
1775-The Continental Congress approves a resolution barring free Blacks from the army fighting for American independence from England. The resolution came even though many free Blacks were already fighting in the war. The motive behind the resolution came from the ...