Historical Black/African American events that took place during each month:
January
January 31st, 1925, the Ku Klux Klan recruited through the pulpit through religious services at the First Baptist Church, German Episcopal Church, and Emmanuel Evangelical Church. Appleton Post Crescent.
February
February 24, 1969- The Association of African Americans, or the A.A.A, presented a list of 10 commands at Lawrence College that became known as the ‘Now or Never’ list. This list of commands demanded changes that are now common on other campuses.
March
On March 17, 1964, Alabama Governor George Wallace, a staunch segregationist, arrived in Appleton to launch his presidential campaign. Invited by the Appleton Rotary Club, Wallace spoke at the Conway Hotel and condemned the proposed Civil Rights bill as “the Involuntary Servitude Act of 1963.”
April
After Alabama Governor George Wallace came to Lawrence to discuss his ideas for segregation in his possible presidency, the Student Executive Committee (SEC), hosted a Civil Rights Week on campus in April. Several Black leaders spoke at the program including NAACP leaders such as Charles Evers and Sydney Finley.
May
May 22, 1916: Oshkosh Daily Northwestern reports the death of William Cleggett. After Cleggett’s death there were no longer black/African American people living in Appleton.
June
Juneteenth is celebrated June 19th, this was the day that African Americans found out that they were free from slavery two years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Juneteeth is celebrated every year by the African American community in the Fox Cities with a large festival celebrating this day.
July
July 13, 1901- Members of the Chicago Unions, a traveling Black baseball team, faced discrimination when a Black ballplayer was forced from the presence of white women while riding in a carriage.
August
August 2, 1915- The first report of hotels conspiring to deny Blacks service was reported in the Appleton Evening Crescent in 1915.
September
September 4, 1957- Nine black students integrate with white students at Central High School in Little Rock, AR in an attempt to start desegregation. These nine students are known as the Little Rock Nine.
October
October 2, 1963: Months of boycotting in Georgia come to an end when lunch counters and theaters desegregated.
November
November 6, 1953- Lawrence students wore blackface and performed a minstrel show as part of homecoming celebrations in the fall of 1953.
December
December 22, 1904- Emma Elmore, whose parents came from Mississippi, helped create a sense of community among Black people living in the Fox Cities by hosting social events.
January 31st, 1925, the Ku Klux Klan recruited through the pulpit through religious services at the First Baptist Church, German Episcopal Church, and Emmanuel Evangelical Church. Appleton Post Crescent.
February
February 24, 1969- The Association of African Americans, or the A.A.A, presented a list of 10 commands at Lawrence College that became known as the ‘Now or Never’ list. This list of commands demanded changes that are now common on other campuses.
March
On March 17, 1964, Alabama Governor George Wallace, a staunch segregationist, arrived in Appleton to launch his presidential campaign. Invited by the Appleton Rotary Club, Wallace spoke at the Conway Hotel and condemned the proposed Civil Rights bill as “the Involuntary Servitude Act of 1963.”
April
After Alabama Governor George Wallace came to Lawrence to discuss his ideas for segregation in his possible presidency, the Student Executive Committee (SEC), hosted a Civil Rights Week on campus in April. Several Black leaders spoke at the program including NAACP leaders such as Charles Evers and Sydney Finley.
May
May 22, 1916: Oshkosh Daily Northwestern reports the death of William Cleggett. After Cleggett’s death there were no longer black/African American people living in Appleton.
June
Juneteenth is celebrated June 19th, this was the day that African Americans found out that they were free from slavery two years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Juneteeth is celebrated every year by the African American community in the Fox Cities with a large festival celebrating this day.
July
July 13, 1901- Members of the Chicago Unions, a traveling Black baseball team, faced discrimination when a Black ballplayer was forced from the presence of white women while riding in a carriage.
August
August 2, 1915- The first report of hotels conspiring to deny Blacks service was reported in the Appleton Evening Crescent in 1915.
September
September 4, 1957- Nine black students integrate with white students at Central High School in Little Rock, AR in an attempt to start desegregation. These nine students are known as the Little Rock Nine.
October
October 2, 1963: Months of boycotting in Georgia come to an end when lunch counters and theaters desegregated.
November
November 6, 1953- Lawrence students wore blackface and performed a minstrel show as part of homecoming celebrations in the fall of 1953.
December
December 22, 1904- Emma Elmore, whose parents came from Mississippi, helped create a sense of community among Black people living in the Fox Cities by hosting social events.