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1969-02-06 Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch of the NAACP Page 4

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to go to Belgium to earn the degree. he was inaugurated as President of Georgetown University in 1874. 

JOHN S. ROCK, became the first Negro admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1865. 

MATTHEW HENSON, the only man to accompany Admiral Peary on all of his polar expeditions, was actually the first to reach the North Pole, Admiral Peary, unable to walk, arrived later to confirm Henson's reading of their position. 

ISIASH DORMAN, a negro who had lived among the Sioux Indians was one of those who died in the first fighting of Custer's troops at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He joined Custer as an interpreter and his was one of the few bodies that was not scalped or otherwise mutilated. According to one account, Dorman was found wounded and dying by Sitting Bull who ordered that his body not be harmed. 

WILLIAM TUCKER, was the first Negro child to be born in America. He was born in 1624. 

SAMUEL A. MAVERICK, a careless Negro cowboy who failed to keep track of his cattle, , is responsible for every unbranded, unclaimed, wandering animal being known as a maverick.

GARRETT A. MORGAN, was the inventor of the gas mask and the first electric stoplight signal.

DR. DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS, performed the first successful operation on the human heart in Chicago at Provident Hospital in 1893. He also was the founder of Provident Hospital and Training school. It was the first training school for Negro nurses. 

IGNACIO RAMIREZ, an ex-slave, was the first person in California to receive a Christian burial.

JOHN P. BECKWORTH, a Negro scout, trader, trapper and adventurer, who went to California in 1844, had a Pass which he discovered in 1850, named after him. He reportedly guided many early migrant wagon trains through the much used Pass: a monument to his memory was erected at the summit of it. A city, valley and mountain in Northern California also bear his name. 

JAMES W. C. PENNINGTON, launched Negro History in 1841. The name of his book was A text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People. he was a runaway slave who at the age of twenty one or more years learned to read and write. He became distinguished in Latin, Greek and German, so much so that the University of Heidelberg recognized his achievements by conferring on him the honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity. 

SAMUEL COLERIDGE - TAYLOR , a Negro, was one of the greatest musicians England ever had. 

BENJAMIN BANNEKER The grandson of an African prince, constructed the first clock ever made in America. It served, effectively, striking the hours for ten years. An Astronomer, he also helped to lay out the city of Washington D.C.

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-4- to go to Belgium to earn the degree. he was inaugurated as President of Georgetown University in 1874. JOHN S. ROCK, became the first Negro admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1865. MATTHEW HENSON, the only man to accompany Admiral Peary on all of his polar expeditions, was actually the first to reach the North Pole, Admiral Peary, unable to walk, arrived later to confirm Henson's reading of their position. ISIASH DORMAN, a negro who had lived among the Sioux Indians was one of those who died in the first fighting of Custer's troops at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He joined Custer as an interpreter and his was one of the few bodies that was not scalped or otherwise mutilated. According to one account, Dorman was found wounded and dying by Sitting Bull who ordered that his body not be harmed. WILLIAM TUCKER, was the first Negro child to be born in America. He was born in 1624. SAMUEL A. MAVERICK, a careless Negro cowboy who failed to keep track of his cattle, , is responsible for every unbranded, unclaimed, wandering animal being known as a maverick. GARRETT A. MORGAN, was the inventor of the gas mask and the first electric stoplight signal. DR. DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS, performed the first successful operation on the human heart in Chicago at Provident Hospital in 1893. He also was the founder of Provident Hospital and Training school. It was the first training school for Negro nurses. IGNACIO RAMIREZ, an ex-slave, was the first person in California to receive a Christian burial. JOHN P. BECKWORTH, a Negro scout, trader, trapper and adventurer, who went to California in 1844, had a Pass which he discovered in 1850, named after him. He reportedly guided many early migrant wagon trains through the much used Pass: a monument to his memory was erected at the summit of it. A city, valley and mountain in Northern California also bear his name. JAMES W. C. PENNINGTON, launched Negro History in 1841. The name of his book was A text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People. he was a runaway slave who at the age of twenty one or more years learned to read and write. He became distinguished in Latin, Greek and German, so much so that the University of Heidelberg recognized his achievements by conferring on him the honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity. SAMUEL COLERIDGE - TAYLOR , a Negro, was one of the greatest musicians England ever had. BENJAMIN BANNEKER The grandson of an African prince, constructed the first clock ever made in America. It served, effectively, striking the hours for ten years. An Astronomer, he also helped to lay out the city of Washington D.C.