Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the

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Poor People’s Campaign to move forward virtually after 57 years

Labor unions, religious organizations, faith and civic rights leaders, The Women’s March and numerous celebrities will gather virtually Saturday (June 20) for “The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral

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Spingarn Award: William Taylor

Spingarn Medal awarded to William Taylor Burwell Williams, Tuskegee dean and agent of the Jeanes and Slater funds, for his achievements as an educator.

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Dec

15

1934

Spingarn Medal: Andrew J. Young

Spingarn Medal presented to Ambassador Andrew J. Young in recognition of the deftness with which he has handled relations between this nation and other countries and for his major role in raising the consciousness of American citizens to the significance in world affairs of the massive African

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Nov

18

1978

(1968) Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

No. 645 Argued: April 1-2, 1968 --- Decided: June 17, 1968

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Source: Black Past

Jun

17

1968

Alabama and Mississippi Democrats bolted the

Alabama and Mississippi Democrats bolted the Democratic convention after adoption of a strong civil rights plank.

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Jul

14

1948

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the

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Spingarn Medal:Rosa L. Parks

Spingarn Medal awarded to Rosa L. Parks, who was the Catalyst in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56.

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Nov

15

1979

Spingarn Award: Richard Wright

Spingarn Medal presented to novelist Richard Wright, one of the most powerful of contemporary writer, for his powerful depiction in his books, Uncle Toms Children, and Native Son, of the effect of proscription, segregation and denial of opportunities to the American Negro.

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Dec

7

1941

(1987) Clarence Thomas, “Why Black Americans Should Look to Conservative Politics”

Much has been said about blacks and conservatism. Those on the Left smugly assume blacks are monolithic and will by force of circumstances always huddle to the left of the political spectrum. The political Right watches this herd mentality in action, concedes that blacks are monolithic, picks up

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Grimké, Archibald Henry

Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849–1930, African-American author and crusader for black advancement, b. near Charleston, S.C. The son of a white father and a slave mother, he was graduated from Lincoln Univ. (B.A., 1870 M.A., 1872) and, with the help of his aunt, Sarah Moore Grimké , from Harvard

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Spingarn Medal

Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Dec

5

1957

Dallas awarded $50,000 to preserve civil rights history | Dallas Weekly

Dallas awarded $50,000 to preserve civil rights history

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Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination (1949)

Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination

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Spingarn Medal: Carter G. Woodson

Spingarn Medal awarded to Carter G. Woodson for ten years devoted service in collecting and publishing the records of the Negro in America.

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Jul

26

1926

Exclusive: Blavity Publishes Erica Garner's Final Essay On Her Relentless Fight For Justice - Blavity

In the three years after her father’s death, Erica marched, rallied, advocated, got involved politically and wrote essays calling on prosecutors to release their findings from a three-year federal civil rights investigation by the Justice Department into her

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States [5] that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.[6] It prohibited unequal application of voter registration

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Verizon joins growing Facebook advertising boycott

Verizon Communications said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook in July, in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its

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Source: TechCentral

Spingarn Medal: W.E.B. DuBois

Spingarn Medal awarded to W.E.B. Du Bois for the founding and calling of the Pan African Congress.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

6

1920

Kurt L. Schmoke

Kurt L. Schmoke is the President of the University of Baltimore. Prior to his current role, Schmoke’s commitment to public service led him to focus on increasing Howard University’s bar passage rate where he served as the law school’s dean and to expand its clinical law program to emphasize

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Roy Wilkins

Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s.[1] [2] Wilkins most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Aug

30

1901

Civil Rights Groups Ask Advertisers To Stop Buying Facebook Ads In July

Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its

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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Lacey needs to re-examine questionable shootings

That is the number of times deadly force has been used by the Los Angeles Police Department and L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies in the past two

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Spingarn Medal Given to Carl Murphy

Carl Murphy, publisher of the Baltimore Afro-American, awarded Spingarn Medal for his contributions as a publisher and civil rights leader.

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Dec

5

1955

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, ET

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Spingarn Medal Awarded: Charles S. Gilpin

Spingarn Medal awarded to actor Charles S. Gilpin for his performance in the title role of Emperor Jones.

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Dec

21

1921

Early Civil Rights Leader

Archibald H. Grimke (1849-1930) was the second African-American to graduate from Harvard Law School (1874). While struggling to establish a law practice in Boston, he started the first Black newspaper in New England, the Hub, in 1883. The paper, a voice of protest for Blacks in New England, lasted

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Representatives, Senators, Governors… Who Else Is On The November Ballot?

Open U.S. House of Representative Seats in the 2020

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(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”

By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans. In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the

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Jul

4

1776

Aretha Franklin

Best Known

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