Homeowner at fault if tree falls on neighbor’s property under new proposed law

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Jan

0

2000

Cowboy BillPickett earnsthe

Cowboy Bill Pickett earns the title of inventor of Bull Dogging.

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May

4

1896

Inquest over Negro Killing

An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace T.M. Richards on September 24, 1928 over the killing of :Coote Simpsons, Negro, Twenty-second street, who was killed by the rifle of a Florida National Guardsman on special detail duty at noon on September 23, 1928 for refusing to leave his bicycle and go

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Jan

0

1999

Democratic squabbling doomed California’s “Year of housing production”. What will happen in 2021? - Black Voice News

In summary Despite entering 2020 with the governor and many legislators pushing for an increase in housing production, none of the bills put forth went into effect. The coronavirus pandemic has also put prospects for such bills in 2021 in doubt. Buffy Wicks was breastfeeding her four-week-old

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Storm of 1928

The hurricane that hit Palm Beach County Florida, on September 16, 1928, has been identified as the third largest death total, caused by a natural disastor, in the United States.

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Sep

16

1928

In Florida, restaurant employees can return to work without negative COVID-19 tests - TheGrio

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order that enables restaurant employees who had previously tested positive for COVID-19, to... View Article The post In Florida, restaurant employees can return to work without negative COVID-19 tests appeared first on TheGrio.

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U.S. Reports Highest Daily Number of Coronavirus Deaths Since May

The U.S. saw 1,499 coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday — the highest one-day total since May.

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Trump Shares Manipulated Video Of Biden Playing NWA's 'F--K Tha Police'

Donald Trump is once again sharing problematic, erroneous tweets, this time retweeting a video flagged by Twitter itself as 'manipulated media' which showed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden playing the

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Actress Ester Rolle born

Actress Ester Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida.

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Nov

8

1933

New York City Council passes bill prohibiting racial discrimination

New York City Council passed bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments.

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Feb

16

1951

Lydia Holmes patents wood toys

Lydia M. Holmes St. Augustine, Florida Patent No. 2,529,692 on November 14, 1950 are the plans for several easily assembled wooden pull toys including a bird, a truck and dog.

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Nov

14

1950

First Black Settlement on the Continent

Escaped slaves set up the Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose settlement near present-day Florida, the first black settlement on the continent, the Spanish king gives liberty to all slaves who cannot reach the settlement.

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Jan

0

1538

Seminoles

Seminoles and their Black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the West.

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Feb

25

1839

William "Bill" Richmond exits from retirement tofight an impromptu bout with J

William Bill Richmond exits from retirement to fight an impromptu bout with Jack Carter; he KOs Carter in three rounds; there is no record of Richmond fighting again.

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Jan

0

1818

Anti-Slavery Law

The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by proclamation.

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Aug

3

1865

Slavery

Africans and Spaniards establish settlements from what is present-day Florida to California, and as far north as present-day Kansas.

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Jan

0

1538

Segregation Movements

Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma

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Dec

24

1881

Race riots, Daytona Beach, Florida

Race riots, Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Nov

7

1970

More Racial disturbances

Forty injured in racial disturbances in Miami, Florida.

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Jul

5

1975

283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores

On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The

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Jul

18

1827

Lodge Bill

Lodge Bill, which called for federal supervision of U. elections, abandoned in the Senate after a Southern filibuster.

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Jan

22

1891

Slavery

Africans accompany Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvez on his expedition that is ship wrecked, leaving only four survivors, in southwestern Florida; this expedition continues with Narvaezs successor, Alvar nunez Calbeza de Vaca.

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Jan

0

1527

Leander Jay Shaw, Jr., justice of the Florida State Supreme Court (1983), first

Leander Jay Shaw, Jr., justice of the Florida State Supreme Court (1983), first African American chief justice (1990) in Florida, the second African American chief justice in any state supreme court, born

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Sep

6

1930

Racial disturbance

Racial disturbance, Jacksonville, Florida.

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Jun

16

1971

William "Bill" Richmond fights and loses to Tom Cribb, English boxing champion

William Bill Richmond fights and loses to Tom Cribb, English boxing champion, Halsham, England; it is the first time a black Americn athlete competes for a world title in any sport.

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Jan

0

1805

Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment

Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmens Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas

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Feb

5

1866

Asa Philip Randoplh born

Asa Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was born in Crescent City, Florida.

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Apr

15

1899

Reconstruction of the South began with the

Reconstruction of the South began with the registering of Black and white voters in the South. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan ordered registration to begin in Louisiana on May 1 and to continue until June 30. Registration began in Arkansas in May. Other states followed in June and July. By the end of

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May

1

1867

George H. White

George H. White, the only African American member of the U.S. House of Representatives, (1896) and the first to introduce an antilynching bill, born. He also founded Whitesboro, N,J, as a haven for African Americans escaping Southern racism.

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Dec

18

1852

William Herbert Gray, III (Bill Gray) was born on this day.

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Aug

20

1941

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