House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, sending it to Biden's desk

Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First Freedpeople

In the article below Jill L. Newmark, exhibition specialist in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, describes thefirst hospital sponsored by the United States government specifically to meet the health care

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Source: Black Past

Elizabeth City State University (1891- )

Elizabeth City State University was established in 1891 as a response to a bill, enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, which proposed the creation of a normal school for the training of black teachers in the state. Located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the University is

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Anti-lynching Bill Proposed

African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

20

1900

Dellums, Ronald Vernie (1935- )

Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on November 24, 1935 in Oakland, California to Willa Terry Dellums and Vernie Dellums. His father Vernie Dellums was a longshoreman, and his mother was a labor organizer. As a child, Ron attended St. Patrick Catholic School in

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Source: Black Past

Feb

6

1998

Trafficking alert for farm workers

A showdown also looms between Jamaica’s Office of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, which claims the former did not consult it on a report which paints a negative picture of a programme depended on by thousands of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jefferson Davis Signed Bill

Jefferson Davis signed bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers in the Confederate army.

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Mar

13

1861

(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"

In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President, fellow Tennessean, Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address. That address appears

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Source: Black Past

Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure ones ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or

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Civil Rights Bill Passed

Civil Rights Bill passed over the presidents veto. The bill conferred citizenship on Blacks and gave them the same right, in every State and Territory... as is enjoyed by white citizens.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Apr

9

1866

Assembly bill is a Trojan Horse for costly hydroelectric project near Joshua Tree | Black Voice News

Assembly Bill 2255 is the latest attempt to require California ratepayers finance the bailout of the Eagle Mountain

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

(1875) Congressman James T. Rapier, “Half Free, Half Slave”

On February 4, 1875, Congressman James T. Rapier of Alabama, rose on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to support the Civil Right bill then before Congress which when enacted later that year became the Civil Rights Act of 1875. His speech appears

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Feb

4

1875

Civil Rights Act of 1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1968, (Pub.L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968), also known as the Fair Housing Act, is a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a federal crime

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Apr

4

1968

Harriet Tubman Facts: Underground Railroad and More

Harriet Tubman was a fugitive slave, underground railroad conductor, abolitionist, spy, soldier, Civil War, African American, nurse, known for her work with Underground Railroad, Civil War service, and later, her advocacy of civil rights and woman

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Source: ThoughtCo

Mar

10

1913

(1867) Thaddeus Stevens, “Reconstruction”

In 1867 Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner led the campaign for full voting rights for African Americans across the nation. In the speech below which Stevens gave in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 1867 supporting the Reconstruction

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Source: Black Past

Jan

3

1867

(1874) Congressman Richard Harvey Cain, “All We Ask Is Equal Laws, Equal Legislation And Equal Rights”

During an 1874 Congressional debate over the Civil Rights Bill then being considered, South Carolina Representative Richard Harvey Cain responds to attacks on the proposed legislation. His speech appears

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Source: Black Past

Slaves Petition for Freedom

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the state legislature for freedom. A bill was drawn and passed by the Mass. legislature. But the governor witheld approval and the measure never became law.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

25

1773

(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"

? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States. It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North. In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p

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Clarke, Hansen Hashem (1957- )

Hansen Clarke is a Democratic politician, lawyer, and artist who represented the 13th District of Michigan in the U.S. Congress between 2011 and 2013. Born March 2, 1957 in Detroit, his father, Mozaffar Ali Hashem, was an undocumented Bangladeshi immigrant, and his mother Thelma Clarke was African

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Post–Civil Rights era in African-American history

The Post–Civil Rights era in African-American history is defined as the time period in the United States since Congressional passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act, major federal legislation that ended legal segregation, gained federal

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Korematsu v. United States

Korematsu v. US

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Dec

18

1944

8 Printout Activities for Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil rights activist. He was born on January 15, 1929, and given the name Michael King, Jr. His father, Michael King Sr. later changed his name to Martin Luther King in honor of the Protestant religious leader. Martin Luther King, Jr. would

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Pacific Bound: California’s 1852 Fugitive Slave Law

In 1852, California legislators passed a harsh fugitive slave law that condemned dozens of African American migrants to deportation and lifelong slavery. Historian Stacey L. Smith examines the legal travails of three accused fugitive slaves to illuminate the social relations of slavery in gold rush

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Source: Black Past

Apr

15

1852

Ransier, Alonzo J. (1834-1882)

Alonzo Jacob Ransier, an African American Republican from South Carolina, held a series of political posts during the Reconstruction era. Ransier was born a free black man in Charleston in 1834. Little is known of his childhood and early education. At the end of the Civil War he worked as

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Aug

17

1882

Black school

Black schools originated under legal segregation in the southern United States after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, in southern states public policy to keep races separated and maintain white supremacy. In the United States white opposition to African-American success resulted in

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Black Panther Party

Black Panthers redirects here. Black nationalism

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Bluefield State College (1895-- )

Bluefield State College is one of the firsthistorically black colleges (HCBUs) to become a predominantly whiteinstitution. The college was opened in1895 as the Bluefield Colored Institute after the expansion of the Morrill Actin 1890 to provide funding for African American colleges from the sale

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Seychelles: In a Bid to Protect Children From Harm, Seychelles Bans Corporal Punishment in the Home

In a bid to protect children from violence in the home, Seychelles' National Assembly has passed a law banning corporal

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Source: allAfrica.com

Senator Brian A. Benjamin

Chairman of Committee on Revenue and Budget

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Source: The New York State Senate

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

Wu-Tang Clans official music video for C.R.E.A.M.. Click to listen to Wu-Tang Clan on

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Johnson, Henry C. “Hank” Jr. (1954- )

Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. represents Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. The district includes DeKalb County, where Johnson has lived and worked for the past several decades, as well as parts of Gwinnett and Rockdale Counties. Johnson is

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