John Mercer Langston, considered the first African

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John Mercer Langston, considered the first African

John Mercer Langston, considered the first African American to be elected to public office is elected clerk of Brownhelm, Ohio township

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African-American History Timeline: 1840 to 1849

Following states such as New York, Connecticut, Vermont and Ohio, Rhode Island also passes a personal liberty

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Historically black colleges and universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African American community due to the overwhelming majority of predominately white institutions of

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Nov

23

2010

Walker, Moses Fleetwood (1857-1924) - Death

Moses Fleetwood Walker died on May 11, 1924 and was buried in Steubenville, Ohio.

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11

1924

Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart (1837-1921)

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was born on May 10, 1837 to parents William Pinchback, a successful Virginia planter, and Eliza Stewart, his former slave. The younger Pinchback was born in Macon, Georgia during the family’s move from Virginia to their new home in Holmes County, Mississippi. In

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Langston, John Mercer (1829-1897)

John Mercer Langston, the youngest of four children, was born a free black in Louisa County, Virginia in 1829. Langston gained distinction as an abolitionist, politician, and attorney. Despite the prominence of his slaveowner father, Ralph Quarles, Langston took his surname from his mother, Lucy

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Nov

15

1897

Biden Hires Karine Jean-Pierre As Senior Adviser Amid Push To Engage Black Voters

Biden has already had an advantage with Black voters in the primary elections, especially over his former opponent Bernie

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(1874) John Mercer Langston, “Equality Before the Law”

John Mercer Langston, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights activist, was one of the earliest African American officeholders in the United States when in 1855 he was elected town clerk of Brownhelm, Township, Ohio. During the Civil War he recruited soldiers for the Massachusetts 54th Infantry

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Sep

4

1841

Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934) - Birthday

William Trotter was born on April 7, 1872, in Chillicothe, Ohio.

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Apr

7

1872

Beaty, Powhatan (1837–1916) - Death

Powhatan Beaty died on December 6, 1916, in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of seventy-nine.

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Dec

6

1916

'You Always Been Bodied': Fans Compliment Shereé Whitfield's Workout Routine

On Tuesday, May 19, the former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member posted a video on Instagram that showed her exercising

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Kappa Alpha Psi

Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African-American membership. Since the fraternitys founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin. The fraternity

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John Brown and His Raid on Harpers Ferry

The abolitionist John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures of the 19th century. During a few years of fame before his fateful raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Americans either regarded him as a noble hero or a dangerous

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National Equal Rights League (1864–1921)

Founded in Syracuse, New York in 1864, the National Equal Rights League (NERL) promoted full and immediate citizenship for African Americans. Created during the Civil War, the League based its call for full citizenship as compensation for military service in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. They

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Ida B’s Pulitzer - Both too late and right on time

Exactly one hundred and thirty-six years to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans in the era of

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Perry, Robert C. (1945- )

Robert Perry was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1945. He graduated from Hillside High School in that city in 1963. During his time in high school, Perry played in the marching band, was a member of the Honor Society, and served as president of his sophomore and senior classes. He was an acolyte

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Davis, Danny K. (1941- )

Danny K. Davis was born in Parkdale, Arkansas on September 6, 1941, the son of a sharecropper. He received a B.A. in history from Arkansas A.M. & N. College in 1961 and then moved to Chicago. In 1968 he earned an M.A. from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. degree from the Union Institute

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Sep

6

1941

List of first African-American mayors

In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to be elected to many local offices, such as sheriff or Justice of the Peace, and some became the first African-American mayors of cities and towns. After this brief period, African Americans found themselves

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American Beach, Jacksonville, Florida (1936- )

American Beach, the only beach in Florida that welcomed black Americans and offered safe, secure overnight accommodations during Jim Crow segregation, was founded in 1935 by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company (AALIC) which was established in 1901 to provide the Jacksonville, Florida black

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Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands | Afro

So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was only natural for Lester to spring into

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William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician and

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List of African-American neighborhoods

List of African-American neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

John Bazemore/AP

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar , (born June 27, 1872, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 9, 1906, Dayton), U.S. author whose reputation rests upon his verse and short stories written in black dialect. He was the first black writer in the U.S. to make a concerted attempt to live by his writings and one of the

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Jun

27

1872

Perry, Julia Amanda (1924-1979) - Death

Julia Amanda Perry died on April 29, 1979 in Akron, Ohio.

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Apr

29

1979

Hubbard, William DeHart (1903 –1976) - Birthday

Hubbard was born on November 25, 1903, in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Walnut Hills High School in that city.

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Nov

25

1903

, ...Millville, Indiana, U.S.—May 30, 1912, Dayton, Ohio) and his brother Orville Wright (August 19, 1871, Dayton—January

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Teresa Caldwell, Bow Wow's Mother, Opens Up About Her Rough Childhood, Surviving Homelessness, and Being the Star's Manager

To the world, Teresa Caldwell is the mother and manager to rapper Bow

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Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands

So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was only natural for Lester to spring into

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Minister of Haiti

John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti.

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Sep

27

1877

Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography: Writer, Reformer

Known for: author of Uncle Toms Cabin, a book which helped build anti-slavery sentiment in America and abroad

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