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Jan

7

2002

1768 - A black man convicted of rape is sentenced to death in Worcester, MA while a white man is sentenced to sit on the gallows for the same crime.

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Jan

0

1768

Historian and Political Scientist

Death of Dr. Clarence A. Bacote (75), historian and political scientist, in Atlanta.

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May

1

1981

Rebellion Collapsed/People Killed in the Struggles

White Democrats seized statehouse in Louisiana coup detat. President Grant ordered the revolutionaries to disperse, and the rebellion collapsed. Twenty-seven persons (sixteen whites and eleven Blacks) were killed in battles between Democrats and Republicans.

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Sep

14

1874

Louisiana constitutional convention

Louisiana constitutional convention (forty-nine white delegates and forty-nine Black delegates) met in Mechanics Institute, New Orleans.

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Nov

23

1867

Negro Troops

The assault of the Louisiana Colored Volunteers on the Confederate breastworks at Port Hudson was the first major battle in which Negro Troops took part.

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May

27

1863

1st Black to argue impeachment

Cheryl Mills, White House Deputy Counsel, becomes the first Black to argue a case before a U.S. Senate impeachment hearing in the case of Pres. William Clinton.

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Jan

20

1999

U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser

U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation that employers and unions can establish voluntary programs, including the use of quotas, to aid minorities in employment.

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Jun

27

1979

Norbert Rillieux installs the first working modelon his triple-effect evaporat

Norbert Rillieux installs the first working model on his triple-effect evaporator on the plantation of Zenon Ramon in Louisiana; this endeavor is unsuccessful due to mechanical failure.

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Jan

0

1834

Grover Cleveland Wins Election

Grover Cleveland won election and became the first Democratic president of the United States since the Civil War.

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Nov

4

1884

John S. Rock

John S. Rock, lawyer and dentist died on this day. He became the first Black to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1865.

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Dec

3

1866

March for jobs and freedom

A. Philip Randolph helped plan a march on Washington(Lincoln Memorial) to demonstrate to the government the strengh and commitment of black people to civil rights. A. Philip Randolph fought for justice and for the advancement of African Americans.

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Aug

28

1963

Admittance of student to U of California Medical

U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of California Medical School at Davis to admit Allan P. Bakke in so-called reverse discrimination suit.

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Jun

28

1978

Phillis Wheatley freed

Poet Phillis Wheatley, born a slave in 1754, was freed and her first book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published. The book of poetry is said to have been widely acclaimed in the United States and England.

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Jan

21

1773

Louisiana Segregationists Excommunicated

Three Louisiana segregationists were excommunicated by Archbisop Joseph Rummel for continuing their opposition to his order for integration of New Orleans parochial schools.

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Apr

16

1962

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights

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Dec

4

1969

First Black Priest Ordained in the United States

Charles Randolph Uncles became the first Black priest ordained in the United States on this day in Baltimore, Maryland

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Dec

19

1891

James H. Meredith

Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacated an order of a lower court, ruling that the University of Mississippi had to admit James H. Meredith, a Black Air Force veteran whose application for admission had been on file and in the courts for fourteen months.

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Sep

10

1962

Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South Ameri

Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. meet in Atlanta for the first Congress of African People.

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Sep

3

1970

Morehouse Predecessor Founded

An institution was founded at Augusta, Georgia which was later to become Morehouse College, following its relocation to Atlanta. Morehouse College is one of the most prestigious black colleges in the nation.

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Feb

18

1867

Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.

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Dec

2

1895

U.S. Supreme Court decision

U.S. Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v. Warley) struck down Louisville, Ky., ordinance which required Blacks and whites to live in separate residential areas.

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Nov

5

1917

George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer

Patent # 4,618,380

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Oct

21

1986

Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Su

Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, its second African American.

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Oct

15

1991

Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting

Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting. One Black and one white were killed. Knights of White Camelia, a paramilitary white supremacist organization, founded in Louisiana.

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May

14

1867

Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, dies.

Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, dies. Born into slavery, she ran away form her owners after mistreatment by her masters wife. She petitioned successfully for her freedom, citing her knowledge of the Bill of Rights and the new constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in her argument that all men

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Dec

28

1829

Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

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Jul

16

1862

1st Black Supreme Court Justice

Joseph W. Hatchett sworn in as first Black supreme court justice in the South in the twentieth century.

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Sep

2

1975

National Medical Association of Black Physicians

National Medical Association of Black Physicians organized in Atlanta, Ga.

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Apr

24

1884

Death of Horace Mann Bond

Death of Horace Mann Bond (70), former president of Lincoln University (Pa.), in Atlanta.

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Dec

21

1972

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