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Montgomery, Ala., protest

Montgomery, Ala., police broke up protest demonstration on Alabama State campus and arrested thirty-five students, a teacher and her husband.

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Mar

1

1960

Harry Belafonte born

Singer/Actor Harry Belafonte is born in New York.

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Mar

1

1927

Harry Belafonte

Born on this day. HARRY BELAFONTE is the son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he became one of the most popular vocalists of the postwar era.

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Mar

1

1927

Joe Louis retired as heavyweight boxing after

Joe Louis retired as heavyweight boxing after holding the title for a record eleven years and eight months.

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Mar

1

1949

Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish

Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish slavery.

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Mar

1

1780

Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro

On this day, Survey Graphic published a special issue titled Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro. By the end of the year, editor Alain Locke had reprinted and expanded upon the writings from this issue, producing a full-length anthology of African-American writing called The New Negro. This

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Mar

1

1925

Emancipation Centennial protest

Through the 30th, Emancipation Centennial protest began with voter registration campaign in Greenwood, Mississippi.

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Mar

1

1963

Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

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Mar

1

1842

Miss District of Columbia

Miss District of Columbia Shauntay Hinton is crowned Miss USA.

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Mar

1

2002

U.S. House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

U.S. House of Representatives expelled Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. by a vote of 307 to 116. Civil rights leaders said Powell was ousted because of his race.

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Mar

1

1967

"Nubian Monarchy Called Oldest," New York Times

New York Times comments on findings of archaeologist Bruce Williams finds at Qutsul. Evidence leads many to believe that Ta-Seti (most ancient Nubia) developed the worlds first divine kingship, monarchy, which then travelled up the Nile to Egypt.

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Mar

1

1979

British sign treaty with Jamaican Maroons

The British are forced to sign a peace treaty with Maroons, escaped slave societies, in Jamaica.

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Mar

1

1739

Actor Sherman Hemsley born

Actor Sherman Hemsley (All in The Family, Jeffersons, Amen) is born in Philadelphia.

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Mar

1

1938

Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)

March 1, 1880, Decided; OCTOBER, 1879 Term

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Mar

1

1880

Pastry Fork Invented

The pastry fork was invented by a black woman, Ms. Anna M. Mangin.

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Mar

1

1892

Associated Press reported that more than one

Associated Press reported that more than one thousand Blacks had been arrested in sit-in demonstrations.

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Mar

1

1960

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte , byname of Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927, New York City, New York, U.S.), American singer, actor, producer, and activist who was a key figure in the folk music scene of the 1950s, especially known for popularizing the Caribbean folk songs known as calypsos. He

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Mar

1

1927

Rebecca Lee graduates from the New England

Rebecca Lee graduates from the New England Female Medical College. She along with Rebecca Cole and Susan Mc Kinney is one of the first African American female physicians.

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Mar

1

1864

Writer Ralph Ellison born

1914: Ralph Waldo Ellison, author of The Invisible Man, is born

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Mar

1

1914

Four national chain stores announced

Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.

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Mar

1

1960

Pope John elevated Bishop Laurian Rugambwa of

Pope John elevated Bishop Laurian Rugambwa of Tanganyika to College of Cardinals, the first Black cardinal in the modern era.

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Mar

1

1960

Air Force Captain Edward J. Dwight Jr.

Air Force Captain Edward J. Dwight Jr. named to fourth class of aerospace research pilots at Edwards Air Base and became the first Black astronaut candidate. He was dropped from the program in 1965.

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Mar

1

1963

Police use tear gas to break up student protest

Police used tear gas to break up student protest demonstration at Tallahassee, Florida.

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Mar

1

1960

Richard Rive , in full Richard Moore Rive (born March 1, 1931, Cape Town, S.Af.—died June 4/5, 1989, Cape Town), South African writer, literary critic, and teacher whose short stories, which were dominated by the ironies and oppression of apartheid and by the degradation of slum life, have been

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Mar

1

1931

Harry Belafonte

Harold (Harry) George Belafonte was born on this day.

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Mar

1

1924

J. Milton Turner

J. Milton Turner named minister to Liberia and became the first Black diplomat accredited to an African county. James W. Mason was named minister in March, 1870, but never traveled to his post.

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Mar

1

1871

Merlie Evers-Williams born.

3/1/1933: On this day Merlie Evers-Williams , who will become a civil rights activist and the first woman to head the NAACP, is born.

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Mar

1

1933

Lemon, Don (1966- )

Don Carlton Lemon is a prominent, award-winning black television anchor in the United States. In 2011, he publicly came out as a gay man. In so doing, he became the most prominent African American journalist to announce his sexual orientation and was immediately considered a major role model for

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Mar

1

1966

Defense Department limited electronic surveilance

Defense Department limited electronic surveilance after disclosure of civil disturbance information collection plan which directed the gathering of information on civil rights groups.

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Mar

1

1971

Pinn, Robert Alexander (1843-1911) - Birthday

Pinn was born free to William and Zilphia Broxton-Pinn, in Stark County, Ohio on March 1, 1843.

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Mar

1

1843

Carl T. Rowan named ambassador of Finland.

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Mar

1

1963

Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave B

Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave Blacks the right to equal treatment in inns, public conveyances, theaters and other places of public amusement. It will be overturned by the Supreme Court in 1883.

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Mar

1

1875

Alabama State Board of Education expelled nine

Alabama State Board of Education expelled nine Alabama State students for participating in sit-in demonstrations.

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Mar

1

1960

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte is an eminent African-American figure in the American entertainment industry. He is a notable singer, lyricist, actor and social activist. Belafonte came to international stardom as “King of Calypso” for his popular Caribbean musical style. He is famous for his

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Mar

1

1927

San Antonio, Texas, became first major Southern

San Antonio, Texas, became first major Southern city to integrate lunch counters.

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Mar

1

1960

Blanche Kelso Bruce

Blanche Kelso Bruce, first Black to serve a full term in the United States Senate was born a slave in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

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Mar

1

1841

One thousand march on Alabama State

Through the 30th, One thousand Alabama State students marched on state capitol and held protest meeting.

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Mar

1

1960

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