2 Black Senate hopefuls look to make history in the South — and fix health care while they're at it

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2 Black Senate hopefuls look to make history in the South — and fix health care while they're at it

… There have been just 10 African-American senators in U.S. … and ready to elect more African-Americans to the Senate.

“ … diverse. You’re seeing African-Americans being able to run … a very difficult thing for [African-Americans] to achieve,” Perkins said. …

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World Boxing Association and New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of Muhammad Ali as world heavyweight boxing champion because of his refusal to serve in the U.S. armed forces.

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28

1967

Colfax Massacre

Colfax Massacre, Easter Sunday morning, Grant Parish, Louisiana. More than sixty Blacks were killed.

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13

1873

Colleges established

Fisk University established. Rust College (Miss.) and Lincoln (Mo.) were also founded in 1866.

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9

1866

1st Non-voting Congressional Delegate

Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a former aide of Martin Luther King Jr., became the first nonvoting congressional delegate from the District of Columbia since the Reconstruction period.

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23

1968

One-Man Show of Art

One-Man Show of Art by Negro, First of Kind Here, Opens Today, read the headline of a front-page article in The New York Times on this day. The article announced the opening of Archibald J. Motley, Jrs show at the New Gallery on Madison Avenue. This was the first time in History that an artist had

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25

1928

New York Times agrees to use term Negro

Respecting Negro demands, the New York Times announced that the N in the word Negro would be henceforth capitalized in its pages.

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7

1930

Danville, VA coup and massacre

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3

1883

Grover Cleveland Wins Election

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4

1884

Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868).

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1861

Col.B.O. Davis Jr.

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1945

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1972

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1775

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11

1979

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1864

First black CPA

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2000

Chemist Percy Julian born

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11

1899

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1900

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1917

George H. White

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18

1852

James Theodore Holly

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1874

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1985

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30

1928

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1875

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1863

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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1773

A New Governor Of Louisiana

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9

1872

Philips, 1st Black nominated president

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