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Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama
In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the
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President Johnson signed a the 1968 Housing Act
President Johnson signed a the 1968 Housing Act which outlawed discrimination in the sale, rental or leasing of housing. This bill also made it a crime to interfere with civil rights workers and to cross state lines to incite a riot.
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Apr
11
1968
Nelson Mandela is released
Nelson Mandelas greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky
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Feb
11
1990
new democracy constitution in South Africa
Black and white leaders in South Africa approved the new democracy constitution that gave blacks the vote and ended white minority rule.
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Nov
18
1993
Maggie Lena Walker
Maggie Lena Walker died on this day. Before her death, she was the secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a mutual aid society in Richmond, VA. She transformed the society into a successful financial complex that bolsters the Black community in Richmond in 1899.
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Dec
15
1934
(1830) Rev. Peter Williams, Jr. “This is Our Country”
Fourteen years after its founding the American Colonization Society remained controversial among African Americans.  By 1830 many of them opposed it and more generally the idea of forced or voluntary repatriation of blacks to Africa.   One of these opponents, Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., the minister
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Jul
4
1830
President Joseph Jenkins Roberts
President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a native of Virginia, declared Liberia an independent republic.
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Jul
26
1847
"Higher Education Act" Denies Student Aid
Injustice 101: Government Higher Education Act Denies Financial Aid to Students with Drug Convictions
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Jul
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2000
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt was a singer and actress who recorded the hit holiday song “Santa Baby”. She was born on January 17, 1927 in South Carolina to an African American mother and a white father. She was raised by Anna Mae Riley, as her biological mother had abandoned her. It wasn’t until later
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Jan
17
1927
Governor W.W. Holden
Governor W.W. Holden of North Carolina declared Casswell County in a state of insurrection.
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Jul
8
1870
Gov. Daniel H. Chamberlain
Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain, acting in concert with white Democrats and conservatives, refused to sign his commission.
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Dec
16
1875
African American Women College Presidents
On July 1, 1987, for the first time in history, there were three African American women serving as Presidents of Four Year Colleges and Universities in America.They were - Dr. Niara Sudarkasa- President of Lincoln University in Pennslyvania; Dr. Johnetta Cole, President of Spelman College in
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1987
Shirley Chisholm
Born: /30/924 Brooklyn, New YorkDied: //2005 Ormond Beach, FloridaShirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New Yorks 2th Congressional District for seven terms from
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President Carter signed Hawkins-Humphrey full
President Carter signed Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill.
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Oct
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1978
Zambia
In 1972, Kaunda outlawed all opposition political parties. The world copper market collapsed in 1975. The Zambian economy was devastated—it had been the third-largest miner of copper in the world after the United States and Soviet Union. With a soaring debt and inflation rate in 1991, riots took
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Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign for President of the U.S.
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Jan
25
1972
First Black Secretary of State: Colin L. Powell
Colin Luther Powell is sworn in by President George W. Bush as Secretary of State. He is the first black secretary of state in U.S. history.
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Jan
20
2001
McGee, Henry Wadsworth, Sr. (1910-2000)
The first African American Postmaster of a major postal facility, Henry W. McGee, Sr. was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1910, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1927.  McGee was the first person to rise from the ranks of letter carriers to achieve the status of Postmaster, a post to which he was
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(1879) Robert J. Harlan, “Migration is the Only Remedy for Our Wrongs”
Between 1879 and 1880, six thousand Exodusters left Louisiana and Mississippi for Kansas. Their migration, prompted by the end of racially-integrated Reconstruction governments, by anti-black violence and by sharecropping and tenant farming, brought national attention including a Congressional
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May
8
1879
Barthelemy Boganda, President and foun
Barthelemy Boganda, President and founder of the Central African Republic, dies in a plane crash.
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Mar
29
1959
President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African
President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African president to pay an official visit to an American president, arrived at White House.
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May
26
1943
Reverse Policy of Distributuing land to freedmen
President Andrew Johnson moved to reverse policy of distributing abandoned land to freedmen.
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Aug
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1864
Declared State of Emergency
Governor James A. Rhodes declared state of emergency in Cleveland and dispatched National Guard troops to riot-torn Hough district.
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Jul
19
1966
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.
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Jan
17
1924
South Africa's Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the
South Africas Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the government of President F.W. de Klerk.
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Jan
16
1994
Rosalind Brewer
Born: 962 President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, U.S.ABrewer became CEO of discount membership club and retailer Sam’s club in 202, becoming the first woman and first African-American to head a Wal-Mart subsidiary. The $56 billion (revenues) division of Wal-Mart has operations in the
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Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985).
Patricia Roberts Harris, lawyer and diplomat, was the first black woman ambassador appointed to an overseas post under President Lydon B. Johnson administration.
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1924
La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1864-1868)
The New Orleans Tribune was the first African American daily newspaper in the United States. Started in 1864 by Charles Louise Roudanez the Tribune was notable in that it was bilingual. Articles were written in both French, for the majority of African Americans in Louisiana, and English, in order
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Dec
18
1944
Abolitionist Society Organized
First abolitionist society in United States organized in Philadelphia.
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