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U.S. Rep. Jefferson Long dies
U.S. Rep. Jefferson Long, elected from the state of Georgia, died in Washington D.C. Long was the only candidate interested in running for the 60-day term and he was duly elected.
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Feb
5
1900
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institution of slavery.
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Jan
0
1664
Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized
Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized convention hall and established effective control over Reconstruction process in Florida. Republican conservatives drafted new constitution which concentrated political power in hands of governor and limited the impact of the Black vote.
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Feb
10
1868
Charles H. Mahoney
Charles H. Mahoney was confirmed by the Senate and became the first Black to serve as a full delegate to the United Nations.
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Aug
7
1954
Death of Prince Hall
Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in
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Dec
4
1807
Selma March begins
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of people on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to call for voting rights for African Americans.
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Mar
21
1965
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Founded
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first organization of black Greek sisterhood was founded on this date at Howard University in Washington, D. C. by Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle).
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Jan
15
1908
Blacks Elected to Congress
Sixteen Blacks were elected to Congress. Andrew Young of Atlanta was the first Black elected to Congress from the Deep South since the Reconstruction era. Also elected for the first time were Barbara Jordan (Tex.) and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Calif.). Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of
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Nov
17
1972
Congress refused to accept the first recorded
Congress refused to accept the first recorded petitions from American Blacks.
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Jan
30
1797
Booker T
Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South.
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Oct
16
1901
Delegates and observers a convention
Two thousand delegates and observers attended Congress of African Peoples convention in Atlanta. (8/3-7).
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Aug
3
1970
Progressive party convention
Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former
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Jul
23
1948
Congress forbade Union officers/soldiers
Congress forbade Union officers and soldiers to aid in the capture and return of fugitive slaves, ending what one historian called the military slave hunt.
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Mar
13
1862
Rebellion After Suspicious Death During Arrest
In Tampa,Florida, a rebellion followed the suspicious death of Edgar Allen Price, a police suspect who died during an arrest. Police contended that Price hit his head on the ground several times.
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Feb
2
1989
Julian Bond, communications director of the
Julian Bond, communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, denied seat in Georgia House of Representatives because of his opposition to Vietnam War.
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Jan
10
1966
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
Truman sends Congress Anti-Lynching Message
President Truman sent Congress a special message urging adoption of a civil rights program, including a fair employment practices commission and anti-lynching and anti-poll tax measures.
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Feb
2
1948
The first U.S. stamp ever to honor an African American is issued bearing the lik
The first U.S. stamp ever to honor an African American is issued bearing the likeness of Booker T. Washington.
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Apr
7
1940
Government: Ohio state.
In Cleveland Ohio on November 13, 1967, Carl Stokes was the first black elected mayor of a major city. Carl Stokes, grandson of a slave, won the mayoral election over Seth Taft, grandson of President William H. Taft.
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Nov
13
1967
Slavery
Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
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Jan
0
1526
Chuck E. Burris
In a low-turnout election on this day, Chuck E. Burris defeated the incumbent, Pat Wheeler, by 278 votes to 260; a third candidate won 30, to become the first Black mayor of Stone Mountain, Georgia which is the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Nov
4
1997
Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell was the first black woman mayor elected in the state of Mississippi. She was elected mayor of Mayersville in 1976.
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Jan
0
1976
Violette Neatley Anderson
Violette Neatley Anderson is the first African American woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jan
29
1926
New Jersey opens public schools for black children.
New Jersey opens public schools for black children.
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Jan
0
1777
Congress authorized President Lincoln to accept blacks in Union Army.
Congress authorized President Lincoln to accept blacks in Union Army.
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Jun
17
1862
U.S. Supreme court Ruling
U.S. Supreme Court rules in Missouri that a state must provide equal educational facilities for Blacks within its boundaries. Lloyd Gaines, the plaintiff in the case, disappeared after the decision and was never located.
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Dec
12
1938
The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born, 1908
The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born in Baltimore.
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Jul
2
1908
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African A
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city (Taft, OK)
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Apr
16
1973
William Ellisworth Artist is born
William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the
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Feb
2
1914
Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened
Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened. One U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi. Three U.S. congressmen: Richard H. Cain, Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Smalls, South Carolina. Jackson College (Miss.) established.
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Oct
15
1877
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