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17
1997
Walter E. Fauntroy born
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6
1933
First Black Appointed To a Presidential Cabinet
Robert Weaver became the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.
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13
1966
President Grant suspended the writ of habeas
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17
1871
Charles Drew, born
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Jul
3
1904
Famous Black Astrologer not Psychic!
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8
1911
Government: Ohio state.
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13
1967
Political Upset
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7
1978
Walter F. Craig
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0
1986
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Dec
6
1875
Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."
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1
1946
Walter E. Washington
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6
1967
Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa
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Mar
2
1896
Reverse Policy of Distributuing land to freedmen
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Aug
5
1864
Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas
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13
1919
Evelyn Boyd Granville is born
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May
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1924
Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.
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1969
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Apr
15
1919
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1991
U.S. Senate imposed cloture for first time
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10
1964
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14
1914
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16
1862
1st Black chariman of P.C.G.E.P.
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3
1957
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7
1946
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7
1876
Charles H. Mahoney
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7
1954
Death of Carter G. Woodson
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3
1950
President Joseph Jenkins Roberts
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26
1847
Frederick Douglass
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16
1857
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