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Call for Submissions: What Does ‘Freedom’ Mean to You?

What does “freedom” mean to you? What does it mean to be truly free in America? Write an essay about it and get featured in ZORA!

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Independence Day, Ghana

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6

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President Lincoln issued "eye-for-eye" order

President Lincoln issued eye-for-eye order, warning Confederacy that the Union would shoot a rebel prisoner for every Black prisoner shot, and would condemn a rebel prisoner to a life of hard labor for every Black prisoner sold into slavery. Order had restraining influence on Confederate

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Jul

30

1863

National name: Republika yu Burundi

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The South Carolina Gazette reports that Cae

The South Carolina Gazette reports that Caesar, a South Carolina slave has been granted his freedom and a life time annuity in exchange for his cures for poison and rattlesnake bite. Caesar and the famous James Derham of New Orleans are two of the earliest know African American medical

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May

9

1750

Slaves Petition for Freedom

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the state legislature for freedom. A bill was drawn and passed by the Mass. legislature. But the governor witheld approval and the measure never became law.

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Jun

25

1773

(1963) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”

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Ida B. Wells Barnett

Ida Wells was born a slave on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. The oldest in a family of four boys and four girls, she acquired from her parents a love of liberty and self-sufficiency that characterized her

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Mar

25

1931

(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”

Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public

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Countee Cullen, born

Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist

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May

30

1903

James Derham purchases his freedom from Dr. Robert Dow,a Scottish physician, f

James Derham purchases his freedom from Dr. Robert Dow, a Scottish physician, for the sum of 500 pesos; Derham had previously performed several medical services while assisting Dr. Dow.

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Jan

0

1783

Ralph Ellison dies

c, author of Invisible Man, a searing novel about black life in America, dies.

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Apr

16

1994

General Jackson Reneges On His Promise

General Jackson Reneges On His Promise: General Jackson, on order to prepare to meet Packenham, the British General, in the contest at New Orleans, came into the plantation fields to enlist five hundred Negro slaves. These are General Jackson comments: Had you not as soon go into battle an

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Oct

12

2002

Dorothy Height - Visionary

Dorothy Height was born on this

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Mar

12

1912

Nell, William C. (1816-1874)

William C. Nell was an African American civic activist, abolitionist, and historian. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Nell was the son of William Guion Nell, a prominent tailor and black activist. William C. Nell was introduced to racial inequality and black activism from birth. In the

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Did You Know That In...

1706 - A New York act is passed encouraging the baptism of slaves, although the baptism does not entitle a slave to freedom.

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Jan

0

1706

Marian Anderson

Born: 2/27/1897 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDied: 4/8/1993 Portland, OregonAn African American operatic and concert singer that was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.B40Awards / Achievements:

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Glenn Harrington, Carmel, California

Glenn Harrington, is a native of Massachusetts, who has lived in the Seattle area since 1968. He was educated at Gordon College and Suffolk University Law School, both in Massachusetts. His business career was primarily as an Insurance Executive, serving as Vice President of Marketing and

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Spingarn Medal: Charles W. Chestnutt

Spingarn Medal presented to Charles W. Chestnutt, the first Black to receive widespread critical recognition as a novelist. He was cited for his pioneer work as a literary artist depicting the life and struggle of Americans of Negro descent.

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Nov

6

1928

Child, Julia, 1912–2004, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, b. Pasadena, Calif., as Julia Carolyn McWilliams. In the early 1940s both she and her husband-to-be, Paul Child, served in the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D.C., Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and

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Adams, Henry [Kentucky] (1802–1872)

Henry Adams was a prominent black Baptist minister and advocate for African American education who worked in Georgia and later in Louisville, Kentucky. Adams was born in Franklin County, Georgia in 1802. He obtained a license to preach at the age of 18 and was ordained on October 29, 1825. Adams

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Oct

29

1825

Turner, Nat, 1800–1831, American slave, leader of the Southampton Insurrection (1831), b. Southampton co., Va. Deeply religious from childhood, Turner was a natural preacher and possessed some influence among local slaves. Apparently believing himself divinely appointed to lead fellow slaves to

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Some 225,000 students boycotted Chicago schools in

Some 225,000 students boycotted Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest of de facto segregation.

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Oct

22

1963

Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Atlanta Life Insurance Company established by A.F. Herndon.

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Sep

6

1905

Wm. Desjardin patents corner cleaner attachment

Gertrude E. Downing and William Desjardin Corner Cleaner Attachment, Patent No. 3,715,772 on February 13, 1973

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Feb

13

1973

Hubert Harrison

Hubert Harrison, writer, freedom fighter, born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands.

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Apr

27

1883

Freedom Riders attacked by white mob

Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in McComb, Miss., November 29-December 2.

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Nov

29

1961

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of Life magazine; first time an African American is featured on the cover in the magazines 13 year history

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May

10

1950

Peter Salem: A free slave, Peter Salem, a private in Captain Simon Edgels company at the battle of Bunker Hill, was the first military hero of the War of Independence against British rule. On June 17, 1775, at a crucial moment in the battle, when British major John Pitcairn, had rallied the

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Jun

17

1775

Jacobs, Harriet (c.1815-1897)

Born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina, Harriet Ann Jacobs was the daughter of slaves, Delilah and Daniel Jacobs. Harriet Jacobs is best known for her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, edited by white abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, and published in 1852. Using the

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U.S. Supreme Court decision

U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) said an state must afford Blacks an opportunity to commence the study of law at a state institution at the same time as [other] citizens.

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Jan

12

1948

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