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Ahmed Sekou Toure, first president of Guinea, born.
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Jan
9
1922
Clara Stanton Jones
Clara Stanton Jones born ; first African American director of the Detroit Public Library and first African American president of the American Library Association
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May
14
1913
First National Black Convention Meets
First National Black convention met at Philadelphias Bethel AME church and elected Richard Allen president. Thirty-eight delegates from eight states attended the first national meeting of Blacks.
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Sep
20
1830
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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Jan
0
1924
More than one hundred delegates from six states
More than one hundred delegates from six states held a Black convention in Philadelphia. John Mercer Langston, one of the first Blacks to win public office, elected clerk of Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1856 he was elected clerk of the township of Russia, near Oberlin. In 1857 he was
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Oct
16
1855
Rev. Henry Lyons goes on trial for embezzlement
Rev. Henry Lyons, president of National Baptist Convention, USA goes on trial for 54 counts of embezzlement, bank/wire fraud and extortion. NBC, USA is the largest Black denominational convention in the US with an estimated membership of 8.5 million.
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Jan
25
1999
Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."
Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first Afro-American woman to receive the honor.
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May
1
1946
President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mi
President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi, 1962
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Sep
29
1962
Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury
Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield.
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May
19
1878
Louisiana governor conferred with president on KKK
Louisiana governor conferred with president on KKK violence in his state.
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Nov
20
1922
President of YWCA
Mrs. Robert W. Claytor elected president of the YWCA, the first Black president of the organization.
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Apr
28
1967
President Ronald Reagan signs law designating the third Monday in January Martin
President Ronald Reagan signs law designating the third Monday in January Martin Luther King Jr Day, 1983
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Nov
2
1983
Dr. Rufus Clement
Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University elected to Atlanta Board of Education.
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Dec
2
1953
Poor People's Campaign
Poor Peoples Campaign began with Ralph Abernathy, SCLC president, leading delegation of leaders representing poor whites, Blacks, Indians, and Spanish Americans to Capitol Hill for conferences with cabinet members and congressional leaders.
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Apr
29
1968
Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough President
Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by a Black woman in a major American city.
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Feb
23
1965
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
Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the
Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the National Defense Program met with President Roosevelt. National Newspaper Publishers Association founded. Spingarn Medal presented to Dr. Louis T. Wright for his civil rights leadership and his contributions as a surgeon.
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Oct
25
1940
Ambassador
Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.
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Mar
9
1961
National Council of Negro Women founded
National Council of Negro Women founded in New York City with Mary McLeod Bethune as president.
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Dec
5
1935
Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana by five ministers including Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Joseph Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and C.K. Steele. Dr. King was the founding president, Abernathy president emeritus and Rep. Walter
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Jan
10
1957
Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBS's television stations division, the
Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBSs television stations division, the highest ranking African American in network television. Rodgers had been general manager of WBBM-TV, CBSs Chicago Station
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Sep
3
1990
South Carolina General Assembly met in Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly met in Columbia Stephen A. Swails was elected president pro tem of the senate, and Samuel J. Lee was elected Speaker of the house. The Assembly named four Blacks to the seven-man governing board of the University of South Carolina: Samuel J. Lee, J.A. Bowley, Stephen
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Nov
26
1872
President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower named J. Earnest Wilkins of Chicago assistant secretary of labor.
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Mar
4
1954
Historian Charles H. Wesley dies
Death of scholar, historian, author and former president of Central State College. Charles H. Wesley was known for such works as The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life.
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Aug
16
1987
Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations
President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations
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Dec
16
1976
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
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected St
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.
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May
10
1994
Jewell Jackson McCabe
Jewell Jackson McCabe, first president of the Coalition of 100 Black Women, born
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Aug
2
1945
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Jun
13
1967
Rebel Troops take Kisangani, Zaire
Rebel troops in Zaire take the major city of Kisangani in an effort to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Mar
16
1997
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