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In Richmond, Virginia former Lt. Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder took office as the first popularly elected African American governor of an American state.

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1990

Executive Order 9808

In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil

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Dec

5

1946

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Basketball legend Walt Frazier was born in

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Mar

29

1945

Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal given

Charles Gordone awarded Pulitzer Prize for his play, No Place To Go. Painter Jacob Lawrence awarded Spingarn Medal in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world...a window on the Negros condition in the United States and in salute to his unswerving commitment to the

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1970

First Slave revolt in America

The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years

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Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came

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Apr

16

1862

Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish

Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish slavery.

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Mar

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1780

Civil Rights Movement

On this day the African American community of Montgomery, Alabama voted unanimously to end its 385 day bus-boycott.

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Dec

20

1956

NAACP elects Roy Wilkins as there new executive director

NAACP elects Roy Wilkins as there new executive director

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1965

Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South.

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Oct

16

1901

Blacks Protest Denial of Right to Vote

Blacks held a mass meeting in Philadelphia to protest the action of the Pennsylvania Reform Convention of 1837 which denied them the right to vote.

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Mar

14

1838

Doris A. Davis of Compton, California becom

Doris A. Davis of Compton, California becomes the first African American woman to govern a metropolitan city.

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5

1973

City College President

Dr. Bernard Harleston, former dean of arts and sciences at Tufts University, appointed president of New Yorks City College.

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1981

Harvey B. Gantt born

Harve B. Gantt, the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University in Charleston, South Carolina. Gantt became mayor pro tem of Charleston in 1983 and later served as mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987.

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Jan

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1943

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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1931

Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church

Atlantas Ebenezer Baptist Church , the nearby crypt containing the remains of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his boyhood home are dedicated as part of a memorial to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change.

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Jan

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1970

U.S. Government grants Atlanta $1 million

U.S. government granted Atlanta some $1 million to finance mental health and social programs in the wake of a mysterious series of abductions and slayings involving at least twenty two Black youths.

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Mar

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1981

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which provided stiff penalties for public officials and private citizens who deprived citizens of the suffrage and civil rights. The measure authorized the use of the U.S. Army to protect the rights of Blacks.

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31

1870

African American Captures British General

African American Captures British General Prescott: African Americans continued to serve in the colonial militias, and some, like Prince, an African American man in Lieutenant Colonel Bartons Rhode island army, showed great daring and bravery. Early in August 1777, Colonel Barton conceived a plan

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2002

U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said

U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said grandfather clauses in the Oklahoma and Maryland constitutions violated the Fifteenth Amendment.

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1915

Fourteenth Amendment

U.S. Supreme Court decision in Slaughterhouse cases began process of diluting the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court said the Fourteenth Amendment protected federal civil rights, not Civil rights heretofore belonging exclusively to the states.

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14

1873

Jan Earnest Matzeliger

Jan Earnest Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852 in

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1852

Riot, Miami, Florida

Riot, Miami, Florida. National Guard mobilized to put down rioting which erupted while Republicans were holding national convention in Miami Beach.

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Aug

8

1968

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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1961

Alex Haley, renowned author, dies

American biographer, scriptwriter, author who became famous with the publication of the novel ROOTS, which traces his ancestry back to Africa and covers seven American generations as they are taken slaves to the United States. The book was adapted to television series, and woke up an interest in

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1992

Spingarn Medal: Robert R. Moton

Spingarn Medal awarded to Robert R. Moton, president of Tuskegee Institute, for his thoughtful leadership in conservative opinion and action.

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Nov

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1932

Walter F.White, NAACP Pres.

Walter F. White named NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP has had many leaders since its beginning in 1910, but none was more determined and devoted than Walter F. White. This fair-skinned, blue-eyed man who wouldnt pass worked a lifetime to defeat the nations barriers to integration

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1931

1st Black Interstate organization

Boston Masons, led by Prince Hall, established first Black interstate organization, creating lodges in Philadelphia and Providence, Rhode Island.

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1797

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Racial Confrontation

One policeman killed and six wounded in racial confrontation between police and Black Panther activists in Philadelphia (8/29-8/31).

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