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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
Irving C. Mollison
Irving C. Mollison, a Chicago Republican, sworn in as U.S. Customs Court judge in New York City.
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Nov
3
1945
Democratic governor elected in Georgia
Democratic governor elected in Georgia in campaign marked by violence and acting lieutenant governor.
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Dec
19
1871
Mob attacked Freedom Riders in Montgomery
Mob attacked Freedom Riders in Montgomery. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy dispatched four hundred U.S. marshals to Montgomery to keep order in Freedom Rider controversy.
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May
20
1961
Republican William McKinley defeated William Bryan
Republican William McKinley defeated William Bryan in presidential elections.
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Nov
6
1900
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end segregation at once and operate now and hereafter only unitary schools. In Mississippi case, Alexander V. Holmes, the Court abandoned the principle of all deliberate speed.
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Oct
29
1969
Chicago's first African American mayor, Harold Washington, was born.
Chicagos first African American mayor, Harold Washington, was born.
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Apr
15
1922
Howard T Ward becomes Georgia's first Black Superior Court Judge
Howard T Ward becomes Georgias first Black Superior Court Judge
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Jan
24
1977
U.S. Supreme Court decision (Plessy v. Ferguson)
U.S. Supreme Court decision (Plessy v. Ferguson) upheld doctrine of separate but equal and began age of Jim Crow.
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May
18
1896
Walter E. Washington
President Lyndon B. Johnson named Walter E. Washington commissioner and unofficial mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Sep
6
1967
South Carolina Republicans carried election with a
South Carolina Republicans carried election with a ticket of four whites and four Blacks: Richard H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henery W. Purvis, adjutant general. Blacks won 97 of the 158 seats in the General Assembly and four
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Oct
16
1872
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials, December 20. At two mass meetings Montgomery Blacks called off year-long bus
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Nov
13
1956
Legal
The first black lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court ws John S. Rock of Massachusetts, who was certified by the court on February 1, 1865.
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Feb
1
1865
Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
4
1922
Out of Control riots
Forty-three persons killed in rebellion in Detroit. Federal troops were called out for the first time since the Detroit riot of 1943 to quell the largest racial rebellion in a U.S. city in the twentieth century. More than two thousand persons were injured and some five thousand were
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Jul
23
1967
Educator Joseph Charles Price was born
Few Individuals have made the impact on their times or left the legacy to their beneficiaries as did Joseph Charles Price, founder and first president of Livingstone
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Feb
10
1854
Newspaper Established
San Francisco Sun-Reporter established.
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Dec
15
1943
Henry L. Marsh lll
Henry L. Marsh III elected 1st Black mayor of Richmond.
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Mar
8
1977
Rosa Parks.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to change seats on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. On December 5, blacks began a boycott of the bus system, which continued until shortly after December 13, 1956, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation in the city.
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Dec
1
1955
Court Decision in Favor of Segregation
U.S. Supreme Court refused to review lower court decision which would ban segregation in intrastate bus travel.
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Apr
23
1955
Black Mayors
Coleman Young reelected mayor of Detroit. Thurman L. Milner elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. James Chase elected mayor of Spokane, Washington.
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Nov
3
1981
Thomas Bradley
Thomas Bradley was born on this day in Calvert, Texas and went on to become mayor of Los Angeles by winning 56% of the vote.
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Dec
29
1917
Republican William McKinley
Republican William McKinley defeated Democratic candidate William J. Bryan in presidential race.
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Nov
3
1896
Slavery
Africans and Spaniards establish settlements from what is present-day Florida to California, and as far north as present-day Kansas.
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Jan
0
1538
On this day
On this day, while competing for Ohio State University (Columbus) in a Western Conference (Big Ten) track-and-field meet at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS equaled the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.4 s) and broke the world records for the 220-yard dash
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May
25
1935
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
National Guard
National Guard mobilizing in San Francisco.
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Sep
27
1966
Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn
Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn becomes lieutenant governor of Louisiana. It is the highest executive office held by an African American to date.
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Jun
13
1868
Government: local (Mississippi).
In Fayette, Mississippi on May 13,1969; James Charles Evers (1922-) was elected the first black mayor of a racially mixed Mississippi town. In June 1971, he became the first black in this century to seek the governors office.
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May
13
1969
David Dinkins was elected first Black mayor of New York City, 1989
David Dinkins was elected first Black mayor of New York City, 1989
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Nov
7
1989
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