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Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche
Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche receive the first Medals of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy, the creator of the award.
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Jul
4
1963
Reverse Policy of Distributuing land to freedmen
President Andrew Johnson moved to reverse policy of distributing abandoned land to freedmen.
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Aug
5
1864
Patricia R.Harris
Patricia R. Harris named secretary of housing and urban development by President-elect Carter.
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Dec
21
1976
Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme 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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Dec
29
1907
Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
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Jul
16
1862
James P. Thomas
Before his death on this day, James P. Thomas opened a barbershop in his Tennessee home; over his lifetime he accumulated almost $100,000 in assests and property.
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Dec
17
1913
Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
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Dec
24
1881
President sent federal troops to South Carolina
President sent federal troops to South Carolina.
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Oct
26
1876
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was appoint
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was appointed head of the Department of Commerce by President-elect Bill Clinton, 1993
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Aug
1
1993
Two students killed by officers in major racial
Two students killed by officers in major racial disturbance at Jackson State University (Miss.).
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May
14
1970
The Secretary of the Navy authorizes the enlistment of African Americans in the
The Secretary of the Navy authorizes the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Navy. The enlistees could achieve no rank higher than boys and receive pay of one ration per day and $10 per month.
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Sep
25
1861
Congress passed resolution readmitting the state
Congress passed resolution readmitting the state of Tennessee.
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Jul
24
1866
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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Feb
10
1992
The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by former African Amer
The Peoples Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by former African American congressman George H. White of North Carolina. The bank will help hundreds of African Americans buy homes and start businesses until the illness of its founder forces its closure in 1918.
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Sep
26
1907
African-American term is coined
Jesse Jackson urges the use of the term African-American
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Dec
21
1988
Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity founded
At Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded by Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Harvey T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Guy L. Grant, Paul Caine, George W. Edmonds, Ezra D. Alexander and Edward
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Jan
5
1911
Death of Arna Bontemps
Death of Arna Bontemps (72), writer and educator, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Jun
4
1973
The First Novel by a Black American
William Wells Brown published Clotel, the first novel by a Black American.
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Jul
6
1853
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first permanent settlement at 'Sk
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established the first
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Mar
13
1773
Elijah Muhammad, born
Elijah Muhummad was born Elijah Poole in
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Oct
10
1897
Ku Klux Klan
First national meeting of the Ku Klux Klan held at the Maxwell House in Nashville, Tenn.
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Apr
24
1867
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
March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar
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0
2001
Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops
Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops at Battle of Okeechobee. Black chief John Horse shared command with Alligator Sam Jones and Wild Cat.
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Dec
25
1837
Leontine T.C. Kelly born
Leontine T.C. Kelly, the first African-American woman to become a bishop within the Methodist denomination.
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Mar
5
1920
The Reverend Emmanuel Cleaver
The Reverend Emmanuel Cleaver becomes the first African American mayor of Kansas City, Mo.
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Mar
26
1991
Howard Beach Incident
White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.
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Jan
7
1986
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmens Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas
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Feb
5
1866
First Black American woman aviator
First Black American woman aviator, Bessie Coleman was born, 1893
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Jan
26
1893
Birthdday
Julian Bond, 59,legislator, civil rights leader, born Nashville, Tn, Jan 14, 1940.
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1940
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