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Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of President of the US
Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of President of the US
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Nov
3
1983
Sidney Poitier born
2/20/1927: On this day Sidney Poitier, who will be the first AfricanAmerican to win an Academy Award in a starring role, is born in Miami, Fl. (Can you name the movie he received the Academy Award for?)
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Feb
20
1927
Slavery
Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
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Jan
0
1526
1st Black chariman of P.C.G.E.P.
Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, appointed first Black chairman of Presidents Committee on Government Employment Policy.
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Aug
3
1957
President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act
President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act.
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Aug
20
1964
Attorney General George Williams
Attorney General George Williams sent a telegram to Acting Governor Pinchback, saying that the Black politician was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana.
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Dec
12
1872
President's Committee on Civil Rights condemned
Presidents Committee on Civil Rights condemned racial injustices in America in formal report, To Secure These Rights. Texas Southern University established. Spingarn Medal awarded to Dr. Percy L. Julian for his achievements as a scientist.
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Oct
29
1947
President Lincoln received first group of Blacks
President Lincoln received first group of Blacks to confer with a U.S. president on a matter of public policy. He urged Blacks to emigrate to Africa or Central America and was bitterly criticized by Northern Blacks.
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Aug
14
1862
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
Progressive party convention
Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former
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Jul
23
1948
Inquest over Negro Killing
An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace T.M. Richards on September 24, 1928 over the killing of :Coote Simpsons, Negro, Twenty-second street, who was killed by the rifle of a Florida National Guardsman on special detail duty at noon on September 23, 1928 for refusing to leave his bicycle and go
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Jan
0
1999
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
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insura
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insurance company in the state of Florida is ordered liquidated by a Florida circuit court judge.
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Aug
27
1991
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.
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Nov
6
1928
President Grant suspended the writ of habeas
President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial law in nine South Carolina counties affected by Klan disturbances.
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Oct
17
1871
Selma Burke
Scupltor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.; the completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and
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Dec
31
1900
Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Ser
Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Service, when President Franklin D Roosevelt signs Selective Service Act
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Sep
14
1940
Kwesi Mfume
Born: 0/24/948 Baltimore, MarylandKweisi Mfume is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Marylands 7th congressional district, serving in the 00th through 04th CongressBusiness
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Forty-second Congress convened
Forty-second Congress convened (1871-73) with five Black congressmen: Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Carlos Delarge and Robert Brown Elliott,South Carolina; Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida. Walls was elected in an at-large election and was the first Black congressman to represent an
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Mar
4
1869
What Comes Naturally: The Loving v. Virginia Case in Historical Perspective
When Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter decided to get married in June 1958, laws banning interracial marriage had been in effect for nearly three centuries.  The colonies of Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts had banned intermarriage in 1664, 1691, and 1705.  After the American Revolution, states
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Jun
12
1967
First Black Settlement on the Continent
Escaped slaves set up the Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose settlement near present-day Florida, the first black settlement on the continent, the Spanish king gives liberty to all slaves who cannot reach the settlement.
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Jan
0
1538
Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for the first time
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Sep
24
1965
Reconstruction of the South began with the
Reconstruction of the South began with the registering of Black and white voters in the South. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan ordered registration to begin in Louisiana on May 1 and to continue until June 30. Registration began in Arkansas in May. Other states followed in June and July. By the end of
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May
1
1867
Rosalind Brewer
Born: 962 President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, U.S.ABrewer became CEO of discount membership club and retailer Sam’s club in 202, becoming the first woman and first African-American to head a Wal-Mart subsidiary. The $56 billion (revenues) division of Wal-Mart has operations in the
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Delegation urges suffrage for blacks
A delegation of blacks, led by Frederick Douglass, visited President Johnson and urged that suffrage be given to all qualified blacks.
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Jan
0
2000
Henderson, George Washington (c. 1850-1936)
Born a slave in Clark County, Virginia, George Washington Henderson graduated from the University of Vermont in 1877 and became the first African American to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), the highest academic honor society. He later received a bachelor’s degree in divinity from Yale
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Feb
3
1936
James Cameron, Founder Black Holocaust Musem born
James Cameron
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Aug
7
1930
Storm of 1928
The hurricane that hit Palm Beach County Florida, on September 16, 1928, has been identified as the third largest death total, caused by a natural disastor, in the United States.
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Sep
16
1928
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
Republican National Convention, meeting in
Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his
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May
20
1868
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