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Chris Hollins, the former Harris County Clerk who was lauded nationally for facilitating record-breaking Harris County turnout in the November 2020 election, has announced he’s running to become Houston’s next […]

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Black Senate Page Appointed on April 8, 1965. 16 year old Lawrene Bradford of New York City was the first Black Page appointed to the US Senate.

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8

1965

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen (1932-).

On June 6, 1950, Frank Petersen enlisted in the Navy. At the age of 20, he was the first Afro-American to be named a naval aviator in the Marine Corp. He was also the first African American to command a fighter squadon, a fighter air group, an air wing, and a major

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Jun

6

1950

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature for freedom. There is a record of eight freedom petitions during the Revolutionary War period.

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Jan

6

1773

In 1909 Matthew Henson an ex-seamen became the first American to journey to the North Pole and claim it for the United States.

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Jan

0

1909

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

Poet Jupiter Hammon born

Birthday of Jupiter Hammon, a writer and self-educated Calvinist, who was born a slave. Hammon is believed to be the first black poet published in the United States.

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Oct

17

1720

David Norman Dinkins began his first working day as mayor

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Jan

2

1990

Blacks Elected to Congress

Sixteen Blacks were elected to Congress. Andrew Young of Atlanta was the first Black elected to Congress from the Deep South since the Reconstruction era. Also elected for the first time were Barbara Jordan (Tex.) and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Calif.). Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of

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Nov

17

1972

War of 1812: Although the U.S. Army did not enlist African Americans after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Navy continued to use African Americans as seamen because of the perennial shortage of white sailors. The African American presence in the navy placed them at the center of the naval incident

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Jun

16

2002

Frederick Douglass was the only male to play a

Frederick Douglass was the only male to play a prominent role at the first Womans Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York. He seconded the womans suffrage motion introduced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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Jul

26

1848

Maynard Jackson, three term mayor of Atlanta dies at age 65.

Maynard Jackson, three term mayor of Atlanta dies at age 65.

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Jun

23

2003

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassinated

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (46), thirty-fifth president of the United States, assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

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Nov

22

1963

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

A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives

A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Dr. Charles Richard Drew set up and ran the pioneer blood plasma bank in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. This bank served as one of the models for the system of banks operated later by the American Red Cross. On October

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Oct

1

1940

Richard Arrington was elected the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1979

Richard Arrington was elected the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1979

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Oct

30

1979

A Black Holocaust In America

The Tulsa Riot of 1921

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31

1921

Loretta Thompson Glickman

Loretta Thompson Glickman was the first black mayor of Pasadena, California, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a U.S. city of 100,000 or more people.

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Charles H. Houston

Charles H. Houston awarded the Spingarn Medal posthumously for his pioneering work in developing the NAACP legal campaign.

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Sep

27

1950

At a New York City conference, representatives of

At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service planned a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, was named director of the NAACP legal campaign.

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Oct

26

1934

Charles H. Mahoney

Charles H. Mahoney was confirmed by the Senate and became the first Black to serve as a full delegate to the United Nations.

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Aug

7

1954

Henry L. Marsh lll

Henry L. Marsh III elected 1st Black mayor of Richmond.

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Mar

8

1977

P.B.S. Pinchback

P.B.S. Pinchback elected to the U. S. Senate. Since he had previously been elected to Congress, he went to Washington with the unique distinction of being both a senator-elect and a congressman-elect.

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Jan

14

1873

Did You Know That In...

1746 - Lucy Terry(1730-1821), a slave, writes Bars Fight, a commemorative poem recrating the Deerfield Massacre. This poem is the first known to be written by a black person in the United States and was not published until 1985.

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Jan

0

1746

W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia

W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia

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Oct

9

1984

Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black

Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black mayors of citys with over a million citizens, 1973

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Nov

6

1973

1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

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Feb

10

1964

Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

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Jul

16

1862

Blacks Declared Non-Citizens of US

The Acting Commissioner of General Lands for the United States, J.S. Wilson, stated that blacks were not citizens of the United States, and therefore were not legally entitled to preempt public lands.

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Mar

7

1859

Civil Rights Conference

Approximately 2,400 persons attended White House Conference on Civil Rights.

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Jun

1

1966

Edward W. Brooke

Edward W. Brooke (Republican, Massachusetts) elected to U.S. Senate and became the first Black senator since the Reconstruction era and the first Black senator elected by popular vote. Racial violence was reported in forty-three cities in 1966, with eleven killed, more than four hundred injured and

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1966

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