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Congress Adopts 15th Amendmant
Congress adopted the 15th constitutional amendment, making it illegal for the US or any single government to deny or abridge the right to vote on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
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Feb
27
1869
Jefferson F. Long
Jefferson F. Long of Macon, Ga., elected to an unexpired term in the Forty-first Congress. Georgia Democrats carried state election with a campaign of violence and political intimidation.
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Dec
20
1870
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
Forty-sixth Congress Convened
Forty-sixth Congress (1879-1881) convened. One U.S. Senator: Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi.
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Mar
18
1879
BIRTH
Arthur Wergs Mitchell, 1st African American to be elected to congress, is born in Lafayette, Ala.
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Dec
22
1883
Confederate congress passed resolution which
Confederate congress passed resolution which branded Black troops and their officers criminals. Resolution, in effect, doomed captured Black soldiers to death or slavery.
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May
1
1863
Maggie Lena Walker
Maggie Lena Walker died on this day. Before her death, she was the secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a mutual aid society in Richmond, VA. She transformed the society into a successful financial complex that bolsters the Black community in Richmond in 1899.
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Dec
15
1934
Fifty-fourth Congress (1895-97) convened
Fifty-fourth Congress (1895-97) convened. One Black congressman: George W. Murray, South Carolina.
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Dec
2
1895
Hirman R. Revels
Hirman R. Revels of Mississippi sworn in as first Black U.S. senator and first Black representative in Congress.
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Feb
25
1870
Collins, George Washington (1925-1972)
Born on March 5, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, George Washington Collins graduated from Waller High School and immediately joined the United States Army in 1943 at the age of 18.  He rose to the rank of sergeant and was discharged in 1946.  Collins attended the Central Y.M.C.A. College in
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Pres. Kennedy barred racial discrimination
President Kennedy issued executive order barring racial discrimination in federally financed housing.
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Nov
20
1962
Barbara Jordan dies
Barbara Charline Jordan was born February 21, 1936, in Houston, Texas. Jordan was elected to the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first female African-American to do so. In 1972, she was elected president pro-tempore of the Texas Senate - the first African-American elected to preside over
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Jan
17
1996
Forty-ninth Congress (1885-87) convened
Forty-ninth Congress (1885-87) convened. Two Black congressmen: James E. OHara, North Carolina; Robert Smalls, South Carolina.
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Dec
7
1885
Parren James Mitchell
Parren James Mitchell, first African American elected to Congress from Maryland, born
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Apr
29
1922
Spencer Williams's 1942 movie Blood of Jesus is among the third group of 25 fil
Spencer Williamss 1942 movie Blood of Jesus is among the third group of 25 films added to the Library of Congresss National Film Registry.
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Sep
25
1991
Civil War Hero
Robert Smalls was a Civil War hero and Reconstruction congress man.
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Apr
5
1839
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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May
31
1870
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Re-elected
Harlem voters defied Congress and re-elected Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Apr
11
1967
Declaration of Independence adopted
Declaration of Independence adopted. A section denouncing the slave trade was deleted.
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Jul
4
1776
Salem Poor
Salem Poor was a Black hero of the Revoluntionary War. He distinguished himself so in battle that fourteen American officers praised him before Congress. On this day, a memorial was dedicated to him at Cambridge, Massachusetts which carried the citation that under our own observation, we declare
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Dec
5
1775
February 11, Robert Weaver sworn in as
February 11, Robert Weaver sworn in as administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, highest federal post to date by a Black American.
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Feb
11
1961
William L. Dawson
William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago. Black and white advocates of direct, nonviolent action organizing the Sleeping Car Porters under the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and securing recognition for them; and because of his fearless, determined mobilization of mass opinion that
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Nov
3
1942
Oliver Tambo
Born: 10/27/1917 Bizana, South AfricaDied: 4/24/1993 Johannesburg, South AfricaOliver Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Lowell W
Lowell W. Perry Confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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May
21
1975
Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment which, on
Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment which, on ratification, abolished slavery in America. The vote in the House was 121 to 24.
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Jan
31
1865
Congress forbade Union officers/soldiers
Congress forbade Union officers and soldiers to aid in the capture and return of fugitive slaves, ending what one historian called the military slave hunt.
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Mar
13
1862
Second Pan-African Congress met in London
Second Pan-African Congress met in London, Brussels and Paris, August 28 to September 6. Of the 113 delegates, 39 were form Africa and 36 were from America.
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Aug
28
1921
South Africa's Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the
South Africas Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the government of President F.W. de Klerk.
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Jan
16
1994
George Washington Murray was elected to Congress by South Carolina, 1895
George Washington Murray was elected to Congress by South Carolina, 1895
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Sep
5
1895
first Black presidential cabinet member
Robert C. Weaver becomes first Black presidential cabinet member when sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs under the Johnson Administration
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Jan
18
1966
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