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By Brandi Demers, The Houston Sun Over the past weeks we have seen this nation rise up in outrage over the murder of George Floyd and countless others at the hands of law enforcement. From peaceful protests to destructive riots the people have done what they could to ensure that their voices will not go []

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Edward Daniel Nixon, former president of the Georgia NAACP, died at age 87.

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1987

War of Independence

Militia Integrated in the War of Independence: The first integrated army in American history was the colonial militia that fought the early battles of the War of Independence. African American minutemen fought on the front lines in the first battles against British authority: African Americans

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19

1775

Virginia Students Protest Segregated Schools

Students attending Moton High School, Prince Edward County, Virginia led a walk out to protest separate and unequal school

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Apr

23

1951

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

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

One-Man Show of Art

One-Man Show of Art by Negro, First of Kind Here, Opens Today, read the headline of a front-page article in The New York Times on this day. The article announced the opening of Archibald J. Motley, Jrs show at the New Gallery on Madison Avenue. This was the first time in History that an artist had

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Feb

25

1928

Ota Benga, African native kept in zoo, kills self

An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were mans evolutionary ancestors - monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and a African of

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Mar

20

1916

David Norman Dinkins began his first working day as mayor

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Jan

2

1990

Selma March begins

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of people on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to call for voting rights for African Americans.

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Mar

21

1965

W.E.B. Du Bois resigned from his position at the NAACP in a disagreement over policy and racial strategy.

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Jun

26

1934

Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro

On this day, Survey Graphic published a special issue titled Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro. By the end of the year, editor Alain Locke had reprinted and expanded upon the writings from this issue, producing a full-length anthology of African-American writing called The New Negro. This

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Mar

1

1925

Harry Belafonte wins an Emmy

Harry Belafonte wins an Emmy for his variety special Tonight with Harry Belafonte. It is the first Emmy awarded to an African American.

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Jun

20

1960

George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African

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0

1916

Edith Sampson is the first African American appointed as a representative to the

Edith Sampson is the first African American appointed as a representative to the UN.

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Aug

19

1950

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

Frances Watkins Harper, writer born

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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Sep

24

1825

P.B.S Pinchback became the 1st African American governor of an American state, Louisiana

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Dec

11

1872

NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume

Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.

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9

1995

Cicely Tyson hold a record seven Image Awards from the NAACP.

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Bernard Harris, astronaut

Bernard Harris, African-American astronaut, takes space walk.

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Feb

9

1995

Hal McRae is named manager of the Kansas City Royals. He is one of two African-A

Hal McRae is named manager of the Kansas City Royals. He is one of two African-American managers serving In major league baseball.

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May

24

1991

An ammunitions depot at Port Chicago, Calif

1944 : An ammunitions depot at Port Chicago, California explodes, killing 320 men including 202 African Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. The resulting refusal of 258 African Americans to return to the dangerous work formed the basis of the trial and conviction of 50 of the men

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Jul

17

1944

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

First African American Before US Supreme Court

John Sweat Rock (1825-1866), a noted Boston lawyer, became in 1865 the first African-American to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black person to speak before the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Feb

1

1865

W.E.B. Du Bois died

W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in

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Aug

27

1963

A sermon book by Adrian Fischer describes the slave holiday Pinkster Day, the name given to Pentecost Sunday.

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Jan

0

1667

Charles Chesnutt Born

Charles Chesnutt, one of the first African-Americans to gain a national audience, is born in Cleveland Ohio.

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Jun

20

1858

NAACP convention adopted emergency resolution

NAACP convention adopted emergency resolution charging that President Nixon was leading the mob in its assault upon the Fourteenth Amendments Equal Protection clause.

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Jul

4

1972

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.

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Sep

27

1876

NAACP attacked issues concerning schools

NAACP began frontal attack on segregation and discrimination at elementary and high school levels, arguing that segregation was discrimination in cases before three-judged federal courts in South Carolina and Kansas. The South Carolina court, with a strong dissent from Judge E. Waites Warning, held

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