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1993

Second annual report of the NAACP

Second annual report of the NAACP listed total receipts from May through December, 1911, of $10,317.43. Organization had local chapters in Chicago, Boston and New York.

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1

1912

William D. McCoy

William D. McCoy of Indiana was appointed minister to Liberia.

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Jan

11

1892

On October 1, 1945, noted R&B singer and songwriter, Donny Hathaway was born in

On October 1, 1945, noted R&B singer and songwriter, Donny Hathaway was born in Chicago, Illinois. Before his death, he often teamed up with songstress, Roberta Flack, on songs such as Where Is the Love.

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Oct

1

1945

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

Alabama and Mississippi Democrats bolted the

Alabama and Mississippi Democrats bolted the Democratic convention after adoption of a strong civil rights plank.

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Jul

14

1948

Jarena Lee was born

The daughter of former slaves, born in Cape May, New

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Feb

11

1783

Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military A

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Mar

31

1856

Ohio legislature passed the first of a succession

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Jan

5

1804

Some 225,000 students boycotted Chicago schools in

Some 225,000 students boycotted Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest of de facto segregation.

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Oct

22

1963

COINTELPRO Memorandum

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Mar

3

1968

Poor People's Campaign

Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for Poor Peoples Campaign in Washington. He said he would lead a massive civil disobedience campaign in the capital to pressure the government to provide jobs and income for all Americans. He told a press conference that an army of poor white, poor Blacks and

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Mar

4

1968

Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded

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Jan

10

1957

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Oct

14

1964

Black Panther Leaders Killed

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Dec

4

1969

Race riot, Dixmoor, a Chicago suburb

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Aug

15

1964

Coretta Scott is born

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Apr

27

1927

Activist Floyd H. McKissick born

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9

1922

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May

20

1952

Death of Rep. George Collins

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Dec

8

1972

April 4, 1967. Speaking before the Overseas Press Club in New York City, Revered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, announced his opposition to the Vietnam War.

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4

1967

Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights

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Feb

12

1909

1st Non-voting Congressional Delegate

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Mar

23

1968

Jean Baptist Pointe Desable founds Chicago

Jean Baptist Pointe Desable, a French speaking Santo Domingo native, becomes the first permanent resident and thus founder of Chicago.

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Jun

6

1790

Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950.

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May

1

1950

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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Aug

25

1925

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which

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May

31

1870

Bodies of three civil rights workers discovered on

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Aug

4

1964

Ralph Abernathy dies

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17

1990

Dexter King named Chief Executive of SCLC

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