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Born: October 25, 1925

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25

1925

Riot, University of Georgia

Riot, University of Georgia. Two Black students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were suspended but a federal court ordered them reinstated. They returned to classes on January 16.

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Jan

11

1961

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

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

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Sep

5

1960

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas. Five whites and twenty-five to fifty Blacks reported killed. Seventy-six Blacks were reported lynched in 1919. Kansas City Call founded by Chester Arthur Franklin. Spingarn Medal presented to Archibald Grimke, President of the American Negro Academy and

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Oct

13

1919

The First National Convention of Black Women

The First National Convention of Black Women held in Boston, MA

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Jul

29

1885

Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia

Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jul

1

1893

Angela Davis arrested in New York City and charged

Angela Davis arrested in New York City and charged with unlawful flight to avoid persecution for her alleged role in California courthouse shoot-out.

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Oct

13

1970

Blacks Holding Elective Offices

Joint Center for Political Studies reported that 2991 Blacks held elective offices in 45 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 2621 in April, 1973, and 1185 in 1969. The Center reported 108 Black mayors. Michigan had the largest number of Black elected officials (194), followed by

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Apr

22

1981

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

Col.B.O. Davis Jr.

Col. B.O. Davis Jr. Named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army Air Force base in the United States.

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Jun

21

1945

Spottiswood W. Robinson

Spottiswood W. Robinson, representative of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, dean of the Howard University Law School, member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Circuit Judge of the D.C. Circuit, born

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Jul

26

1916

Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.

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Dec

29

1907

Anti-lynching Bill Proposed

African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.

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Jan

20

1900

NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume

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

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Dec

9

1995

First black CPA

Jesse B. Blayton became the first black certified public accountant in the United States.

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Jan

0

2000

Jaleel White is born

Jaleel White was born November 27, 1976 in Pasadena, California. He started acting in commercials for Jack In The Box and other companies at the age of 3. His first televison role was on CBSs The Jeffersons in 1985. Jaleel White is best remembered as being the ever annoying and loveable Steve Urkel

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Nov

27

1976

Charles Edward Anderson

In 1960, Charles Edward Anderson earned a Ph.D. in Meteorology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Edward Anderson the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Meteorology; died today.

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Oct

21

1994

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

Grover Cleveland Wins Election

Grover Cleveland won election and became the first Democratic president of the United States since the Civil War.

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Nov

4

1884

Freeing of Slaves

On May 9, 1862 General Hunter of the Union Army issued a proclomation freeing the slaves of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. A displeased President Lincoln anulled this act. Lincoln stated, General Hunter is an honest man...He proclaimed all men free within certain states. I repudiated the

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May

9

1862

Black state convention at Macon, Georgia,

Black state convention at Macon, Georgia, protested expulsion of Black politicians from Georgia legislature.

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Oct

6

1868

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

Democrat Grover Cleveland elected president

Democrat Grover Cleveland elected president.

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Nov

8

1892

Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized

Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized convention hall and established effective control over Reconstruction process in Florida. Republican conservatives drafted new constitution which concentrated political power in hands of governor and limited the impact of the Black vote.

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Feb

10

1868

Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks

Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks in the District of Columbia was passed over President Andrew Johnsons veto.

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Jan

8

1867

Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested

Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested by United States Deputy marshals in Boston. Two thousand United States troops escorted him through the streets of Boston when he was returned to the South on June 3.

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May

24

1854

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights

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Dec

4

1969

First Black Presidential Press Secretary

President John F. Kennedy named Andrew T. Hatcher associate press secretary. Hatcher was the first Black to hold this position.

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Nov

10

1960

National Baptist Convention

These Baptist groups, the Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, the American National Baptist Convention, the Baptist National Education Convention, Merged and established the National Baptist Convention at an Atlanta meeting.

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28

1895

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