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Ford, Harold Sr. (1945- )
Harold Eugene Ford, Sr., a United States Representative from Tennessee from 1975 to 1997, was born on May 20, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee to Vera Davis and Newton Jackson Ford, a funeral home director.  Ford’s family was part of the local black elite dating back to the beginning of the 20th
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May
20
1945
COINTELPRO Memorandum
A memorandum sent to field offices of the FBI set goals for what was termed as a new counterintelligence program against African American Nationalist groups. The objective was to block attempts by targeted groups to coalesce, grow and exist. The agencey believed unity was the first step toward
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Mar
3
1968
Mayor of Augusta Georgia
Edward M. McIntrye elected first Black mayor of Augusta, Georgia.
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Oct
28
1981
(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”
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Federal Marshalls Escort Meredith To University
Large force of federal marshals escorted James H. Meredith to the campus of the University of Mississippi. President Kennedy federalized the Mississippi National Guard and urged Mississippians to accept the orders of the court in a radio-TV address.
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Sep
30
1962
George Monroe 1834-1886, Stagecoach Driver
George Monroe was on of 2 Black men who carried mail on the famous Pony express. Monroe had the honor of driving Presidents Grant and Hayes along the dangerous S-curves of the Wanona trail into Yosemite Valley. Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park was named in his honor.
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18
2002
Trinidad and tobago
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Jordan, Michael Jeffrey
Jordan, Michael Jeffrey, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament final over Georgetown. Joining the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball
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Kurt Schmoke becomes the first African American mayor of Baltimore, Md
Kurt Schmoke becomes the first African American mayor of Baltimore, Md
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Dec
8
1987
Zambia
In 1972, Kaunda outlawed all opposition political parties. The world copper market collapsed in 1975. The Zambian economy was devastated—it had been the third-largest miner of copper in the world after the United States and Soviet Union. With a soaring debt and inflation rate in 1991, riots took
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Declared State of Emergency
Governor James A. Rhodes declared state of emergency in Cleveland and dispatched National Guard troops to riot-torn Hough district.
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Jul
19
1966
Election Results 1968
In one voting day, ninety-seven Blacks were elected to state legislatures, seven were elected to mayor, and four hundred to local governments in the former Confederate states.
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Nov
6
1968
(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary
Nnamdi Azikiwe, by now the best know nationalist leader in Nigeria, addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 50th anniversary celebration at the Polo Grounds, New York City, July 19, 1959. His speech appears
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19
1959
Christianity
Christianity, religion founded in Palestine by the followers of Jesus . One of the worlds major religions, it predominates in Europe and the Americas, where it has been a powerful historical force and cultural influence, but it also claims adherents in virtually every country of the
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Four term mayor of Langston Okla.
Melvin B. Tolson was mayor of Langston Oklahoma for four terms beginning in 1954. Tolson was a member of the Langston University faculty from 1947-1965.
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Jan
0
1954
(1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man”
African Methodist Episcopal minister and later Bishop Henry McNeal Turner emerged immediately after the Civil War as one of the most ardent defenders of African Ameriacn rights. Turner was also among the first group of Reconstruction-era African American elected officials. In July 1868, Turner was
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Sep
3
1868
Chuck E. Burris
In a low-turnout election on this day, Chuck E. Burris defeated the incumbent, Pat Wheeler, by 278 votes to 260; a third candidate won 30, to become the first Black mayor of Stone Mountain, Georgia which is the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Nov
4
1997
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, first woman to serve
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, first woman to serve in the cabinet of a New York City mayor, born
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Jul
5
1899
James & Lydia Sims
During World War II, Lydia Sims moved from Newark, New Jersey, to Spokane with her husband, James Sims, an Army Air Force soldier stationed at Geiger Airfield.  At the end of the war, the Sims family decided to remain in Spokane.  For 10 years they lived in the Garden Springs housing
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Mar
19
1969
Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian (1898-1975) - In 1935, Dr. Julian synthesized the drug physotigmine which is used today in the treatment of glaucoma. He later headed the soybean research department of the Glidden Company and then formed Julian Laboratories in order to specialize in the production of sterols
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Jan
0
1935
Mauritius
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Thomas Bradley
Thomas Bradley was born on this day in Calvert, Texas and went on to become mayor of Los Angeles by winning 56% of the vote.
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Dec
29
1917
Elijah Muhammad, born
Elijah Muhummad was born Elijah Poole in
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Oct
10
1897
(1838) James McCune Smith, “The Abolition Of Slavery And The Slave Trade In The French And British Colonies”
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was a prominent physician and abolitionist. Smith was educated in the African Free School in New York City. When failing to be admitted to any American college, he enrolled in Glasgow University in Scotland in 1832 and earned three degrees including his medical
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Jun
9
1838
The Cotton Bag Fort
A African American Designs The Cotton Bag Fort: When Andrew Jackson assembled his force at New Orleans, his soldiers, many of whom were African American slaves, were outnumbered by the British forces ten to one. Faced with this disadvantage, Jackson consulted with men as to what was the best
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2
2002
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
1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born inAt
1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born in
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10
1907
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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23
2003
Lowry, Henry Berry (c. 1846-1872)
In 1853, the Lumbee Indians, a triracial people who are descendants of several southeastern Indian tribes, whites, and African Americans, named themselves after the Lumber River, which flows through their homeland in North Carolina.  According to the Lumbee historian Adolph Dial, they are also
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Black Panther Leaders Killed
Two Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark - killed in Chicago police raid. Civil rights leaders said the two men were murdered in their
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Dec
4
1969
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