Meet The Black Woman Transforming 12 Abandoned Acres Into $25 Million Tech Hub in Mississippi

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Meet The Black Woman Transforming 12 Abandoned Acres Into $25 Million Tech Hub in Mississippi

Dr. Nashlie Sephus purchased 12 abandoned acres to develop a $25 million tech hub for entrepreneurs in Mississippi. On September 11, 2020, the Jackson

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Ku Klux Klan trials began

Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi. Many whites, including doctors, lawyers, ministers and college professors, were arrested and jailed in the anti-Klan campaign. Of the 930 indicted in Mississippi, 243 were tried and found guilty. Some 1180 were indicted in South

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Jun

20

1871

The Great Migration

The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following

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Dec

4

1915

President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mi

President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi, 1962

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Sep

29

1962

Edward A. Bouchet

Edward A. Bouchet received the Ph.D. degree in physics at Yale University and became the first Black to receive a doctorate at an American University.

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Nov

7

1876

Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and

Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national pressure, seated Rep. Julian Bond, a critic of the Vietnam War.

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Jan

9

1967

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Atlanta Chamber of Commerce announced that Black and white leaders had agreed on a plan for desegregation of lunchrooms and other facilities. Clifton R. Wharton sworn in as ambassador to Norway.

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Mar

2

1961

Blues artist John Lee Hooker born

Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker was born in Clarkdale, Mississippi. Hooker began his 50 years as a musician at age 14, when he sang with religious groups and studied guitar with Will Moore. By age 73, Hooker had received the 1968-69 Best Blues Album award from Jazz and Pop

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Aug

22

1917

Mississippi legislature met

Mississippi legislature met. John R Lynch was elected Speaker of the house at the age of twenty-four.

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Jan

2

1872

Mississippi Barred Meredith For The Third Time

Mississippi barred Meredith for the third time. Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and a blockade of state patrolmen turned back Meredith and federal marshals about four hundred yards from the gate of the school.

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Sep

26

1962

Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee established in

Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee established in Atlanta.

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May

26

1961

Earl G. Graves, publisher of Black Enterprise

Earl G. Graves, publisher of Black Enterprise magazine and entrepreneur, born

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Jan

9

1935

Two Massachusetts slave merchants raid an African village, killing 100 persons; two blacks are brought to Massachusetts and sold; a local magistrate indicts the merchants for murder and man-stealing and orders that the slaves be returned to their Guinea home.

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Jan

0

1645

John R. Lynch, former congressman from Mississippi, elected temporary chairman of Republican convention and became first Black to preside over deliberations of a national political party.

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Jun

24

1884

Charles Caldwell

Charles Caldwell was the first Black in the state of Mississippi to be accused of the murder of a white man and found not guilty by an all-white jury. He was later elected to the state senate and on this day was assassinated in Clinton, Mississippi.

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Dec

25

1875

Miss. Plan disenfranchises Blacks

African-Americans are

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Nov

1

1890

Henry Rucker appointed collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia, 1897

Henry Rucker appointed collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia, 1897

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Aug

4

1897

Robert H. Wood, Mississippi political leader, elected mayor of Natchez.

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Dec

20

1870

Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened

Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened. One U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi. Three U.S. congressmen: Richard H. Cain, Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Smalls, South Carolina. Jackson College (Miss.) established.

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Oct

15

1877

Associates of Dr. Thomas Bray establish a school inGeorgia for the education o

Associates of Dr. Thomas Bray establish a school in Georgia for the education of blacks and Native Americans; Bray sets up a similar school in North Carolina.

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Jan

0

1751

Historian and Political Scientist

Death of Dr. Clarence A. Bacote (75), historian and political scientist, in Atlanta.

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May

1

1981

Scores injured in Klan-related incidents

Scores injured in Klan-related incidents in Georgia, Tennessee, California, Indiana and North Carolina, in March and April.

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Mar

15

1980

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

Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia

Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jul

1

1893

Actor Whitman Mayo dies

Whitman Mayo, best known for playing Grady on TVs Sanford & Son, died in Atlanta of a heart attack. He was 70.

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Jul

22

2001

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

Mayor of Atlanta

Andrew Young, Former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta.

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Oct

27

1981

Hiram R. Revels elected to the U.S. Senate by the

Hiram R. Revels elected to the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature, becoming the first Black US Senator in the US . He was elected to fill the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis. The term ended on March 3, 1871.

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Mar

3

1871

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

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Mar

9

1961

U.S. Rep. Jefferson Long dies

U.S. Rep. Jefferson Long, elected from the state of Georgia, died in Washington D.C. Long was the only candidate interested in running for the 60-day term and he was duly elected.

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Feb

5

1900

1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

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Feb

10

1964

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