NC official gets the boot after refusing to refer to Black woman as 'doctor'

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African Americans throughout the North held meetings and church services on January 1, 1863 to celebrate the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Almost always the festivities revolved around a central speaker. One of those speeches was delivered by Rev. Jonathan C. Gibbs, pastor of the First

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Born: 2/17/1963 Brooklyn, New YorkMichael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:

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Fifty-first Congress convened

Fifty-first Congress convened. Three Black congressmen: Henry P. Cheatham, North Carolina; Thomas E. Miller, South Carolina; John M. Langston, Virginia.

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Mar

4

1889

Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey

William Loren Katz has devoted his life to researching and writing African American history. In the following account written to describe the reissue of one of his most successful books, Black Indians, he describes how he became an historian of African America and particularly the black

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Louis Armstrong's "Hello Dolly"

Louis Armstrongs Hello Dolly recording becomes his first and only number one record.

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Feb

15

1964

Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth (1959- )

Attorney and public prosecutor Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her father was a Baptist minister and her mother was an English teacher and school librarian. Lynch received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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North Carolina enacts a law that grants slave owners absolutepower and authori

North Carolina enacts a law that grants slave owners absolutepower and authority over enslaved blacks.

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Jan

0

1669

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

Nathaniel Adams Cole was a world renowned Jazz musician, born on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama. Starting off with an incredible skill with the organ, Cole became a multi-instrumentalist, later learning the piano as well as vocals. He was particularly known for his baritone voice, as is

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Feb

15

1965

Swahili language

Swahili language, member of the Bantu group of African languages (see African languages and Bantu languages ). Swahili is spoken by 30 million people, chiefly in Tanzania, Kenya, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, and Uganda, and serves as a lingua franca for additional millions in E Africa, including

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Congressman James O'hara born

Birthday of Congressman James E. OHara of North Carolina. First elected March 4, 1833, OHara served two terms, the second ending March 3, 1887.

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Feb

26

1884

Intergrated Residential Areas

First city ordinance required white and black residential areas was passed by Baltimore City Council. Similar laws were passed in Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Greensboro, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Louisville.

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Dec

19

1910

"Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Road to the White House, 2008

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Civil Rights Timeline

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Institutions Of Higher Learning

North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and West Virginia State College established.

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Dec

2

1891

(1862) John S. Rock, “A Deep and Cruel Prejudice”

New Jersey-born John Sweat Rock was one of the first African American dentists in the United States. He was also a medical doctor and in 1861, after studying law, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1861. On January 23, 1862, Rock addressed the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in

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Jan

23

1862

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter is a hip hop and R&B singer, songwriter and actress who is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the music industry. She was born in Houston, Texas to Tina and Mathew Knowles on September 4, 1981. She was interested in music from a very young

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Sep

4

1981

Schroeder, Galen - Website Indexer

Galen Schroeder is a full-time, professional book indexer located in Fargo, North Dakota. A circuitous path led him from a B.A. in Political Science from Kansas State University in 1964 to a Ph.D. in Agronomy from North Dakota State University in 1981. After 20+ years in agricultural

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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Brief History

In the following account Professor Malik Simba of California State University, Fresno, describes the century-long histry of the largest organized body dedicated to the research and promotion of African American

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Apr

3

1950

Miller, Heather

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Jun

20

1871

(1974) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's Statement: The Richard Nixon Impeachment Hearings

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54th Massachusetts Infantry (1863-1865)

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Klansmen fired on an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, N.C., and killed five persons.

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Nov

3

1979

Sit-in Movement in Greensboro, North Carolina

Four students form North Carolina A&T College started Sit-in movement at Greensboro, N.C., five-and-dime store. By February 10 movement had spread to fifteen Southern cities in five states.

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Feb

1

1960

Bermuda is an archipelago of about 360 small islands, 580 mi (934 km) east of North Carolina. The largest is (Great) Bermuda, or Main Island. Explored by Juan de Bermúdez, a Spaniard, the islands were settled in 1612 by an offshoot of the Virginia Company. Bermuda became a Crown colony in

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Jul

1

1962

Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two

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Dec

3

1883

Towns, Edolphus (1934- )

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21

1934

Deborrah Kaye Allen, better known as Debbie Allen, is an American choreographer and dancer from Houston, Texas. She was born on January 16, 1950 to Arthur Allen and Vivian Ayers. Her mother was a strong role model in her life, who took care of Debbie and her siblings when her parents got

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