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Loretta Thompson Glickman
Loretta Thompson Glickman was the first black mayor of Pasadena, California, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a U.S. city of 100,000 or more people.
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0
Henry O. Flipper joins military academy
Henry O. Flipper of Georgia entered West Point Military Academy.
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Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Jul
1
1873
Thomas Bradley was elected mayor of Los Angeles at a time when Blacks represente
Thomas Bradley was elected mayor of Los Angeles at a time when Blacks represented only 15% of the LA electorate, becoming one of the first two Black mayors of city with over a million citizens, 1973
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Nov
6
1973
The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the
The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear the name of the slain civil rights leader.
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Nov
4
1988
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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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Feb
10
1868
Basketball star Walt Frazier born
Basketball legend Walt Frazier was born in
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Mar
29
1945
Florida General Assembly
Florida General Assembly (nineteen Blacks, fifty-seven whites) met in Tallahassee.
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Jun
1
1864
Four national chain stores announced
Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.
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Mar
1
1960
Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black
Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black mayors of citys with over a million citizens, 1973
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Nov
6
1973
Howard T Ward becomes Georgia's first Black Superior Court Judge
Howard T Ward becomes Georgias first Black Superior Court Judge
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Jan
24
1977
Colonies give Statutory Recognition
Massachusetts became the first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery. Other colonies followed: Connecticut 1650; Virginia, 1661; Maryland, 1663; New York and New Jersey, 1664; South Carolina, 1682; Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, 1700; North Carolina. 1715; Georgia, 1750.
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Dec
1
1641
Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta.
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Oct
16
1973
David Dinkins was elected first Black mayor of New York City, 1989
David Dinkins was elected first Black mayor of New York City, 1989
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Nov
7
1989
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African A
Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city (Taft, OK)
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Apr
16
1973
Carrie Saxton Perry
Carrie Perry was the first black woman mayor to be elected to a major U.S. city. She was elected mayor of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut in 1987.
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Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Jan
0
1987
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
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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Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Mar
15
1980
The first black post office open, Atlanta GA, 1955
The first black post office open, Atlanta GA, 1955
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Oct
22
1955
Jefferson F. Long born
Jefferson F. Long, a merchant and tailor, was born in Knoxville, Georgia. He became the first African American from Georgia elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving two months and 9 days.
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Mar
3
1836
Mrs. M.L.K. and deacon Boykin were killed
A Black man shot and killed Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and deacon Edward Boykin during church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. The assailant, Marcus Chennault of Dayton, Ohio, was later convicted and sentenced to death.
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Jun
30
1974
Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South Ameri
Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. meet in Atlanta for the first Congress of African People.
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Sep
3
1970
Death of Horace Mann Bond
Death of Horace Mann Bond (70), former president of Lincoln University (Pa.), in Atlanta.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Dec
21
1972
Andrew Young born
Andrew Young, former US United Nations ambassador, former congressman and former mayor of Atlanta, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
Mar
12
1932
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
storm of 28
More than 3000 African Americans died when Lake Okeechobee fooded Western Palm Beach County, Florida, with a 10-15 foot tidal wave. There are at least 3 mass graves containing the bodies of negroes interned without coffins or identification
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Sep
16
1928
Field Order No. 15
Gen. William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15 setting aside the islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, for exclusive settlement by Blacks. The order provided that
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Jan
16
1865
First Black Elected Mayor of a Major City
Being elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio made Carl Stokes the first Black to be elected mayor of a major city.
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Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Nov
13
1967
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
Dr. Rufus Clement
Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University elected to Atlanta Board of Education.
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Dec
2
1953
Historian and Political Scientist
Death of Dr. Clarence A. Bacote (75), historian and political scientist, in Atlanta.
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May
1
1981
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