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Henry Lewis
On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.
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Feb
15
1968
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. US
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Dec
18
1944
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
Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr. resigns
Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr. resigns from the U.S. Delegation to the UN in protest of the Nixon Administrations African policies.
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Dec
17
1971
Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Ser
Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Service, when President Franklin D Roosevelt signs Selective Service Act
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Sep
14
1940
Opera singer Marian Anderson born
Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was entered in the New York Philharmonic Competition at age 17 by her music teacher, and placed first over 299 other singers. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1930, Anderson went to Europe for a year of study. She
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Feb
27
1902
U.S. Black Population
United States Population: 150,697,361. Black population: 15,042,286 (10 per cent).
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Jan
3
1947
1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of
1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of the National Urban Leagues Opportunity magazine and professor and President of Fisk University, born
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Jul
24
1893
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
Vernon E
Vernon E. Jordan Jr., President of the National Urban League, critically injured in attempted assassination in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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May
29
1980
Andrew Young resigned under pressure
Andrew Young resigned under pressure as UN ambassador after unauthorized meeting with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Resignation created a storm of controversy and divided the Black and Jewish communities.
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Aug
15
1979
First Black delegate to United Nations, Edith Sampson, born, 1901
First Black delegate to United Nations, Edith Sampson, born, 1901
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Oct
13
1901
african heritage in the caribbean
The game Warri is a board game belonging to an ancient family of pit and pebble games which originated in Africa.The game originated in the Sudan and spread to western Africa from which it travelled to the Caribbean in the 17th century. It is one of the most interesting examples of African heritage
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Jan
0
1999
Congress bans the slave trade
Congress banned the slave trade, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States or the territories thereof after January 1, 1808.
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Jan
1
1808
Baseball Outfielder William "Bill" White born
Baseball outfielder William Bill White was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Now baeballs National League President, White played in 1,673 games and ended his career with a .286 batting average on 1,706 hits. He won the Golden Glove award in 1960 and 1966.
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Jan
28
1934
Anti-Slavery Society started
American Anti-Slavery Society
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Dec
4
1833
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona
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May
18
1955
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Jun
13
1967
war and famine
on March 29, 1991 a UN programme to feed two million Angolans resumes after the Government lifts a three-month ban on deliveries.
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Mar
29
1991
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
Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for the first time
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Sep
24
1965
Touissant L'Ouverture, born
Birthday of Haitian revolutionary Pierre-Dominique Touissant LOverture. There had been slave revolts before: in the Caribbean, in South America, and in
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May
20
1743
1st Black chariman of P.C.G.E.P.
Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, appointed first Black chairman of Presidents Committee on Government Employment Policy.
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Aug
3
1957
Reverse Policy of Distributuing land to freedmen
President Andrew Johnson moved to reverse policy of distributing abandoned land to freedmen.
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Aug
5
1864
Mayor of Atlanta
Andrew Young, Former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta.
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Oct
27
1981
Delegation urges suffrage for blacks
A delegation of blacks, led by Frederick Douglass, visited President Johnson and urged that suffrage be given to all qualified blacks.
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Jan
0
2000
Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, Cuban poet, born
Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (Placido), poet, is born in Havana Cuba
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Mar
19
1809
Phillis Wheatley freed
Poet Phillis Wheatley, born a slave in 1754, was freed and her first book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published. The book of poetry is said to have been widely acclaimed in the United States and England.
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Jan
21
1773
Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician
Born: March 16, 1846
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Aug
14
1922
Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came
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Apr
16
1862
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