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4
1991
Black demonstrators staged ride-in to protest
Black demonstrators staged ride-in to protest segregation on New Orleans streetcars. Similar demonstrations occurred in Mobile, Ala., and other cities.
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May
7
1867
Spingarn Medal : Medar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers awarded Spingarn Medal posthumously for his civil rights leadership.
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Dec
12
1963
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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10
1868
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1671 - There are 2000 African slaves in Virginia
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1671
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1777 - New Jersey opens public schools for black children.
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Jan
0
1777
Hiram R.Revels First Speech
Hiram R. Revels made his first speech in the Senate, opposing the readmission of Georgia without adequate safeguards for Black citizens. This was the first official speech by a Black in Congress.
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Mar
16
1869
James Meredith starts school. He is the first Black student at University of Mi
James Meredith starts school. He is the first Black student at University of Mississippi... after 3000 federal troops quelled riots over his admission, 1962
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Oct
1
1962
Jimmy Winkfield wins his second Kentucky Derby
Jimmy Winkfield wins his second Kentucky Derby in a row. African American jockeys have won 15 of 28 Derby races.
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May
1
1902
Selma March begins
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of people on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to call for voting rights for African Americans.
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Mar
21
1965
President Roosevelt established a Fair Employment Practices Committee to monitor
President Roosevelt established a Fair Employment Practices Committee to monitor discrimination against Negroes in defense industries.
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Jul
19
1941
Denouncement of Klan violence
Gov. William W. Holden of North Carolina denounced Klan violence and issued proclaimation declaring Almanance County in a state of insurrection.
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Mar
7
1870
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1669 - A Virginia act rules that slave owners will not be held liable for killing their slaves.
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Jan
0
1669
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Julian Bond, 59,legislator, civil rights leader, born Nashville, Tn, Jan 14, 1940.
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14
1940
Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago
Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by artist and poet Margaret T. Burroughs in 1961, the DuSable is one of the oldest African American museums in the U.S.
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Sep
17
1991
Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.
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May
21
1881
A.J. Hayne killed
A.J. Hayne, Black captain of the Arkansas militia, assassinated in Marion, Arkansas.
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Jul
15
1869
Robert N.C. Nix, first African American rep
Robert N.C. Nix, first African American representative from Pennsylvania and 11 term congressman, born
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Aug
9
1905
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Benjamin Banneker, Black inventor and scientist, born in Ellicotts Mills Maryland.
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Nov
9
1731
Marchers led by Martin Luther King
Thousands of marchers, led by Martin Luther King Jr. completed first leg of five-day Selma-to-Montgomery march. Marchers were protected by federalized Alabama National Guardsmen and U.S. Army troops. Selma-to-Montgomery march ended with rally of some fifty thousands at Alabama capitol. One of the
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Mar
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1965
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Following the dwindling supply of indentured servants, the Virginia legislature legally recognizes the institution of slavery in order to maintain needed labor on tobacco plantations.
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Jan
0
1661
Gladys Ross dies
Gladys Merritt Ross, co-founder of Phi Delta Kappa sorority for African American teachers, dies in Stockton, California.
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6
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Captured Black Soliders
Surrounded by a superior rebel force, First Kansas Colored Volunteers smashed through rebel lines and sustained heavy casualties in an engagement at Poison Spring, Arkansas. Captured Black soldiers were murdered by the Confederate troops.
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18
1864
A commemorative stamp of Martin Luther King, Jr. is issued by the U.S. Postal Se
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Jan
13
1979
African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith
African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith dies in Sheffield, England. Smith had emigrated to England in 1866.
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Mar
22
1882
James P. Thomas
Before his death on this day, James P. Thomas opened a barbershop in his Tennessee home; over his lifetime he accumulated almost $100,000 in assests and property.
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Dec
17
1913
Jump Start premieres in 40 newspapers in the U.S. It is created by 26 year old R
Jump Start premieres in 40 newspapers in the U.S. It is created by 26 year old Robb Armstrong, the youngest African American to have a syndicated comic strip. He follows in the footsteps of Morrie Turner, the creator of Wee Pals, the first African American syndicated comic strip.
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2
1989
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm became the first African American Presidential nominee, with 151 votes from the delegates polled.
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Jul
13
1972
Josiah T. Walls
Born on this day in Winchester, VA, Josiah T. Walls was elected to the U.S. Congress for the state of Florida.
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Dec
30
1842
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., politician and civil rights activist was born in New Haven CT
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29
1908
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