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9

1974

Lawrence Douglas Wilder of Virginia is inaugurated as the first African American

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1990

John Mercer Langston (1829-97).

In October, 1868, John Mercer Langston founded and organized the Law Department of Howard University, the first in a black school. He headed the department when classes formally began on January 6, 1869, and was its dean from 1870 to 1873. From 1873 to 1875 he was vice-president and acting

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6

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Henry Sampson, an african-american, invented the cellular phone.

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6

1971

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30

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Isabel Sanford wins an Emmy award as best comedic actress for The Jeffersons

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13

1981

First Black minister to serve for a White congregation, Lemuel Haynes was born,

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18

1753

N.Y. against racial discrimination

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5

1957

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20

1999

Black Youths Urged to Resit Induction

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31

1948

Roland Hayes' Fifth American Tour

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1928

1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Ken

1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy.

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1999

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

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5

1960

the Bronze Muse

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22

1911

Black demonstrators staged ride-in to protest

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7

1867

Death of George Washington Williams

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4

1891

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11

1959

Second annual report of the NAACP

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1

1912

Opera singer Marian Anderson born

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27

1902

William C. Carter patents an umbrella stand

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8

1885

Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopa

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13

1818

Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."

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1

1946

Doris A. Davis of Compton, California becom

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5

1973

Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks

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8

1867

Richard Theodore Greener

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30

1844

Laurence Fishburne, Jr. Born

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31

1961

Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the fi

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16

1975

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1989

premiere of "The Jeffersons"

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18

1975

Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal given

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