Republican Senator Introduces Bill To Stop Schools From Teaching '1619 Project' Curriculum About Slavery - Blavity

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Republican Senator Introduces Bill To Stop Schools From Teaching '1619 Project' Curriculum About Slavery - Blavity

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton has introduced new federal legislation to essentially ban the 1619 Project, which aims to teach the history of slavery, from public school classrooms.

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11

1851

Riots Are Getting Bad

A report of the Senate Permanent Investigating Committee said there were seventy-five major riots in 1967, compared with twenty-one major riots in 1966. The committee reported that eight-three persons were killed in 1967 riots, compared with eleven in 1966 and thirty-six in 1965.

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7

1967

Absalom Jones Born into Slavery

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6

1746

Compensation For States

President Lincoln, in message to Congress, recommended the use of federal bonds to provide compensation for states that abolished slavery before 1900.

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1

1862

Secretary of war authorized Gen

Secretary of war authorized Gen. Rufus Saxton to arm up to five thousand slaves.

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25

1862

Continental Congress excluded slavery

Continental Congress excluded slavery from Northwest Territory.

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13

1787

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland,

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland, summer. She returned to the South nineteen times and brought out more than three hundred slaves.

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Dec

6

1849

The French And Indian War

Black Troops in the French and Indian War: Even before the Revolutionary War, a pattern had been established in British colonies whereby African Americans were enlisted to defend the colonies when they were attacked, but were excluded from military service in times of peace. When Major General

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9

2002

Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened

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15

1877

Secession From the Union

Southern states believed the election of Lincoln as president meant the end to slavery. Immediately after the election in Novembet 1860, several states began holding conventions and debate secession from the Union. Before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, seven states had seceded fron the

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Mar

4

1861

Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations

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16

1862

Spingarn Medal: Edward W. Brooke

Spingarn Medal presented to Edward W. Brooke for his public service as the first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.

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Nov

7

1967

Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868).

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Jul

4

1861

John Brown was an abolitionist whomtook direct action to free slaves by force.

John Brown was an abolitionist whom took direct action to free slaves by force. He led a raid on Harpers Ferry, in mid-October in 1859, being convicted of murder, treason and conspiracy. But his way of freeing slaves was the most dramatic way of abolitionist impact, ever seen.

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15

1859

Ghana became an independent state

March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great

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6

1957

Virginia passes a fugitive slave order penalizing those who assistrunaway slav

Virginia passes a fugitive slave order penalizing those who assist runaway slaves.

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0

1642

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature

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Jan

6

1773

Death of Prince Hall

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4

1807

Proclamation on Amnesty and Reconstruction

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Dec

8

1863

New Jersey begins to abolish slavery

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15

1804

The First Black Psychic!

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28

1986

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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1

1808

The First Black Psychic

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27

2002

Anthony Jansen, a free new York mulatto, successfullysues a white man for unla

Anthony Jansen, a free new York mulatto, successfully sues a white man for unlawful bondage and receives compensation for his work.

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0

1654

Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise

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30

1854

first black to run for Parliament

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1999

Soldier & patriot James Robinson is born. When he won a medal for bravery at th

Soldier & patriot James Robinson is born. When he won a medal for bravery at the Battle of Yorktown, he was promised his freedom for fighting with the Americans. After the war, he was sold back into slavery.

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28

1753

Anti-Slavery Law

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3

1865

The U.S. Senate overrides President Ronald Reagan's veto of legislation imposing

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2

1986

Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to US Senate

Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature.

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3

1874

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