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Paul Robeson's scheduled singing appearance at the Lakeland picnic grounds in We
Paul Robesons scheduled singing appearance at the Lakeland picnic grounds in Westchester County, NY is disrupted by a riot instigated and provoked by whites angry at Robesons political stands.
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Aug
27
1949
(1976) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, “Who, Then, Will Speak for the Common Good?”
In 1972 Barbara Charline Jordan became the first black member of Congress elected from Texas. Two years later this freshman Representative became a national figure because of her prominent role as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment hearings of President Richard
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Alabama A&M University [Normal] (1875-- )
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (Alabama A & M) University is a historically black university located in the city of Normal, Alabama.  The school began in 1875 when Alabama officials used the Morrill Act of 1862 allowing state governments to establish colleges for African American
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Jul
16
2009
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt was a singer and actress who recorded the hit holiday song “Santa Baby”. She was born on January 17, 1927 in South Carolina to an African American mother and a white father. She was raised by Anna Mae Riley, as her biological mother had abandoned her. It wasn’t until later
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Jan
17
1927
Barbados
On October 23, 2010, Prime Minister David Thompson died of pancreatic cancer. Thompson was succeeded by his Deputy Prime Minister Freundel
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Aynaw, Yityish “Titi” (1992- )
Yityish “Titi” Aynaw was crowned Miss Israel on February 27, 2013.  She made history when she became the first Miss Israel of African ancestry.  Born in Gondar Province, Ethiopia, Aynaw arrived in Israel in March 2003 along with her older brother and grandparents at the age of 12 after
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Feb
27
2013
James M. Rodger, Jr.
James M. Rodger, Jr. first African American to be named National Teacher of the Year is honored at a White House ceremony.
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Apr
24
1972
Marian Anderson born
2/27/1902: On this day Marian Anderson, who will become a world-renowned opera singer and the first African American soloist to perform at hte White House , is born in Philadelphia, PA.
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Feb
27
1902
1st black to hold exec. position in White House
E. Frederic Morrow appointed administrative aide to President Eisenhower and became the first Black to hold an executive position on the White House staff.
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Jul
9
1955
Booker T
Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South.
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Oct
16
1901
Housing discrimination banned
Supreme Court banned racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.
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Jun
18
1968
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Clauses
U.S. Supreme Court upheld clauses in Alabama constitution which disfranchised Blacks.
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Apr
27
1903
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation that employers and unions can establish voluntary programs, including the use of quotas, to aid minorities in employment.
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Jun
27
1979
Williams, Camilla (1919-2012)
Professional opera singer Camilla Williams was born October 18, 1919 in Danville, Virginia to Fannie Carey Williams and Cornelius Booker Williams. The youngest of four siblings, Williams began singing at a young age and was performing at her local church by age eight. At age 12, she began taking
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Jan
29
2012
Blacks Education Attempt Denied
The Blair Bill provided federal support for education and allocated funds to reduce illiteracy among the freedmen was defeated in the Senate, 37-31.
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Mar
20
1890
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end segregation at once and operate now and hereafter only unitary schools. In Mississippi case, Alexander V. Holmes, the Court abandoned the principle of all deliberate speed.
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Oct
29
1969
The Supreme Court weakened the foundations
U.S. Supreme Court undermined the legal foundations of segregation in three landmark cases, Sweatt v. Painter, McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents and Henderson v. United States.
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Jun
5
1950
Supreme Court decision
Supreme Court decision (Nixon v. Herndon) struck down Texas law which barred Blacks from voting in white primary.
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Mar
7
1927
Glenn H. Taylor, U.S. Senator from Idaho and
Glenn H. Taylor, U.S. Senator from Idaho and Vice-presidential candidate of Progressive party, arrested in Birmingham for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked for Negroes.
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May
1
1948
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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Nov
7
1967
Ohio legislature passed the first of a succession
Ohio legislature passed the first of a succession of Northern Black Laws which restricted the rights and movement of free Blacks in the North. Most Northern states passed Black Laws. Constitutions of three states --Illinois, Indiana, Oregon--barred Black settlers.
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Jan
5
1804
New York Draft Riots
On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment
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Jul
13
1863
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Blanche Kelso Bruce, first Black to serve a full term in the United States Senate was born a slave in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
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Mar
1
1841
President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Th
President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall.
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Jul
2
1991
U.S. Supreme Court Reversed Conviction
U.S. Supreme Court reversed conviction of sixteen sit-in students who had been arrested in Baton Rouge.
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Dec
11
1961
Botswana
President: Ian Khama
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The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born, 1908
The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born in Baltimore.
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Jul
2
1908
Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation
Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation in public recreational facilities.
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Nov
7
1955
283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores
On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The
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Jul
18
1827
Pioneer
Black Senate Page Appointed on April 8, 1965. 16 year old Lawrene Bradford of New York City was the first Black Page appointed to the US Senate.
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8
1965
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