The Black Census Project Ramps Up Effort Ahead Of Midterm Elections

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The Black Census Project Ramps Up Effort Ahead Of Midterm Elections

"Black communities often get talked about, but we don't get spoken to," said Alicia Garza, Black Futures Lab's founder and principal. "A lot of our issues, and the things that we care about, get framed and shaped by somebody who is not us."

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On this day, President Lincoln issued his Proclamation on Amnesty and Reconstruction for the restoration of the Confederate states into the Union. He offered them a full pardon and restoration of their rights if they were willing to take an oath of loyalty to the Union and accept the end of

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8

1863

Thurgood Marshall

Born: 7/2/908 Baltimore, MarylandDied: /24/993 Bethesda, MarylandThurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 967 until October 99. Marshall was the Courts 96th justice and its first African-American justice.Business

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Democrats suppressed Black vote

Democrats suppressed Black vote by fraud and violence and carried Mississippi election. The Mississippi Plan staged riots, political assassinations, massacres and social and economic intimidation was used later to overthrow Reconstruction governments in South Carolina and Louisiana.

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Nov

2

1875

Black becomes governor of Virgin Islands

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May

1

1946

James Weldon Johnson

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26

1938

Chuck Berry’s signature on stage was the “duck walk” — playing the guitar while squatting and hopping on one foot… A sample of “Johnny B. Goode” was included in a compilation of music aboard the spacecraft Voyager I, launched by the United States in 1977… Chuck Berry claims

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1746

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

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Dec

4

1969

Ernest Everett Just

Born: 8/14/1883 Charleston, South CarolinaDied: 10/27/1941 Washington, D.C., United StatesErnest Everett Just was a pioneering African-American biologist, academic and science writer. Justs primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of

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17

1956

Rollins, Ida Gray Nelson (1867-1953)

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14

1922

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7

1859

Death of Thaddeus Stevens

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Aug

11

1868

Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal given

Charles Gordone awarded Pulitzer Prize for his play, No Place To Go. Painter Jacob Lawrence awarded Spingarn Medal in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world...a window on the Negros condition in the United States and in salute to his unswerving commitment to the

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Nov

26

1970

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassinated

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Nov

22

1963

Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian

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Mar

4

1922

Blacks Elected to Congress

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Nov

17

1972

Leontyne Price has achieved heights in the music world that many aspire to but that very few reach. As a singer she became famous all around the world. Mary Leontyne Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10, 1927. As a youth, she sang in church choirs. Later, she attended Central State

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10

1927

Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting

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May

14

1867

Josephine Baker

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24

1986

Carter G. Woodson

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28

1918

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