'Trying to educate, not indoctrinate': Republicans make AP African American studies about them

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'Trying to educate, not indoctrinate': Republicans make AP African American studies about them

… solid understanding of how African Americans have shaped America, … and political contributions of African Americans."

"We … of students learning about African American studies,” according to … described the AP African American studies pilot in Time …

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Virginia and Maryland pass laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

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1662

Forty-seventh Congress (1881-83) Convened

Forty-seventh Congress (1881-83) convened. Two Black congressmen, Robert Smalls, South Carolina; John R. Lynch, Mississippi.

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5

1881

Arthur Ashe makes history by becoming the first African American male to win the mens single title at Wimbledon, defeating Jimmy Connors.

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5

1975

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

Solomon George Washington Dill killed

Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of Black Republicans, assassinated in his home by white terrorists. Dill had allegedly made incendiary speeches to South Carolina Blacks.

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Jun

1

1864

Texas constitutional convention

Texas constitutional convention (nine Blacks, eighty-one whites) met in Austin.

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Jun

1

1868

James Theodore Holly

James Theodore Holly, a Black American who emigrated to Haiti in 1861, elected bishop of Haiti. He was consecrated in a ceremony at New Yorks Grace Church on November 8.

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Nov

3

1874

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

Ruth Moore 1st Black Female Ph.D. in Bacteriology

Ruth Ella Moore was born in 1903. She received a Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University in 1926 and a Master of

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Jan

0

1903

March for jobs and freedom

A. Philip Randolph helped plan a march on Washington(Lincoln Memorial) to demonstrate to the government the strengh and commitment of black people to civil rights. A. Philip Randolph fought for justice and for the advancement of African Americans.

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Aug

28

1963

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at

Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting Under the Oaks at the American Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia. The award will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.

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Sep

27

1876

Jimmy Carter Elected President

Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia, elected president with strong support from Black voters.

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Nov

2

1976

Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came

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Apr

16

1862

Anti-lynching Bill Proposed

African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.

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Jan

20

1900

Blacks Elected to Congress

Sixteen Blacks were elected to Congress. Andrew Young of Atlanta was the first Black elected to Congress from the Deep South since the Reconstruction era. Also elected for the first time were Barbara Jordan (Tex.) and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Calif.). Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of

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Nov

17

1972

Debbye Turner is crowned Miss America. She is the third African American to win

Debbye Turner is crowned Miss America. She is the third African American to win the crown since the inception of the pageant in 1921.

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Sep

16

1989

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1751 - A South Carolina law prohibits slaves from learning about poisons and other medicines, it also prohibits them from becoming doctors.

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Jan

0

1751

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery, becomes an independent missionary and travels the U.S. and three other continents.

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Jan

23

1837

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves contraband of war.

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May

24

1861

The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson

The Chip Womans Fortune by Willis Richardson, the first dramatic work by an African American playwright to be mounted on Broadway, opens at the Frazee Theatre on Broadway

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May

15

1923

Roy deCarava, the first African American photographer to be awarded aGuggenhei

Roy deCarava, the first African American photographer to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, is born

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Dec

9

1919

Joseph Hayne Rainey

Joseph Hayne Rainey was the first Black elected to Congress to represent South Carolina. He was sworn in on this day to fill an unexpired term.

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Dec

12

1870

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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Feb

10

1868

The Virginia court rules in favor of John Graweere,an indentured servant who p

The Virginia court rules in favor of John Graweere, an indentured servant who petitioned the court for permission to purchase his childs freedom from the owner of the childs mother.

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Jan

0

1641

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of Life magazine; first time an African American is featured on the cover in the magazines 13 year history

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May

10

1950

First Black American woman aviator

First Black American woman aviator, Bessie Coleman was born, 1893

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Jan

26

1893

The first major conspiracy of people in Colonial America

The first major conspiracy of people in servitude was documented in Colonial America. A plot of black slaves and white servants was betrayed by a servant in Gloucester County, Virgina.

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13

1663

Fifty-first Congress convened

Fifty-first Congress convened. Three Black congressmen: Henry P. Cheatham, North Carolina; Thomas E. Miller, South Carolina; John M. Langston, Virginia.

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4

1889

Samuel David Ferguson

Samuel David Ferguson consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and named bishop of Liberia. He was the first Black American with full membership in the House of Bishops.

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24

1885

Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist

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