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Dec
1
1940
Presidential Assistant E. Frederic Morrow born
Presidential Assistant E. Frederic Morrow was born in Hakensack, New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers University, Morow was a vice president for Bank of America before being appointed an administrative assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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20
1909
President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,
President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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5
1875
1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Ken
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1999
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Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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13
1967
Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist
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Cuba
Seventeen months after his emergency intestinal surgery, 81-year-old Castro released a public statement declaring that he was not healthy enough to campaign in the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he has not withdrawn from the election. Castros announcement on January 2008, was followed
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Charles E. Mitchell
Charles E. Mitchell, certified public accountant and banker from West Virginia, named minister to Liberia.
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10
1930
Dr. Harold D. West
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14
1952
William D. Crum
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13
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Joyce Banda
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Executive Order 11246
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1965
Proclamation on Violence
President Grant issued proclamation on violence in Mississippi.
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1874
Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche
Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche receive the first Medals of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy, the creator of the award.
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Government: Ohio state.
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1967
Sam Cook, Father of Soul Music, born.
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Jan
22
1931
Executive Order 9808
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Dec
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1946
Barack Obama
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Muhammad Ali convicted in Houston, Texas, federal
Muhammad Ali convicted in Houston, Texas, in federal courts for violating Selective Service Act by refusing induction into the armed services. He was fined $10,000 and sentenced to five years in prison. Ali, an opponent of the Vietnam War, had refused to report for service on grounds that he was
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1967
First Black minister to serve for a White congregation, Lemuel Haynes was born,
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1753
Clarence Willi Norris, last surviving member of the Scottsboro Boys, died at age
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1989
William H Heard
William H. Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia.
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Feb
23
1895
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1936
Rosalind Brewer
Born: 962 President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, U.S.ABrewer became CEO of discount membership club and retailer Sam’s club in 202, becoming the first woman and first African-American to head a Wal-Mart subsidiary. The $56 billion (revenues) division of Wal-Mart has operations in the
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Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
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1921
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Atty. John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia.
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1878
Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.
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Jun
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1881
Benin
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1983
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