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Carl Weathers, 51, actor (Rocky), (In the Heat of the Night), born New Orleans, LA, Jan 14, 1948.
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Jan
14
1948
TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and US
TransAfricas Randall Robinson, congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and US Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Francis Berry are arrested at a sit-in against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC
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Nov
21
1984
Marvin Gaye is born
Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C. He will sign with Motown in 1962 and begin a 22-year career that includes hits Pride and Joy, duets with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, as well as best-selling albums exploring his social consciousness (Whats Going On) and sexuality (Lets Get It On, Midnight
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Apr
2
1939
Governor W.W. Holden
Governor W.W. Holden of North Carolina declared Casswell County in a state of insurrection.
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Jul
8
1870
Marvin Gaye dies
Marvin Gaye dies in his parents Los Angeles home. Marvin attacked his father for verbally abusing his mother. His father responded by shooting his son to death. Since his death, the power and reach of Marvin’s music has increased.
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Apr
1
1984
Race Riot, Washington, D.C
Race Riot, Washington, D.C. Triggered by raids on Black residential areas by white soldiers. Six persons killed and more than one hundred wounded.
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Jul
24
1919
Duke Ellington Born
Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington, world famous musician, born in Washington, D.C.
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Apr
29
1899
South Carolina Constitutional Convention adopted
South Carolina Constitutional Convention adopted new constitution with understanding clause designed to eliminate Black
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Dec
4
1895
Maxine Waters
Elected to the House of Representatives by Californias 29th District.
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Jan
0
1999
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil rights legislation since 1875. The bill established a civil rights commission and a civil rights division in the Justice Department. It also gave the Justice Department authority to seek injunctions against voting rights
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Aug
29
1957
Charles Edward Anderson--Meteorologist
Born: August 13, 1919
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Aug
13
1919
Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor O
Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor Oval Faubus who calls out the National Guard, 1957
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Sep
4
1957
Dorothy Height - Visionary
Dorothy Height was born on this
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Mar
12
1912
Slaves Petition for Freedom
Massachusetts slaves petitioned the state legislature for freedom. A bill was drawn and passed by the Mass. legislature. But the governor witheld approval and the measure never became law.
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Jun
25
1773
Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
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Jul
16
1862
Politics
David Norman Dinkins began his first working day as mayor
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Jan
2
1990
The Black Settlers
Los Angeles, California, founded by forty-four settlers of whom at least twenty-six were descendants of Africans. Among the Black settlers, according to H.H. Bancrofts authoritative History of California, were Joseph Moreno, Mulatto, 22 years old, wife a Mulattress, five children; Manuel
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Sep
4
1781
Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama bec
Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama became the first African American named president of the Harvard Law Review.
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Feb
5
1990
Nelson Mandela is released
Nelson Mandelas greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky
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Feb
11
1990
Patricia Roberts Harris, HUD Secretary, dies
Patricia Roberts Harris, Housing and Urban Development Secretary and, in 1965, ambassador to Luxembourg during the Carter Administration, died in Washington, D.C.
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Mar
23
1985
Lawrence Douglas Wilder assumes title as governor
In Richmond, Virginia former Lt. Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder took office as the first popularly elected African American governor of an American state.
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Jan
14
1990
Willie Brown defeats incumbent mayor Frank Jordan to become 1st African American
Willie Brown defeats incumbent mayor Frank Jordan to become 1st African American mayor of San Francisco
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Dec
12
1995
Eleanor Holmes
Eleanor Holmes (later Eleanor Norton) is born in Washington, DC. A graduate of the Yale University School of Law, Norton will become chairperson of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and a Georgetown University law professor before being elected a non-voting delegate to Congress
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Jun
13
1937
Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in
Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, elected two Black bishops Matthew W. Clair of Washington, D.C., and Robert E. Jones of New Orleans.
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May
23
1920
Los Angeles begins clean up and rebuilding
Los Angeles begins clean up and rebuilding after the Rodney King riots (58 deaths, 600 fires, 1 billion dollars of property damage)
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May
2
1992
Rev
Rev. Thomas Kilgore, a Los Angeles pastor, was elected president of the predominantly white American Baptist Convention.
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May
17
1969
Max Robinson
The first Black network anchor, Max Robinson, who joined ABCs World News Tonight died on this day of complication from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in Washington, DC.
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Dec
20
1986
Baseball player Darryl Strawberry born
New York Mets controversial star outfielder Darryl Strawberry was born in Los Angeles.
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Mar
12
1962
Mel Franklin dies
Bass Singer Melvin Franklin of The Temptations died of complications following a brain seizure in Los Angeles. He was 53.
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Feb
23
1995
Booker T. Washington gains honorary degree
Booker T. Washington receives an honorary degree from Harvard University.
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Apr
15
1896
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