What’s Going On – 7/7

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SUMMER IN AMERICATHE NATION: The Fourth of July weekend began on June 30 when African-American Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the new US Supreme Court Justice. She is first Black woman to join the nation’s highest court since it was established in 1789. When will Washington negotiate the release of African American […]

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Death of Thaddeus Stevens

Death of Thaddeus Stevens (76), architect of the Radical Reconstruction program, in Washington.

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1868

Slavery Abolishment

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2

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White terrorists attacked Black Republicans

White terrorists attacked Black Republicans in Hamburg, S.C., killing five.

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8

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Justice Department filed suit

Justice Department filed suit against the St. Louis suburb of Black Jack, charging the community with illegally using municipal procedures to block an integrated housing development.

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14

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Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868).

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4

1861

Selma March begins

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of people on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to call for voting rights for African Americans.

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21

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Jimmy Winkfield wins his second Kentucky Derby

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1957

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

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1961

Death of Carter G. Woodson

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3

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William A. Harper

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27

1873

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

First Black minister to serve for a White congregation, Lemuel Haynes was born,

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The Flip Wilson Show premieres on NBC. It is the first prime time variety show

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Juanita Hall becomes the first African American

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9

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Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950.

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1

1950

Barthelemy Boganda, President and foun

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29

1959

Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African A

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1973

Greatness is born

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7

1930

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8

1920

Second annual report of the NAACP

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W.E.B. Du Bois died

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27

1963

Congressman William Gray

Congressman William Gray is elected Democratic Whip of the House of Representatives, the highest ranking leadership position ever held by an African American in Congress.

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14

1989

Rev. George Leile

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Doris A. Davis of Compton, California becom

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1973

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Organization for Afro-American Unity

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28

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Marchers led by Martin Luther King

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