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Alabama Educational Television Commission
Alabama Educational Television Commission has its application for license renewal denied by the Federal Communications Commission because of racial discrimination against African Americans in employment and programming.
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Jan
8
1975
The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans l
The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans and fugitive slaves.
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Jan
6
1820
Slavery
Two Massachusetts slave merchants raid an African village, killing 100 persons; two blacks are brought to Massachusetts and sold; a local magistrate indicts the merchants for murder and man-stealing and orders that the slaves be returned to their Guinea home.
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Jan
0
1645
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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Sep
13
1663
Continental Congress excluded slavery
Continental Congress excluded slavery from Northwest Territory.
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Jul
13
1787
Slave Revolt in Long Island
Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island (N.Y.). Seven whites killed. Two Black male slaves and an Indian slave were hanged, and a Black woman was burned alive.
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Feb
28
1708
Congress bans the slave trade
Congress banned the slave trade, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States or the territories thereof after January 1, 1808.
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Jan
1
1808
General Jackson Reneges On His Promise
General Jackson Reneges On His Promise: General Jackson, on order to prepare to meet Packenham, the British General, in the contest at New Orleans, came into the plantation fields to enlist five hundred Negro slaves. These are General Jackson comments: Had you not as soon go into battle an
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Oct
12
2002
Slavery Abolishment
Vermont became the first American colony to abolish slavery. By 1783 slavery was prohibited in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Pennsylvania passed a gradual emancipation law in 1780. Connecticut and Rhode Island barred slavery in 1784 and were followed by New York (gradual emancipation) and New
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Jul
2
1777
Did You Know That In...
1733 - Spanish decree promises escaped English slaves freedom in Florida.
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Jan
0
1733
Death of Prince Hall
Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in
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Dec
4
1807
Secession From the Union
Southern states believed the election of Lincoln as president meant the end to slavery. Immediately after the election in Novembet 1860, several states began holding conventions and debate secession from the Union. Before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, seven states had seceded fron the
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Mar
4
1861
The Dred Scott decision.
On March 6, 1857, the Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court denied Blacks U.S. citizenship and denied the power of Congress to restrict slavery in any federal territory.
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Mar
6
1857
Absalom Jones Birth
Absalom Jones, major leader of Black Pioneer period, born in slavery in Sussex, Delaware.
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Nov
6
1746
Death of Emperor Haile Selassie
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia died in 1975 at the age of 83. During his reign, Selassies main ambitions included the modernization of Ethiopia, international recognition for his nation, the abolishment of slavery, expanded eduacation and the elimination of foreign intervention. In 1936, a year
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Aug
27
1975
Eli Whitney patented cotton gin
Eli Whitney patented cotton gin which made cotton king and increased demand for slave labor.
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Mar
14
1794
Black Panther Party Founder Born
Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton born. An illiterate high-school graduate, Newton taught himself how to read before attending Merritt College in Oakland and the San Francisco School of Law, where he met Seale. In Oakland in 1966 they formed the Black Panther group in response to
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Feb
17
1942
Anti-Slavery Law
The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by proclamation.
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Aug
3
1865
Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the
Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the Capitol, delivered memorial sermon on the abolition of slavery at services in the House of Representatives. Henry Highland Garnet was born a slave in New Market, Maryland, in 1815. He escaped in 1824 and made his way to New York where he studied at
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Feb
12
1865
New York City Council passes bill prohibiting racial discrimination
New York City Council passed bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments.
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Feb
16
1951
John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power
John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power demonstration on victory stand after winning 200-meter event at Olympics in Mexico City. Carlos and Smith said they were protesting racism in America.
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Oct
16
1968
caribbean integration
This day markst the 26th anniversary of the Treaty of Chaguramas which was signed in Trinidad, July 4, 1973 to establish the Caribbean Community and Common Market - CARICOM. It was the result of a 15 year effort to fulfil the hope of regional integration which began with the establishment of the
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Jul
4
1973
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties outlaws bondslavery (a term used interchan
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties outlaws bond
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Jan
0
1641
Elijah Muhammad, born
Elijah Muhummad was born Elijah Poole in
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Oct
10
1897
William and Ellen Craft escaped from slavery
William and Ellen Craft escaped from slavery in Georgia. Mrs. Craft impersonated a slave holder and her husband, William, assumed the role of her servant in one of the most dramatic of the slave escapes.
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Dec
26
1848
Gabriel Prosser
Gabriel Prosser was born sometime in 1775 in Virginia. The Haitian Revolution of the times did not go unnoticed. In the plantation houses it was
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Jan
0
1775
Jefferson Davis Signed Bill
Jefferson Davis signed bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers in the Confederate army.
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Mar
13
1861
Virginia legislature enacts a law declaring that thestatus of the mother deter
Virginia legislature enacts a law declaring that the status of the mother determines whether children are slaves or free; Christians who fornicate with blacks are to pay double fines.
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Jan
0
1662
Denmark Vessey Hanged
In the same year of Gabriel Prossers death, 1800, a slave named Denmark Vesey gained his freedom in
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Jul
2
1822
Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery inNorth America; slavery is
Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery in North America; slavery is limited to 10 years.
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Jan
0
1652
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