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Anna Arnold Hedgeman, first woman to serve in the cabinet of a New York City mayor, born
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5
1899
Shelby Davidson
While Shelby Davidson could not viewed as a prolific inventor, he is significant in that he served as a great example of education, determination and
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Madagascar
After a bitter power struggle with opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, the former mayor of the capital, Antananariv, Ravalomanana resigned as president in March 2009. He handed power over to the military, which in turn transferred control to Rajoelina, who then suspended Parliament. The turmoil
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(1863) Rev. Jonathan C. Gibbs, “Freedom's Joyful Day”
African Americans throughout the North held meetings and church services on January 1, 1863 to celebrate the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Almost always the festivities revolved around a central speaker. One of those speeches was delivered by Rev. Jonathan C. Gibbs, pastor of the First
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Pierce, Roger Dwayne (1951--)
Roger D. Pierce, U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, was born in Omaha, Nebraska.  Pierce earned his B.A. degree in Spanish Language and Latin American Studies at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia.  He received his M.A. in Latin American Literature at the University of Maryland in
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16
2005
Wilkens, Lenny (1937- )
Leonard Randolph Wilkens was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 28, 1937, son of an African American father and white mother. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section, one of the toughest sections in the city, where he endured many hardships, including the loss of his father at a young
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Chicago's first African American mayor, Harold Washington, was born.
Chicagos first African American mayor, Harold Washington, was born.
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Apr
15
1922
Benin
This West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east, is about the size of Tennessee. It is bounded by Burkina Faso and Niger on the north. The land consists of a narrow coastal strip that rises to a swampy, forested plateau and then to highlands in the
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13
2011
Shirley Franklin is sworn in
Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city.
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7
2002
James Weldon Johnson, born
Author, lyricist, poet and educator James Weldon Johnson, also the first Black executive of the NAACP, is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Jun
17
1871
Morial, Ernest Nathan (1929-1989)
Born in New Orleans, Ernest Morial grew up in the city’s Seventh Ward.  His father was a cigar maker and his mother was a seamstress.  Graduating from Xavier University, a historically black Catholic institution, he became the first African American to receive a law degree from Louisiana State
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(1890) Joseph C. Price, “Education and the Problem,”
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Kurt Schmoke becomes the first African American mayor of Baltimore, Md
Kurt Schmoke becomes the first African American mayor of Baltimore, Md
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8
1987
Hendrix, Jimi (1942-1970)
Legendary self-taught, left-handed guitarist Jimi Hendrix was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, the son of Lucille Jeter Hendrix and Al Hendrix.  Jimi grew up in poverty but he loved science fiction, art, nearby Lake Washington and music, especially the R&B masters, Chuck Berry and Ray
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Sep
18
1970
Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark
Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark, became the first Black president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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1
1976
Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)
November 27, 1979, Argued
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Washington, 1st mayor of Washington D.C.
Walter E. Washington, became the first elected mayor of Washington, D.C., in the twentieth century.
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Nov
5
1974
First Black Woman Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Sharon Pratt Dixon (now Kelly) was elected mayor of Washington, D.C., making this a first for a woman of any race.
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1990
Clarke, Hansen Hashem (1957- )
Hansen Clarke is a Democratic politician, lawyer, and artist who represented the 13th District of Michigan in the U.S. Congress between 2011 and 2013.  Born March 2, 1957 in Detroit, his father, Mozaffar Ali Hashem, was an undocumented Bangladeshi immigrant, and his mother Thelma Clarke was African
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Towns, Edolphus (1934- )
Currently in his 13th term in Congress, Edolphus Towns is a Democratic Representative from the State of New York.  Towns was born in Chadbourn, North Carolina on July 21, 1934, and attended the public schools of Chadbourn before graduating with a B.S. degree from North Carolina Agricultural and
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Jul
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1934
Young, Coleman A. (1918-1997)
Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Coleman Young arrived in Detroit, Michigan with his family when he was five.  The Colemans settled in the working class neighborhood of Black Bottom (East Detroit), where his father operated a dry cleaning business and his mother was a schoolteacher.  Early in his life
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First Black Mayor of Kansas City in 1991
The Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II was elected as the mayor of the City of Kansas City, Missouri in 1991. At the time of his election, the black population in Kansas City was approximately 15 percent and the fact that not all blacks are registered to vote or take the time to vote indicates that black
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1991
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Richard Arrington was elected the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1979
Richard Arrington was elected the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1979
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1979
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
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1984
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Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city (Taft, OK)
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16
1973
Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)
No. 02-516. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003
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A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus
A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus
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Jan
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1815
Election Results 1968
In one voting day, ninety-seven Blacks were elected to state legislatures, seven were elected to mayor, and four hundred to local governments in the former Confederate states.
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Nov
6
1968
(1987) Clarence Thomas, “Why Black Americans Should Look to Conservative Politics”
Much has been said about blacks and conservatism. Those on the Left smugly assume blacks are monolithic and will by force of circumstances always huddle to the left of the political spectrum. The political Right watches this herd mentality in action, concedes that blacks are monolithic, picks up
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