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Stokes, Louis (1925-2015)
Ohio’s first African American Congressman, Louis Stokes was born to Charles and Louis Stokes on February 23, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended its public schools before joining the United States Army in 1943. Stokes served in the army for three years and then attended Western Reserve
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Jan
3
1969
Khupe to be in charge till September
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Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump's niece : TheGrio
Distribution of a tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece was blocked by a judge Tuesday after the president’s brother said its publication would violate a pact among family members, but a publisher’s chief executive says the book has already been shipped and could not be stopped. New York
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Texas Southern University (1947- )
Texas Southern University, a state-supported institution of higher learning located just southeast of downtown Houston, was established on March 3, 1947 when the Fiftieth Texas State Legislature passed a bill establishing a Negro University with a law school to be located in Houston. This bill
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Why Byron Allen’s Comcast Settlement Win Is an “L” for Black America
Earlier this year, Allen’s legal challenge reached the United States Supreme Court to determine whether Allen could proceed with his civil action under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of
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Clayton Powell almost dismissed from Government
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. from the House of Representatives was unconstitutional.
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Jun
16
1969
Gullah language
Gullah, also called Sea Island Creole English[1] [2] and Geechee, is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called Geechees within the community), an African-American population living on the Sea Islands and in the coastal regions of the American states of South Carolina, Georgia and
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This Day In History- June 30
1921: President Warren G Harding nominates former President William Howard Taft to be chief justice of the US Supreme Court, succeeding the late Edward Douglass
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8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days
NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June
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BRIGADE ON FIRE - 14 officers drag Gov’t to court after JFB board rescinds promotions, claiming they were appointed illegally
The court has been told that on April 6, 2018, then JFB Commissioner Raymond Spencer allegedly issued General Order No. 3/2018, announcing that the board approved the promotion of the group of 14, among others, to positions such as assistant commissioner and assistant superintendent deputy
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Senate Judiciary Committee Decides To Move Forward With Amy Coney Barrett Nomination
On October 22, the State Judiciary Committee voted to move forward with the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, despite the closeness of a national election. Democrats sought to
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Court Decision in Favor of Segregation
U.S. Supreme Court refused to review lower court decision which would ban segregation in intrastate bus travel.
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Apr
23
1955
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was the seminal post-Reconstruction Supreme Court decision that judicially validated state sponsored segregation in public facilities by its creation and endorsement of the “separate but equal” doctrine as satisfying the Constitutional requirements provided in
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. As the grandson of the Rev. A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlantas NAACP chapter, and the son
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Harry A. Blackmun
Harry A. Blackmun , in full Harry Andrew Blackmun (born Nov. 12, 1908, Nashville, Ill., U.S.—died March 4, 1999, Arlington, Va.), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1970 to
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4
1999
NCLA Releases Report on Administrative Law Records of Potential Nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court | The Orlando Advocate
Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The New Civil Liberties Alliance released a white paper today analyzing the individuals purportedly on President Trump’s shortlist to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil
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Post–Civil Rights era in African-American history
The Post–Civil Rights era in African-American history is defined as the time period in the United States since Congressional passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act, major federal legislation that ended legal segregation, gained federal
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William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice despite opposition of civil rights organizations.
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Dec
10
1971
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women’s rights - African American News Today - EIN News
… Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African-Americans. The comparison was entirely appropriate … ’s work on behalf of African-Americans was – in some ways Ginsburg …
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African-American History and Women Timeline 1990-1999
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US Supreme Court ruling could overturn hundreds of criminal convictions in Oklahoma | Afro
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared much of eastern Oklahoma part of the Creek Indian reservation, Oklahoma state and federal officials are debating their next steps. The ruling could create a wave of Native Americans trying to overturn their convictions if they were
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Byron Allen: 'I'd love to own CNN. And I will.' - TheGrio
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford, United States Supreme Court, 1857
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Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)
On July 18, 1988, Charles Z. Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington Supreme Court.  He was appointed to the court by Washington’s then Governor Booth Gardner and was subsequently elected to his position on the court for a two-year term in 1988.  Justice Smith was elected
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Supreme Court Ruling for Separate and Equal
Supreme Court ruled in railroad Jim Crow case brought by Congressman Arthur Mitchell that separate facilities must be substantially equal.
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28
1941
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal
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Jun
27
1991
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Clarence Thomas is nominated to the Supreme Court
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1991
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