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Boycott in Louisianna
Bus Boycott began Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Jun
19
1953
Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898)
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born a slave in 1841 in Prince Edward County, Virginia but was raised in Missouri. Shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, Bruce fled to Kansas, becoming a free man before Lincoln’s Emancipation
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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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Mar
13
2011
Cote divoire
After several postponements by President Gbagbo, Côte dIvoire held its first presidential election in ten years in Oct. 2010. The first round of voting between incumbent Gbagbo and his historic rival Alassane Ouattara, a former IMF official who was excluded from the presidential 2000 race because
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Martin Luther King Jr's Death
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated by white sniper in Memphis, Tennessee. Assassination precipitated a national crisis and rioting in more than one hundred cities. Forty-six persons were killed in major rebellions in Washington, Chicago and other cities. Twenty thousand federal troops and
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Apr
4
1968
President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Th
President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall.
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Jul
2
1991
Clarence Thomas is nominated to the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas is nominated to the Supreme Court by President George Bush.
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Jul
1
1991
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Jun
13
1967
Cornel West
Cornel West is an American philosopher, activist, academic and intellectual; he is also the first African-American to have graduated from Princeton University with a PhD in
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Jun
2
1963
Zambia
On Oct. 28, 2014, President Sata died while being treated in London for an undisclosed illness. Rumors about him being seriously ill had been going on for weeks, especially after he missed a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Vice President Guy Scott became acting president until an
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Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies at the age of 77 from leukemia. Nyerere was lauded as one of the greatest statemen of his time.
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Oct
14
1999
(1963) John Lewis, “We Must Free Ourselves”
John Lewis, then the 23-year-old Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was asked to speak at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.  When A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders saw the draft of his speech which was critical of both the
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Aug
28
1963
Baseball Outfielder William "Bill" White born
Baseball outfielder William Bill White was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Now baeballs National League President, White played in 1,673 games and ended his career with a .286 batting average on 1,706 hits. He won the Golden Glove award in 1960 and 1966.
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Jan
28
1934
Shirley Chisholm
Born: /30/924 Brooklyn, New YorkDied: //2005 Ormond Beach, FloridaShirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New Yorks 2th Congressional District for seven terms from
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Reconstruction program announced
President Andrew Johnson announced his program of Reconstruction. It required ratification of the 13th amendmant, but did not guarantee black suffrage.
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May
29
1865
Senate failed by a margin of 34 to 16 to cast the
Senate failed by a margin of 34 to 16 to cast the two-thirds vote necessary to oust President Johnson.
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May
16
1868
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
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona
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May
18
1955
Kwesi Mfume
Born: 0/24/948 Baltimore, MarylandKweisi Mfume is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Marylands 7th congressional district, serving in the 00th through 04th CongressBusiness
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Richard Parsons
Richard Parsons, CEO of Dime Savings Bank, the first African American CEO of a large non minority U.S. savings institution, born.
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Apr
4
1942
Nelson Mandela
Born: 7/18/1918 Mvezo, South AfricaDied: 12/5/2013 Johannesburg, South AfricaMandela spent most of his life campaigning for an end to apartheid in South Africa. After over 20 years in prison, he was released and was able to be the first elected President in post apartheid South Africa. Also admired
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Oliver Tambo
Born: 10/27/1917 Bizana, South AfricaDied: 4/24/1993 Johannesburg, South AfricaOliver Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
March 26, 2003, Argued
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Glenn Harrington, Carmel, California
Glenn Harrington, is a native of Massachusetts, who has lived in the Seattle area since 1968.  He was educated at Gordon College and Suffolk University Law School, both in Massachusetts.  His business career was primarily as an Insurance Executive, serving as Vice President of Marketing and
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Christopher Columbus
Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a series of frontiers across the grasslands of North and South America. While historians have recognized that Africans and their descendants were involved
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President of South Africa and political activist, Nelson Mandela was born, 1918
President of South Africa and political activist, Nelson Mandela was born, 1918
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Jul
19
1918
Did You Know That In...
1517 - Black plantation slavery begins in the New World when Spainiard begin importing slaves from Africa to replace Native Americans who died from harsh working conditions and exposure to disease.
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Jan
0
1517
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign for President of the U.S.
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Jan
25
1972
Liberian President Killed in Coup
Liberian President William R. Tolbert Jr. and twenty-seven others were killed in coup detat by army enlisted men led by master Sergeant Samuel Doe.
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Apr
12
1980
Educator Joseph Charles Price was born
Few Individuals have made the impact on their times or left the legacy to their beneficiaries as did Joseph Charles Price, founder and first president of Livingstone
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Feb
10
1854
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