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(1957) Roy Wilkins, “The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”
In 1957 Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was next to Rev. Martin Luther King, the most recognized civil rights leader in the nation.  In October of that year he addressed the Commonwealth Club of California five weeks after
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Julius Erving
Name at birth: Julius Winfield Erving II
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Otis M
Otis M. Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court.
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Oct
10
1961
Loren Miller: Legal Crusader in the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century
In the essay below, journalist and historian Amina Hassan describes her 2015 biography of Loren Miller, a significant but understudied figure in the long twentieth century campaign for civil rights and racial
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Dec
5
1945
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which
Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials, December 20. At two mass meetings Montgomery Blacks called off year-long bus
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Nov
13
1956
(1993) Clarence Thomas, “The New Intolerance - Law Day Address”
Thank you all so much. Thank you, Judge Bell for your kind words, and I also thank you for all the kind things youve done for me in my life, especially over the last three or four years. I -- This is a real pleasure to be here. I didnt thing so many people would be interested in what I had to
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Jane Matilda Bolin appointed judge of court
Jane Matilda Bolin appointed judge of court of domestic relations in New York City, by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and became the first Black woman judge.
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Jul
22
1939
Thomas Jennings
Thomas Jennings stands in history as a noteworthy figure for being the first Black person to ever receive a patent, but his life should serve as an example of what was, and what could have been, for Black people in the earliest years of the United
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Nov
26
2012
The General Virginia Court decides the "Emmanuel" case, which involves a black
The General Virginia Court decides the Emmanuel case, which involves a black man who, along with sixwhite servants participates in a conspiracy to escape;when captured, the whites are all sentenced to extrayears of service while Emmanuel is whipped, brandedwith an R, and required to wear shackles
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Jan
0
1640
Gayton, John T. (1866-1954)
John T. Gayton, one of Seattle, Washington’s earliest black residents, a community leader, and patriarch of one of the city’s most outstanding black families, came to Seattle in 1889.  He was born in Benton, Mississippi to former slaves.  With little formal education, he moved to Yazoo
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Irwin Molison appointed to Customs Court
Irwin Molison appointed judge of the US Customs Court.
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Feb
7
1945
Egypt
At the urging of Gen. Sisi, who wields more influence over the country than the interim government, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets on July 26 to show support for the military and to demand that the country confront terrorism. The next day, members of the Muslim Brotherhood
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Jonathan Jasper Wright
On this day, Jonathan Jasper Wright was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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Feb
6
1870
Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation
Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation in public recreational facilities.
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Nov
7
1955
Operation Equity
Although racially restricted housing covenants had been banned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948, various forms of de facto housing segregation kept African Americans relatively isolated spatially in urban areas, including the city of Seattle.  Many white homeowners in the years following the
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Apr
19
1968
Racial segregation in Washington, D.C.,
Racial segregation in Washington, D.C., restaurants ruled illegal by Municipal Court of Appeals.
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May
24
1951
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement
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Jun
27
1991
Zora Neale Hurston’s Letter to the Orlando Sentinel, 1955
August 11, 1955
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Aug
11
1955
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908–72, American politician and clergyman, b. New Haven, Conn. In 1937 he became pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, and he soon became known as a militant black leader. He was elected to the city council of New York in 1941, and was elected for
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Butterfield, George Kenneth, Jr. (1947– )
North Carolina Congressman George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. was born in Wilson, North Carolina on April 27, 1947 to a father who was a dentist and civic leader as well as the first black elected official in eastern North Carolina in the 20th century; and a mother who was a classroom teacher for 48
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Apr
27
1947
Supreme Court ordered school integration "with all
Supreme Court ordered school integration with all deliberate speed.
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May
31
1955
James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to killing M.L.K.
James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in a Memphis court to charges of killing Martin Luther King Jr. He was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison. The House Select Committee on Assassinations said later that Ray fired the shot that killed King but that he was probably one element in a larger
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Mar
10
1969
U.S. Supreme Court decision
U.S. Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v. Warley) struck down Louisville, Ky., ordinance which required Blacks and whites to live in separate residential areas.
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Nov
5
1917
Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County,
Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court. Modern Klan spread to Alabama and other Southern state and reached height of its influence in the twenties. By 1924 the organization was strong in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio. At the height of its
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Dec
4
1915
Leander Jay Shaw, Jr., justice of the Florida State Supreme Court (1983), first
Leander Jay Shaw, Jr., justice of the Florida State Supreme Court (1983), first African American chief justice (1990) in Florida, the second African American chief justice in any state supreme court, born
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Sep
6
1930
Suit accusing New York City Board of Education of
Suit accusing New York City Board of Education of using racial quotas filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of Black and Puerto Rican children.
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Jan
16
1962
California Supreme Court voided state statue
California Supreme Court voided state statue banning interracial marriages. Edward Dudley named ambassador to Liberia. Spingarn Medal Presented to Channing H. Tobias for his consistent role as a defender of fundamental American liberties.
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Oct
1
1948
Spingarn Medal
Spingarn Medal presented to Thurgood Marshall, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, for his distinguished service as a lawyer before the Supreme Court.
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Dec
5
1946
Ku Klux Klan trials began
Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi. Many whites, including doctors, lawyers, ministers and college professors, were arrested and jailed in the anti-Klan campaign. Of the 930 indicted in Mississippi, 243 were tried and found guilty. Some 1180 were indicted in South
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Jun
20
1871
On this day, the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.Lee that whites can'tbar A
On this day, the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.Lee that whites cant bar African Americans from white neighborhoods
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Nov
13
1940
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