Second Morrill Act of 1890
Act of August 30, 1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, 7 U.S.C. 322 et
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Aug
30
1890
Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1951 to 1959
Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1951 to 1959
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Feb
4
2017
Young, Andrew (1932 - )
Andrew Young, Jr., came into prominence as a civil rights activist and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the modern civil rights movement in the United States.  Young worked with various organizations early in the movement, but his civil rights work was largely done with the
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Mar
12
1932
Morton, Jelly Roll
Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890–1941, American jazz musician, composer, and band leader, originally named Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe, b. Gulfport, La. He began studying piano as a child and in his youth was a pianist in the colorful Storyville district of New Orleans. Later he played with Johnny
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African American History and Women Timeline 1970-1979
[Previous] [Next] • Cheryl Adrienne Brown, Miss New York, became the first African American contestant in the Miss America pageant • (August 7) Angela Davis, radical black activist and philosopher, was arrested as a suspected conspirator in the abortive attempt to free George Jackson from a courtroo
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Black becomes governor of Virgin Islands
Former federal judge William H. Hastie was confirmed as governor of the Virgin Islands. Hastie became the only Afro-American to govern a U.S. state or territory since Reconstruction.
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May
1
1946
General William T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 (1865)
On January 16, 1865, Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15 which confiscated as Federal property a strip of coastal land extending about 30 miles inland from the Atlantic and stretching from Charleston, South Carolina 245 miles south to Jacksonville, Florida. The order
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Jan
16
1865
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle was an American actress known for her performances on CBS
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Nov
17
1998
Ruby Dee
Name at birth: Ruby Ann Wallace
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Wygant Et. Al. v. Jackson Board of Education Et. Al. (1986)
November 6, 1985, Argued
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Haiti
U.S. Department of State Background Note
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Bost, Eric M. (1952- )
Ambassador Eric Bost is currently the assistant director of External Relations for the Borlaug Institute at Texas A&M University.  Bost, a native of Concord, North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he earned his Bachelor’s in Psychology in 1974.  In 1985, he
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Jul
20
2006
Barnes, Emery (1929-1998)
Social worker, politician and professional football player Emery Barnes spent much of his life helping the disadvantaged in society and working for worldwide human rights and world peace.  Barnes was first elected to the British Columbia legislature in 1972 and was elected Speaker of the
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Dec
15
1929
Washington, Maurice E. (1956- )
Maurice E. Washington is a Reno, Nevada businessman and pastor who is best known as a former Republican member of the Nevada State
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Jul
25
1956
Sewell, Terri (1965- )
Terryinca “Terri” Sewell, the current U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 7th district, was born January 1, 1965 in Huntsville, Alabama to Andrew and Nancy Sewell. Sewell grew up in Selma, Alabama where both of her parents were employed by the local school district. Her
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Source: Black Past
Nov
7
2010
The Tie Breaker Ruling in Perspective: A Plaintiff Looks Back on the Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision of 2007
In 2000 Kathleen Brose led an organization called Parents Involved in Community Schools which filed a lawsuit against the Seattle School District, challenging its tie-breaker rule in Seattle Public Schools which gave preference to racial minorities in school assignments when all else was
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The Boston Saloon (1864-1875)
The Boston Saloon, which operated in Virginia City, Nevada, is the only black-owned Western saloon to be the subject of an archaeological excavation. During Virginia City’s heyday in the early 1870s, the town supported over one hundred saloons; however, the Boston Saloon is one of only four that
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Antilynching Bill
67th Congress, 2nd Session, Report No. 837
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Washington, Ruth V. (1921-1990)
Ruth V. Washington, a lifelong Republican, was appointed by President George Herbert Walker Bush as U.S. Ambassador to Gambia on November 21, 1989.  Washington was a rare “political” appointee, meaning she was not a member of the U.S. Foreign Service for years before landing her
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Fenty, Adrian M. (1970- )
Adrian Malik Fenty was born to Philip and Jan Fenty, an interracial couple, on December 6, 1970, in Washington, D.C.   Fenty’s parents were both runners and they owned the athletic shoe store Fleet Feet in Washington, D.C.  Fenty graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington. While
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U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands, consisting of nine main islands and some 75 islets, were explored by Columbus in 1493. They were originally inhabited by the Carib Indians. Since 1666, England has held six of the main islands; the remaining three (St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John), as well as about 50 of the
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The Voting Rights Acts of 1965
AN ACT To enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other
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Maxie, Peggy Joan (1936 - )
Peggy Joan Maxie was the first black woman elected to public office in Washington State.  She served as Washington State Representative, position no. 2 in the 37th Legislative District in Seattle, from 1971 through
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Source: Black Past
Dec
1
2008
Civil Rights Act of 1957
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United
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Source: Black Past
Aug
2
1946
Hastie, William Henry (1904-1976)
WilliamHenry Hastie, attorney and diplomat, was born on November 17, 1904 in Knoxville, Tennessee.  He spent his childhood in Tennessee until hisfamily moved to Washington, D.C.   Hastie graduated from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. in 1921 and four years laterreceived his A.B. Degree from
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Jul
19
1950
Browder v. Gayle (1956)
June 5, 1956
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Dellums, Ronald Vernie (1935- )
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on November 24, 1935 in Oakland, California to Willa Terry Dellums and Vernie Dellums. His father Vernie Dellums was a longshoreman, and his mother was a labor organizer.  As a child, Ron attended St. Patrick Catholic School in
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Feb
6
1998
Henderson v. United States Et. Al. (1950)
April 3, 1950, Argued
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Hall, Katie Beatrice (1938-2012)
Democratic representative Katie Hall was elected to the United States Congress in 1983. Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi in 1938, she attended Mississippi Valley State University and Indiana University before teaching in the public schools of Gary Indiana. Hall was elected to the
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Source: Black Past
Feb
20
2012
Freedmen's Town, Houston, Texas (1865- )
Freedmen’s Town is a nationally registered historical site. The site was originally a community located in the fourth ward of Houston, Texas that began in 1865 as the destination for former enslaved people from surrounding plantations in Texas and Louisiana after the Civil
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Source: Black Past
Jun
19
1865

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