Hotels occupancy levels on the rise

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Jun

14

1952

Jamiaca's Independence

Jamaica became an independent domininon within the British Commonwealth.

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Aug

6

1962

Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for the inauguration of PresidentBill

Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for the inauguration of President Bill Clinton

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Dec

2

1992

President Grant suspended the writ of habeas

President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial law in nine South Carolina counties affected by Klan disturbances.

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Oct

17

1871

American troops drove Spanish forces from Cuba

American troops, including Tenth Cavalry, drove Spanish forces from entrenched positions at La Guasimas, Cuba.

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Jun

24

1898

Little Stephen

Estevanico, Little Stephen, explorer and guide for the Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza, leads an expedition from Mexico through the American Southwest territory and claims to have signed the Seven Cities of Cibola of the Zuni, a Native American Group, in present-day Arizona and New Mexico.

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Jan

0

1538

Bob Marley, reggae legend dies

Thursday, May 23,1981, the Honorable Robert Nesta

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May

23

1981

Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist

Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.

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Jan

17

1924

Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie

Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie comes to Kingston Jamaica.

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Apr

21

1966

Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Andrew F. Brimmer, economist and former Professor of Economics at University of Pennsylvania, is nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as a Governor of the Federal Reserve System. This appointment represented the first black to serve in this capacity.

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Apr

13

1966

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

Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."

Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first Afro-American woman to receive the honor.

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May

1

1946

Samuel Ringgold Ward, minister, abolitionist,

Samuel Ringgold Ward, minister, abolitionist, author, born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Oct

17

1817

First Black Appointed To a Presidential Cabinet

Robert Weaver became the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.

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Jan

13

1966

Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist

Born: August 14, 1914

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Aug

14

1914

First Black Settlement on the Continent

Escaped slaves set up the Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose settlement near present-day Florida, the first black settlement on the continent, the Spanish king gives liberty to all slaves who cannot reach the settlement.

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Jan

0

1538

South Africa's Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the

South Africas Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the government of President F.W. de Klerk.

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Jan

16

1994

Slavery

Africans accompany Spanish colonizer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon

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Jan

0

1526

Sculptor Elizabeth Catlett born

Lithographer and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett was born in Washington, DC. Catlett was the first woman to teach sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

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Apr

15

1919

Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia

Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia.

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Oct

26

1921

Presidential Assistant E. Frederic Morrow born

Presidential Assistant E. Frederic Morrow was born in Hakensack, New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers University, Morow was a vice president for Bank of America before being appointed an administrative assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Apr

20

1909

First Black Secretary of State: Colin L. Powell

Colin Luther Powell is sworn in by President George W. Bush as Secretary of State. He is the first black secretary of state in U.S. history.

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Jan

20

2001

Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South Ameri

Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. meet in Atlanta for the first Congress of African People.

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Sep

3

1970

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights

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Dec

4

1969

Etta Moten sings for President

Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.

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Jan

31

1934

African American Women College Presidents

On July 1, 1987, for the first time in history, there were three African American women serving as Presidents of Four Year Colleges and Universities in America.They were - Dr. Niara Sudarkasa- President of Lincoln University in Pennslyvania; Dr. Johnetta Cole, President of Spelman College in

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Jul

1

1987

President's Committee on Civil Rights condemned

Presidents Committee on Civil Rights condemned racial injustices in America in formal report, To Secure These Rights. Texas Southern University established. Spingarn Medal awarded to Dr. Percy L. Julian for his achievements as a scientist.

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Oct

29

1947

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.

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Feb

16

1857

Patricia R.Harris

Patricia R. Harris named secretary of housing and urban development by President-elect Carter.

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Dec

21

1976

Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of Canada's first antislavery newspaper, The Provincia

Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of Canadas first antislavery newspaper, The Provincial Freeman and the first woman in North American to publish and edit a newspaper, born

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Oct

9

1823

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