Mayor declared a state of emergency in Ga.
Mayor declared a state of emergency in Columbus, Ga., racial disturbance.
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Jun
19
1971
First game of the National Negro Baseball League
First game of the National Negro Baseball League is played in Indianapolis
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May
2
1920
Governor Patterson declared martial law in
Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery and called out National Guard.
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May
21
1961
Ida Stephens Owens--Biochemist
Born: September 26, 1929
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Sep
26
1929
Four national chain stores announced
Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.
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Mar
1
1960
Declared State of Emergency
Governor James A. Rhodes declared state of emergency in Cleveland and dispatched National Guard troops to riot-torn Hough district.
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Jul
19
1966
Fifty-third Congress (1893-95) convened
Fifty-third Congress (1893-95) convened. One Black congressman, George W. Marray, South Carolina.
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Aug
7
1893
Spingarn Medal: W.E.B. DuBois
Spingarn Medal awarded to W.E.B. Du Bois for the founding and calling of the Pan African Congress.
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Nov
6
1920
Congressman William L
Congressman William L. Dawson elected chairman of House Expenditures Committee. He was the first Black to head a standing committee of Congress.
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Jan
18
1949
Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment, last of all-Black
Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment, last of all-Black units military units authorized by Congress in 1866, deactivated in Korea.
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Oct
1
1951
Riot in Milwaukee
Riot, Milwaukee, July 30-August 3. National Guard mobilized. Four persons killed.
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Jul
30
1967
Congress repeals the Enforcement Act
Congress repeals the Enforcement Act which makes it easier for some states to disenfranchise African American voters.
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Feb
8
1894
Pan-African Congress
W.E.B. DuBois convened the first Pan-African Congress, the first world conference for blacks, in Paris in 1919.
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Jan
0
1919
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress
Oscar DePriest elected to Seventy-first Congress from Illinois First Congressional District (Chicago). He was the first congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the departure of George H. White in 1901.
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Nov
6
1928
Four newcomers elected to Congress
Four newcomers elected to Congress: Mervyn Dymally (Calif.), Augustus Savage (ILL.), Harold Washington (Ill.) and George W. Crockett Jr. (Mich.).
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Nov
30
1981
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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Dec
22
1943
Aborigines to be counted in census
Ninety per cent of white Australians voted in todays referendum for a proposal to count Aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them. Until now their affairs have been administered solely by the states. The other proposal, to break the nexus between the
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May
27
1967
Tennis champion, Althea Gibson, becomes the first Black athelete to win a US nat
Tennis champion, Althea Gibson, becomes the first Black athelete to win a US national tennis championship, 1957
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Sep
8
1957
Robert Scot Duncanson (1821-1872)
first major landscape painter of color to receive national and international acclaim
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Jan
0
1999
Slavery is abolished in U.S. territories
Slavery is abolished in U.S. territories by Congress
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Jun
18
1862
National Independence Day in Gambia
National Independence Day in Gambia
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Feb
18
0
National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at
National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University. Black and white students were demanding an end to ROTC programs and the admission of additional Black students.
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May
21
1970
Martin Luther King, Jr.
On January 16, 1986, a bronze bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. is the first of any black American placed in the Capitol. The first national Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is celebrated on January 20.
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Jan
16
1986
Republican National Convention, meeting in
Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his
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May
20
1868
At the National Association of Baseball Players convention, delegates vote to
At the National Association of Baseball Players convention, delegates vote to exclude black players and teams from membership.
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Jan
0
1867
First Black Grandmaster
Maurice Ashley, an immigrant from Jamaica, was 14 and living in Brooklyn, when he feel in love with the game of chess after reading a book about Paul Morphy, a 19th-century Louisianian who was Americas first great chess
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Mar
17
1999
Hiram R.Revels First Speech
Hiram R. Revels made his first speech in the Senate, opposing the readmission of Georgia without adequate safeguards for Black citizens. This was the first official speech by a Black in Congress.
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Mar
16
1869
Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S.
Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach attempt to register at the University of Alabama. Governor George Wallace bodily blocks their entrance. When National Guardsmen return later in the day with Malone and Hood, Wallace steps aside.
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Jun
11
1963
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
Charles Chesnutt Born
Charles Chesnutt, one of the first African-Americans to gain a national audience, is born in Cleveland Ohio.
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Jun
20
1858

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