People, Places and Things

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Jan

5

1943

Bureau of Census report said Black unemployment averaged 9.9 per cent in 1971, compared with a 5.4 per cent rate for whites. The report also said that 31.8 per cent of all Black families were headed by a woman, and increase from the 28 per cent reported in 1970.

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Jul

13

1972

Black Youths Urged to Resit Induction

A. Phillip Randolph told Senate Armed Services Committee that unless segregation and discrimination were banned in draft programs he would urge Black youths to resist induction by civil disobedience.

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Mar

31

1948

Selma March begins

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of people on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to call for voting rights for African Americans.

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Mar

21

1965

Dorothy V. McClendon--Microbiologist

Born: 1924

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Jan

0

1924

James Meredith starts school. He is the first Black student at University of Mi

James Meredith starts school. He is the first Black student at University of Mississippi... after 3000 federal troops quelled riots over his admission, 1962

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Oct

1

1962

Norbert Rillieux installs the first working modelon his triple-effect evaporat

Norbert Rillieux installs the first working model on his triple-effect evaporator on the plantation of Zenon Ramon in Louisiana; this endeavor is unsuccessful due to mechanical failure.

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Jan

0

1834

One thousand march on Alabama State

Through the 30th, One thousand Alabama State students marched on state capitol and held protest meeting.

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Mar

1

1960

The Cotton Bag Fort

A African American Designs The Cotton Bag Fort: When Andrew Jackson assembled his force at New Orleans, his soldiers, many of whom were African American slaves, were outnumbered by the British forces ten to one. Faced with this disadvantage, Jackson consulted with men as to what was the best

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Oct

2

2002

Attorney General George Williams

Attorney General George Williams sent a telegram to Acting Governor Pinchback, saying that the Black politician was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana.

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Dec

12

1872

Absalom Jones ordained a priest

Absalom Jones ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Sep

5

1804

1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

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Feb

10

1964

The famous jazz singer Billy Ecktine was born

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Jul

8

1914

Shirley Franklin is sworn in

Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city.

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Jan

7

2002

1921 : Billy Taylor, jazz musician, born

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Jul

24

1921

Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

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Jul

16

1862

The first black post office open, Atlanta GA, 1955

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Oct

22

1955

Black named soloist with Boston Symphony Orchestra

Roland Hayes, who was born in a Georgia cabin in 1887, was named a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Earlier, he had received the Spingarn Medal for so finely interpreting the beauty of the Negro folk song.

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Jul

1

1924

P.B.S. Pinchback

P.B.S. Pinchback relinquished the office of governor, saying at the inauguration of the new Louisiana governor: I now have the honor to formally surrender the office of governor, with the hope that you will administer the government in the interests of all the people [and that] your administration

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Jan

13

1873

Freeing of Slaves

On May 9, 1862 General Hunter of the Union Army issued a proclomation freeing the slaves of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. A displeased President Lincoln anulled this act. Lincoln stated, General Hunter is an honest man...He proclaimed all men free within certain states. I repudiated the

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May

9

1862

Georgia legislature met

Georgia legislature (34 Black, 186 white) met in Atlanta.

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Jul

4

1868

Clifford Brown dies

Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown dies in an auto accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Founder of the Brown-Roach Quintet with Max Roach two years earlier, Brown had built a reputation as one of the finest jazz trumpeters of his day as a major proponent of hard bop.

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Jun

26

1956

First 24-Hour Black Movie Channel

BET Holdings and Encore Media Corp. launch BET Movie/Starz the first 24 hour Black Movie channel.

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Feb

1

1997

William and Ellen Craft escaped from slavery

William and Ellen Craft escaped from slavery in Georgia. Mrs. Craft impersonated a slave holder and her husband, William, assumed the role of her servant in one of the most dramatic of the slave escapes.

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Dec

26

1848

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights of 1964 was the most far-reaching and comprehensive law in support of racial equality ever enacted by Congress.It gave the attorney general additional power to protect citizens against discrimination and segregation in voting, education, and use of public facilities.

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Jun

0

1964

Alabama Educational Television Commission

Alabama Educational Television Commission has its application for license renewal denied by the Federal Communications Commission because of racial discrimination against African Americans in employment and programming.

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Jan

8

1975

Edward Thomas Demby

Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.

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Sep

29

1918

Terry McMillan, novelist born

Terry McMillan

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Oct

18

1951

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup a Violinist, married Anne Hampton on Christmas Day in 1828. In January of 1841 he was offered a job as a part-time violinist with a traveling band. This offer turned out to be a trick, where Solomon was sold into

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Jan

0

1841

President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation

President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in rebel states with exception of thirteen parishes (including New Orleans) in Louisiana, forty-eight countries in West Virginia, seven countries (including Norfolk) in Eastern Virginia. Proclamation did not apply to slaves in

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Jan

1

1863

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