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The Latest: Clyburn calls on Trump for national virus plan - Black News Channel

By Associated Press undefined WASHINGTON — A top Democrat lawmaker is calling on the Trump administration to release a comprehensive plan to combat the coronavirus, blasting the national response effort as the U.S. death toll recently surpassed 150,000 North Carolina Rep. James Clyburn warned another 150,000 Americans could lose their lives 'if we do not make drastic changes now.' Clyburn chairs the House subcommittee overseeing the COVID-19 response. His Republican counterpart on the panel countered that thousands of lives could have been saved if governors had followed the Trump administration's guidelines. Republican Steve Scalise of Louisiana brandished a stack of […]

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Bob Marley, reggae legend dies

Thursday, May 23,1981, the Honorable Robert Nesta

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May

23

1981

Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested

Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested by United States Deputy marshals in Boston. Two thousand United States troops escorted him through the streets of Boston when he was returned to the South on June 3.

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May

24

1854

Jack Johnson, boxer born

Born: Mar. 31, 1878

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Mar

31

1878

Colonization of Africa organized

Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin, November 15, February 26.

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Nov

15

1884

World War I "Battle of Henry Johnson"

World War I Battle of Henry Johnson, Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts are the first Americans to be awarded the Croix de Guerre, Frances highest military award

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May

15

1918

Irving C. Mollison

Irving C. Mollison, a Chicago Republican, sworn in as U.S. Customs Court judge in New York City.

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Nov

3

1945

Italy invaded Ethiopia

Italy invaded Ethiopia. American Blacks held mass meetings of protest and raised funds for the Ethiopian defenders.

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Oct

24

1935

Abolitionist Society Organized

First abolitionist society in United States organized in Philadelphia.

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Apr

14

1775

Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Ser

Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Service, when President Franklin D Roosevelt signs Selective Service Act

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Sep

14

1940

Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist

Born: August 14, 1914

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Aug

14

1914

Evelyn Boyd Granville is born

Evelyn Boyd Granville, Born May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school at the time. Her interest in mathematics was encouraged by two mathematics teachers. Granville worked with Einar Hille, a distinguished mathematician in the field of functional

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May

1

1924

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Oct

17

1956

William D. Crum

William D. Crum (1859-1912), a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia.

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Jun

13

1910

Governor Barnett Found Guilty

Governor Barnett found guilty of civil contempt of the federal court. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered Barnett to purge himself of contempt or face arrest and a fine of $10,000 a day.

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Sep

28

1962

Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found

Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago

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Jan

23

1891

William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transpor

William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transportation by President Gerald R. Ford. He is the second African American to hold a Cabinet level position

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Jan

14

1975

William Ellisworth Artist is born

William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the

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Feb

2

1914

Alexandre Dumas dies

The French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas died.

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Nov

27

1895

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

Democrat Grover Cleveland elected president

Democrat Grover Cleveland elected president.

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Nov

8

1892

The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the

The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the shoe capital of the

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Mar

19

1883

France abolishes slavery.

France abolishes slavery. The nation will have a lukewarm commitment to abolition and will, under Napoleon, reestablish slavery in 1802 along with the reinstitution of the Code noir, prohibiting blacks, mulattoes and other people of color from entering French colonial territory or intermarrying

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Feb

4

1794

NAACP report said 1946 was one of the grimmest years in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The report deplored reports of blow torch killing and eye-gouging of Negro veterans freshly returned from a war to end torture and racial extermination and said

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Jan

3

1947

John Mercer Langston (1829-97).

In October, 1868, John Mercer Langston founded and organized the Law Department of Howard University, the first in a black school. He headed the department when classes formally began on January 6, 1869, and was its dean from 1870 to 1873. From 1873 to 1875 he was vice-president and acting

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Jan

6

1869

leader of the Black Consciousness Movemeent In South Africa Stephen Biko was arr

leader of the Black Consciousness Movemeent In South Africa Stephen Biko was arrested, 1977

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Aug

12

1977

George Washington Carver Day

January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of

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Jan

5

1943

Bacon's Rebellion

African Americans fought in the first armed rebellion against British authority in the colonies, Bacons Rebellion, in 1676. Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the rising generation of colonial planters who resented British rule and, particularly, the British protection of Indian lands that lay just

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Mar

26

2002

Pan-African Congress Meeting

Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, met a Grand Hotel, Paris. There were fifty-seven delegates sixteen from the United States and fourteen from Africa form sixteen countries and colonies. Blaise Diagne of Senegal was elected president and Du Bois was named secretary.

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Feb

19

1919

Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian (1898-1975) - In 1935, Dr. Julian synthesized the drug physotigmine which is used today in the treatment of glaucoma. He later headed the soybean research department of the Glidden Company and then formed Julian Laboratories in order to specialize in the production of sterols

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Jan

0

1935

Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per

Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per cent of U.S. soldiers in Southeast Asia. The report said 12.5 per cent of all soldiers killed in Vietnam since 1961 were Black.

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May

20

1971

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