Black Facts for June 19th

The Texas Emancipation Proclamation (June 19, 1865)
HEAD-QUARTERS, DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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Jun
19
1865
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, slavery continued i
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, slavery continued in Texas until June 19, 1865, when word reached Galveston, Texas that all slaves in Texas were free. One third of the people in Texas were slaves at that time.Juneteenth was celebrated annually with picnics and barbecues
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Jun
19
1865
Solomon Tshekiso Plaatje
Solomon Tshekiso Plaatje , (born 1877, Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa—died June 19, 1932, Kimberley?), linguist, journalist, politician, statesman, and writer whose mind and activities ranged widely both in literary and in African affairs. His native tongue was Tswana, the chief language
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Jun
19
1932
State troopers ordered to Cairo, Ill.
State troopers ordered to Cairo, Ill., to quell racial disturbances.
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Jun
19
1969
Boycott in Louisianna
Bus Boycott began Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Jun
19
1953
Merriwether, Raymond (1924–2011) - Birthday
Raymond (Ray) Merriwether, prominent Seattle, Washington African American architect, real estate developer, and newspaper owner, was born in Taylor, Texas on June 19, 1924 to Colie and Annie Merriwether.
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Jun
19
1924
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
John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET
1918 : John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET and Ebony magazines, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, the most successful African American publishing company in the U.S., owner of Fashion Fair cosmetics, and the first African American owned radio station in Chicago, born
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Jun
19
1918
Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby
Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby removed the mayor and aldermen of Columbia, S.C., and made new appointments, including three Blacks: C.M. Wilder, Joseph franchise Blacks.
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Jun
19
1868
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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Jun
19
1865
Twilight, Alexander (1795-1857)
Reputed to be the first African American in the United States to graduate from college, Alexander Twilight was born on a farm in Corinth, Vermont to a white or fair-skinned mother, Mary Twilight, and a mixed-race father, Ichabod Twilight, who had served as a private in the American Revolution.  The
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Jun
19
1857
Albert W. Dent
Albert W. Dent, president of Dillard University, elected president of National Health Council.
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Jun
19
1953
Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
Fifty thousand demonstrators participated in Solidarity Day March of Poor Peoples Campaign. Marchers walked from Washington Monument to Lincoln Monument, where they were addressed by Vice-president Humphrey, presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy, Coretta Scott King and Ralph Abernathy.
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Jun
19
1968
Infamous duel between the USS Kearsage and the
Infamous duel between the USS Kearsage and the CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France, a brave Black sailor, Joachim Pease, displayed marked coolness and won a Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Jun
19
1864
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad , née Phylicia Ayers Allen (born June 19, 1948, Houston, Texas, U.S.), American actress who first gained fame for her work on the television series The Cosby Show (1984–92) and later became the first black woman to win (2004) a Tony Award for best actress; she won the honour for
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Jun
19
1948
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