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Anti-Slavery Law

The congressional confiscation bill freed slaves who were forced to fight against the United States government, or to work in support of the rebellion.

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Aug

6

1861

Sir Alexander Bustamante

1967: Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaicas first prime minister dies.

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Aug

6

1967

Pressure From Congress

Pressure From Congress: After the Union Army suffered a series of military defeats in 1861 and 1862, pressure mounted on Lincoln to use African Americans as soldiers. Once again African American soldiers came to the rescue of America. As Charles Summer put it: I do not say carry the war into

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Aug

6

1861

Absalom Jones ordained a deacon

Absalom Jones ordained a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Aug

6

1795

Thomas-Greenfield, Linda (1952- )

Born in Baker, Louisiana circa 1952, Linda Thomas-Greenfield graduated from a segregated high school in 1970. The first in her family to graduate from high school, Thomas-Greenfield saw the local Peace Corps training center, which trained volunteers for work in Somalia and Swaziland, as influencing

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Aug

6

2013

Shooting on bus, a result to a fight

Black private and white military policeman shot to death on bus in North Carolina during fight between Black and white soldiers. This was the first of a series of serious racial incidents (between Black and white soldiers and Black soldiers and white civilians) which continued throughout the war.

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Aug

6

1941

Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas - Death

Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft died on August 6, 1985 in the Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas surrounded by friends.

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Aug

6

1985

Perspective Articles Guidelines

Revised August 6, 2012

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Aug

6

2012

Congress passed Confiscation Act, authorizing the

Congress passed Confiscation Act, authorizing the appropriation of the property, including slaves, of rebel slaveholders.

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Aug

6

1854

White conservatives suppressed Black vote

White conservatives suppressed Black vote and captured Tennessee legislative in election marred by assassinations and widespread violence. Campaign effectively ended Radical Reconstruction in North Carolina. The conservative legislature impeached Governor Holden on December 14.

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Aug

6

1870

Hickman, George W., Jr. (1924–2012) - Birthday

A grandson to slaves, George Hickman was born on August 6, 1925 in St.

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Aug

6

1925

David Robinson is a retired professional basketball player who is colloquially known as ‘The Admiral’ thanks to his prior service to the United States

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Aug

6

1965

President signed Voting Rights Bill

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Bill which authorized the suspension of literacy tests and the sending of federal examiners into South.

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Aug

6

1965

Online Encyclopedia Entry Guidelines

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Aug

6

2012

Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland,

Congressman George Thomas Mickey Leland, members of his congressional staff, and State Department officials die in a plane crash near Gambela, Ethiopia.

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Aug

6

1989

Jamiaca's Independence

Jamaica became an independent domininon within the British Commonwealth.

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Aug

6

1962

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