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500 Black state legislators address voting rights and other issues in Atlanta - Dallas Examiner

Trice Edney Communications Washington, D.C. – Over 500 Black state legislators from across the United States who attended the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Annual Legislative Conference renewed their commitment to addressing [...]

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Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.

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Jul

17

1981

Black Senate Page Appointed on April 8, 1965. 16 year old Lawrene Bradford of New York City was the first Black Page appointed to the US Senate.

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Apr

8

1965

Barthelemy Boganda, President and foun

Barthelemy Boganda, President and founder of the Central African Republic, dies in a plane crash.

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Mar

29

1959

Anti-lynching Bill Proposed

African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.

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Jan

20

1900

Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician

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14

1922

NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume

Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.

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9

1995

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which provided stiff penalties for public officials and private citizens who deprived citizens of the suffrage and civil rights. The measure authorized the use of the U.S. Army to protect the rights of Blacks.

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May

31

1870

premiere of "The Jeffersons"

The Jeffersons premiered on television, one of the first sitcoms about an African-American family. Formerly neighbors of the Bunkers on All in the Family, the Jeffersons moved to Manhattans East Side.

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Jan

18

1975

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Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, born in Mayesville, South Carolina.

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10

1875

Death of George Washington Williams

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4

1891

Kentucky outlaws

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0

1799

Richard Theodore Greener

Richard Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate from Harvard University

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30

1844

1st Black to argue impeachment

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20

1999

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13

1996

Blacks Elected to Congress

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Nov

17

1972

James Gladden 1st certified orthopedic surgeon

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Jan

22

1949

Riot, University of Georgia

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Jan

11

1961

National Medical Association of Black Physicians

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24

1884

The first black post office open, Atlanta GA, 1955

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22

1955

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Jul

31

1961

Harry Belafonte wins an Emmy

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Jun

20

1960

Sansford and Son TV Premiere Jan 14, 1972. NBC sitcom which gained immediate popularity depicting an African-American Father and son engaged in the junkyard business. Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin developed the comedy series based on the British Steptoe and Son. The name Sanford came from John

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Jan

14

1972

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Jan

5

1875

Confederate Flag Protest

In Montgomery, Alabama, Thomas Reed, president of the Alabama chapter of the NAACP, was arrested after he and 11 others attempted to strike a Confederate flag flying atop the state capitol building.

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3

1988

The Bethune Museum & Archives, a depository and center for AfricanAmerican wom

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11

1979

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Dec

29

1907

Executive Director Emeritus of the National Urban League and political activist,

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Jul

31

1921

Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."

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1

1946

African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith

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22

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Etta Moten sings for President

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