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As of January 4, 2022, at 10:00 AM (according to Alabama Political Reporter) Alabama had 921,175 confirmed cases of coronavirus, (36,843) more than last week with 16,496 deaths (60) more than last week) Greene County had 1,388 confirmed cases, (57 more cases than last week), with 45 deaths Sumter Co. had 1,498 cases with 42 […]

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Dexter Avenue Baptist Church [Montgomery] (1883-- )

The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church was built in 1883 on the corner of Dexter Avenue and Decatur Street in Montgomery, Alabama. The church served as a meeting place and planning hub for some of the most influential actions of the Civil Rights movement throughout the first half of the twentieth

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In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board

In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board of Health to help meet the cost of a sutdy of syphilis in African American men living in rural Georgia and Alabama. Thus would begin a four decade long study of syphilis without treatment. Over 400 men were allowed to

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Feb

12

1930

Forty-fourth Congress (1875-77) Convened

Forty-fourth Congress (1875-77) convened with historic high of eight Blacks. One U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi. Seven Black congressmen: Jeremiah Haralson, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida; John R. Lynch, Mississippi; John A. Hyman, North Carolina; Charles E. Nash, Louisiana; Joseph

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Dec

6

1875

Arrington, Richard (1934- )

Richard Arrington, the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, was born in Livingston, Alabama on October 19, 1934 to sharecroppers. He received a Bachelors degree from Miles College (Alabama), a M.A. in Biology from the University of Detroit in Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Zoology and

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Oct

19

1934

Turner, Benjamin Sterling (1825-1894)

Benjamin Sterling Turner, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama during the Reconstruction period, was born on March 17, 1825 in Weldon, North Carolina. He was raised as a slave and as a child received no formal education. In 1830 Turner moved to Selma, Alabama with his

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Mar

21

1894

Richard Arrington was elected the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1979

Richard Arrington was elected the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1979

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Oct

30

1979

Nigerias stability has been repeatedly threatened by fighting between fundamentalist Muslims and Christians over the spread of Islamic law (sharia) across the heavily Muslim north. One-third of Nigerias 36 states is ruled by sharia law. More than 10,000 people have died in religious clashes since

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Portrait of Black Chicago

The captions are John Whites own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several

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Feb

25

1975

Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Caro

Volunteer African American army units, including the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Carolina, 6th Virginia, 9th Ohio, 9th Illinois, 23rd Kansas and 10th Cavalry regiments, some units with African American officers, took part in the Spanish-American War on Cuban soil. Some of these veterans, upon return to

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Apr

21

1898

Congress cracks down on civil rights for blacks

Congress readmitted North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida on condition that the constitutions of said states shall never be amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens or the United States of the right to vote in said states who are entitled

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Jun

25

1868

NAACP attacked issues concerning schools

NAACP began frontal attack on segregation and discrimination at elementary and high school levels, arguing that segregation was discrimination in cases before three-judged federal courts in South Carolina and Kansas. The South Carolina court, with a strong dissent from Judge E. Waites Warning, held

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Jun

30

1951

George Washington Carver Day

January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of

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Jan

5

1943

Harrison, Hazel Lucile (1883-1969)

Hazel Harrison, pianist, was born on May 12, 1883 in La Porte, Indiana to parents Hiram and Olive Harrison. Hiram was the co-owner of a barber shop and Olive was a hairdresser and manicurist. Hazel Harrison began playing the piano at the age of four, and by age eight she was earning extra money for

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Apr

28

1969

Lewis, John R. (1940- )

John Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama on February 21, 1940. In 1961 he received a B.A. from American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1967 he received an additional B.A. from Fisk University located in

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Feb

21

1940

Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County,

Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court. Modern Klan spread to Alabama and other Southern state and reached height of its influence in the twenties. By 1924 the organization was strong in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio. At the height of its

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Dec

4

1915

Keyes, Alan L. (1950- )

A controversial and conservative Republican, Alan Lee Keyes has perhaps one of the most extensive resumes to date in public and political

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DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)

A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871. In 1878 his family moved to Salina, Kansas. Sometime in the late 1880s DePriest moved to Chicago, Illinois where he found work as a house painter and decorator. DePriest created his own

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May

12

1951

Arroyo, Martina (1936- )

Born to a Puerto Rican father and African American mother, Martina Arroyo was a world-renowned operatic soprano from the 1960s through 1989, the year of her professional retirement. She and her contemporaries were the first generation of African American opera soloists to attain international

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St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsville] (1808- )

Instituted in 1808 by enslaved blacks, St. Bartley PrimitiveBaptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama, exemplifies 206 years of blackreligious independence. It was located originallyoutside the city limits of Huntsville near present day Governors Driveand Madison Street, among the

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An outbreak of Ebola hit Guinea in March 2014 and spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. By September, is estimated to have killed about 430 people in Guinea, and there were nearly 650 suspected and confirmed cases of it in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In late August, the

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Africans accompany Spanish explorer Hernando de Sotos on a expedition and settles among Native Americans in the territory of present-day Alabama.

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1539

Abbott, Cleveland Leigh (1892–1955)

Cleveland Leigh Abbott was born December 9, 1892 in Yankton, South Dakota. He is most remembered for his coaching career at Tuskegee Institute (now University) in

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Jun

5

1955

First U.S. Army flying school for Black cadets

First U.S. Army flying school for Black cadets dedicated at Tuskegee, Alabama.

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Jul

19

1941

Owens, Jesse, 1913–80, U.S. track star, b. Alabama. He was also called John Cleveland Owens, although his original name was said to be simply J. C. Owens. After his family moved to Cleveland he excelled at track and field events in high school. He won the broad-jump titles at the outdoor

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First Black Elected Officials

Rev. K.L. Buford and Dr. Stanley Smith were elected to Tuskegee City Council and became first Black elected officials in Alabama in twentieth century.

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Sep

15

1964

Scottsboro Boys Trial

First Scottsboro trial began in Scottsboro, Alabama. Trial of nine Black youths accused of raping two white women on a freight train became a cause celebré.

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Apr

6

1931

Birth Records - ALA

In the Deep South, prior to 1866, there were nopublic birth records kept on ANYONE (not just blacks)in Alabama until 1908.

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Jan

0

1997

Coleman, John A.(1852- ? )

John A. Coleman was born a slave in 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama. After he received his freedom at the end of the Civil War, Coleman attended the newly established Talladega College for three years. He worked on a Mississippi River steamboat and then migrated to New York

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Knights and Ladies

Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver organized in Mobile, Alabama, by four Posephite priests and three Catholic laymen.

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Nov

7

1909

Oakwood University [Huntsville] (1896- )

Oakwood College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Huntsville, Alabama; the small urban campus is five minutes from downtown. Sitting on 1,185 acres, Oakwood University is one of the historical landmarks of Huntsville. It is the only

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