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As of September 30, 2020 at 10:40 AM(according to Alabama Political Reporter)Alabama had 154,701 confirmed cases of coronavirus, (7,548 more than last week) with 2,540 deaths (52 morethan last week)Greene County had 306 confirmed cases, (19 more cases than last week),with 16 deathsSumter Co. had 434 cases with 19 deathsHale Co. had 653 cases with […]

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Blacks held mass meeting in Norfolk (Va.) and

Blacks held mass meeting in Norfolk (Va.) and demanded equal rights and ballots. Other equal rights meetings and conventions were held in Petersburg, Va., June 6; Vicksburg, Miss., June 19; Alexandria, Va., August 3; Nashville, Tenn., August 7-11; Raleigh, N.C., September 29-October

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May

11

1965

African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had alread

African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had already organized their own battalion in September 1812. The state legislature of Louisiana had organized a Corp of free African Americans as part of the state militia. After General Andrew Jacksons call to arms, the

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Sep

12

2002

Born: 12/30/1975 Cypress Hills , CaliforniaTiger Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several yearsBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:

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Charles Edward Anderson--Meteorologist

Born: August 13, 1919

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Aug

13

1919

Saint Paul’s College of Virginia (1888-- )

Saint Paul’s College of Virginia is a private college located in Lawrenceville, Virginia. The college was founded on September 24, 1888, by James Solomon Russell, a newly-ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He became the first principal of the institution, which in 1890 was

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Sep

24

1888

The Supreme Court weakened the foundations

U.S. Supreme Court undermined the legal foundations of segregation in three landmark cases, Sweatt v. Painter, McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents and Henderson v. United States.

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Jun

5

1950

Two months away from the 25th anniversary of the Civil Rights march on Selma, Al

Two months away from the 25th anniversary of the Civil Rights march on Selma, Alabama, 1,500 African American students boycott classes to express concern over the dismissal of Norward Rousell, the citys first African American superintendent.

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Jan

4

1990

Did You Know That In...

1739 - The Stono Rebellion, one of the earliest slave insurrections, leads to the deaths of at least 20 whites and more than 40 blacks west of Charleston in the black-majority colony of South Carolina.

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1739

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

Ida Stephens Owens--Biochemist

Born: September 26, 1929

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Sep

26

1929

Thomas, Clarence (1948- )

Clarence Thomas, the second African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in Pin Point, Georgia, a small community south of Savannah. His mother, Leola Williams, a single parent, raised Thomas until he was seven. He and his brother, Myers, were sent to Savannah where they were

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Azusa Street Revival (1906-1909)

The Azusa Street Revival, beginning in the spring of 1906, largely spawned the worldwide Pentecostal movement. It commenced in a former African Methodist Episcopal church building located at 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California. The primary leader was evangelist William J. Seymour, who came

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On this day Andrew J. Beard, and African American inventor was awarded Patent #

On this day Andrew J. Beard, and African American inventor was awarded Patent # 594,059. Despite having no formal education in engineering or metalwork, Beard had invented an automtic railroad car coupling device called the Jenny Coupler. Prior to the Jenny Coupler train cars were joined together

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23

1897

U.W. Clemon became the first black state senator to serve in Alabama since reconstruction.

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Jan

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1974

Alabama State University [Montgomery] (1867-- )

Alabama State University is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded less than two years after the end of the Civil War as the Lincoln Normal School in Marion, Alabama, it is one of the oldest HBCUs in the United States. Nine ex-slaves, Joey Pinch, Thomas

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Jun

30

1880

Protestors Arrested in Birmingham

An established 2,543 African American and white civil rights demonstrators protesting segregation were arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama.

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May

2

1963

President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C

President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice-president Chester A. Arthur.

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Jul

2

1881

Storm of '28 Highlights

Wednesday September 19, 1928, Palm Beach Post reported: Well over 1200 negro refugees quartered in the auditorium of the Negro high school, where they are being fed and many housed.... hospital features of the refugee unit are under direction of Dr. J.C.Hodges, colored, who since Sunday night has

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Sep

16

1928

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

Dawson, William Levi (1898-1990)

William Levi Dawson was an African Americancomposer, choir director, and professor specializing in black religious folkmusic. He was born on September 26,1899, in Anniston, Alabama to Eliza Starkey and George Dawson, thefirst of their seven children. His father, a former slave, was an

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May

2

1990

Dakar, Senegal (1857- )

Dakar was the political center of French West Africa and is the capital of modern Senegal. Located on Cape Verde, the westernmost point of the African mainland, Ndaxaru, known by its French name, Dakar, has been occupied at least since Europeans began to explore the area. The French, attracted by

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Barber-Scotia College [Concord] (1867-)

Barber-Scotia College is a coed liberal arts school founded by the Presbyterian Church in July 1867 by Reverend Luke Dorland as Scotia Seminary. Reverend Dorland was commissioned by the Presbyterian Church to create an institution to train black women in programs of elementary, secondary and normal

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Apr

2

1954

First day of L.A riots, sparked by acquittal of four white cops in the beating o

First day of L.A riots, sparked by acquittal of four white cops in the beating of Rodney King, which resulted in at least 50 deaths, thousands injured and estimates of up to $1 billion in property damage.

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Apr

29

1992

Eddie Kendricks

Eddie Kendricks is born in Union Springs, Alabama. He will become

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Dec

17

1939

Southern Regional Council announced that Sit-in movement had effected twenty states and more than one hundred cities in Southern and Border States in period from February, 1960, to September, 1961. At least seventy thousand Blacks and whites had participated in the movement, the report said. The

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Sep

21

1961

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

Bessie Coleman was the first female African American pilot. She was born on January 26, 1892 and was the tenth of thirteen children born to George and Susan Coleman in Atlanta, Texas. Her father was of Native and African American descent. She attended a small school which was four miles from her

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Jun

15

1921

Cooper, J. Gary (1936– )

J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was the first African American to occupy the position. Prior to his appointment, he had a distinguished military

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Oct

2

1936

Ben Carson is a famous surgeon, who is well known for the surgeries he has performed to separate conjoined twins. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 18, 1951 to Sonya and Robert Carson. Sonya came from a poor Baptist family, and had married Robert at the age of 13. When she found out her

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Sep

18

1951

Selma March completed

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with other notable civil rights leaders and thousands of supporters reach Montgomery Alabama after marching 4 days from Selma.

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25

1965

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