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Another Black Church Destroyed
A Black church was destroyed by fire in Macon, Georgia. This was the eighth church burned in Georgia since August 15.
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Sep
25
1962
Ron Brown elected Chairman of the Democratic Party
Attorney Ronald Brown was elected national chairman of the Democratic Party and became the first African American to hold the post. Brown was later appointed Secretary of Commerce under the Clinton administration in 1994. He served in this capacity until he was killed in 1996 when he and 32 others
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Feb
10
1989
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, (born Cassius Clay) stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the US Army during the Vietnam War(Clay v- United States). He is asked How can you be a pacifist opposed to the idea of
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Jun
28
1970
Dr. Alexa Canady
Dr. Alexa Canady was the first black woman neurosurgeon in the United States.She was born Nov. 7 1950 in Lansing Michigan.
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Jan
0
1999
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
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Oct
9
1984
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, first woman to serve
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, first woman to serve in the cabinet of a New York City mayor, born
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Jul
5
1899
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation that employers and unions can establish voluntary programs, including the use of quotas, to aid minorities in employment.
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Jun
27
1979
Politics
David Norman Dinkins began his first working day as mayor
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Jan
2
1990
Carrie Saxton Perry
Carrie Saxton Perry was born this day in Hartford, Connecticut. Perry was elected mayor of Hartford Connecticut in 1987.
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Aug
30
1931
Mississippi Constitutional Convention began
Mississippi Constitutional Convention began systematic exclusion of Blacks from political life of South, August 12-November 1. The Mississippi Plan (Literacy and understanding tests) was later adopted with embellishments by other states: South Carolina (1895), Louisiana (1898), North Carolina
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Aug
12
1890
James M. Rodger, Jr.
James M. Rodger, Jr. first African American to be named National Teacher of the Year is honored at a White House ceremony.
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Apr
24
1972
Freeing of Slaves
On May 9, 1862 General Hunter of the Union Army issued a proclomation freeing the slaves of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. A displeased President Lincoln anulled this act. Lincoln stated, General Hunter is an honest man...He proclaimed all men free within certain states. I repudiated the
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May
9
1862
On this day, the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.Lee that whites can'tbar A
On this day, the Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v.Lee that whites cant bar African Americans from white neighborhoods
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Nov
13
1940
Black state convention at Macon, Georgia,
Black state convention at Macon, Georgia, protested expulsion of Black politicians from Georgia legislature.
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Oct
6
1868
First African American Before US Supreme Court
John Sweat Rock (1825-1866), a noted Boston lawyer, became in 1865 the first African-American to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black person to speak before the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Feb
1
1865
Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave B
Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave Blacks the right to equal treatment in inns, public conveyances, theaters and other places of public amusement. It will be overturned by the Supreme Court in 1883.
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Mar
1
1875
Violette Neatley Anderson
Violette Neatley Anderson is the first African American woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jan
29
1926
Supreme Court ordered school integration "with all
Supreme Court ordered school integration with all deliberate speed.
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May
31
1955
Nomination of Judge John J. Parker
President Hoover nominated Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The NAACP launched a national campaign against the appointment. Parker was not confirmed by the Senate.
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Mar
31
1930
Etta Moten sings for President
Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.
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Jan
31
1934
Spingarn Medal: Coleman A. Young
Spingarn Medal awarded to Coleman A. Young in recognition of his singular accomplishments as mayor of the City of Detroit.
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Nov
30
1981
Singer Diana Ross born
Actress/Singer Diana Ross, of the Supremes singing group, was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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Mar
26
1944
Gov
Gov. George Wallace granted a full pardon to Clarence (Willie) Norris, the last known survivor of the nine Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 of the alleged rape of two white women on a freight train.
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Oct
25
1976
Moore's Ford Lynching
During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into
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Jul
25
1946
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Joseph W. Hatchett sworn in as first Black supreme court justice in the South in the twentieth century.
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Sep
2
1975
Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
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Dec
24
1881
Charles Fuller wins the Pulitzer Prize
Charles Fuller wins the Pulitzer Prize for A Soldiers Play
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Mar
12
1982
Events After Martin Luther King Jr's Death
Martin Luther King Jr. buried after funeral services at Ebenezer Baptist Church and memorial services at Morehouse College, Atlanta. More than 300,000 persons marched behind the coffin of the slain leader which was carried through streets of Atlanta on farm wagon pulled by two Georgia
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Apr
9
1968
Fourteenth Amendment
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Slaughterhouse cases began process of diluting the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court said the Fourteenth Amendment protected federal civil rights, not Civil rights heretofore belonging exclusively to the states.
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Apr
14
1873
Riot, University of Georgia
Riot, University of Georgia. Two Black students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were suspended but a federal court ordered them reinstated. They returned to classes on January 16.
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Jan
11
1961
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