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Ambassador
Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.
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Mar
9
1961
U.S. Constitution Approved
U.S. Constitution approved at Philadelphia convention with three clauses protecting slavery.
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Sep
17
1787
Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson,
Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson, Harry Belfonte and A. Phillip Randolph, participated in the Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington. Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP, and the nine students who integrated Little Rockss Central High School were awarded
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Oct
25
1958
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Jun
13
1967
August 27, 1998, civil rights marchers gathered in Washington D.C. on the eve of
August 27, 1998, civil rights marchers gathered in Washington D.C. on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech.
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Aug
27
1998
Civil Rights
April 3, 1944. The US Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling declared that Blacks could not be barred form voting in the Texas Democratic primaries. The high court repudiated the contention that political parties are private associations and held that discrimination aginst Blacks violated the 15th
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Apr
3
1944
The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens
The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Jul
4
1991
Death of Anthony Overton
Death of Anthony Overton (81), publisher, cosmetics manufacturer and banker, Chicago.
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Jul
2
1946
Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950.
Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950. Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas but grew up in Chicago. She is a witty poet who satirizes blacks and whites and attacks racial discrimination. She uses black language and rituals to proclaim black solidarity.
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May
1
1950
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and formergovernor of the Virgin I
Archie A. Alexander, architectural engineer and former
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Jan
4
1958
Booker T. Washington gains honorary degree
Booker T. Washington receives an honorary degree from Harvard University.
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Apr
15
1896
Morgan State College is established in Baltimore, Md.
Morgan State College is established in Baltimore, Md.
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Nov
20
1938
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged Black woman while he was autographing books in a Harlem department store. Woman was placed under mental observation.
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Sep
20
1958
Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBS's television stations division, the
Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBSs television stations division, the highest ranking African American in network television. Rodgers had been general manager of WBBM-TV, CBSs Chicago Station
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Sep
3
1990
First convention of the National Association
First convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians; held in Chicago. It awarded its first scholarship to the young Marian Anderson.
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Jul
29
1919
Shirley Franklin is sworn in
Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city.
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Jan
7
2002
Graduation
In 1955, Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded his doctorate from Boston University.
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Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Jun
5
1955
Death of Elijah Muhammad
Death of Elijah Muhammad (77), leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. He was succeeded by his son, Wallace D. Muhammad.
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Feb
25
1975
Freedmen's Bank closed
Freedmens Bank closed. Black depositors had some $3 Million in the bank, which had an imposing headquarters in Washington and branches in various cities President Frederick Douglass said later that the Freedmens Bank had been the Black mans cow and the white mans milk.
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May
1
1
Marion Perkins (Sculptor)
Sculptor, Marion Perkins, died on 12/17/61. During the Depression of the thirties, Marion Perkins sold papers at a newsstand on Chicagos South Side. In his free moments at the stand he busied himself whittling on bars of soap. Peter Pollack, then director of the Community Art Center Division of the
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Dec
17
1961
Holding Back The Hate
President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., to prevent interference with school integration at Central High School.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Sep
24
1957
Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana by five ministers including Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Joseph Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and C.K. Steele. Dr. King was the founding president, Abernathy president emeritus and Rep. Walter
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Jan
10
1957
William A. Harper
William A. Harper, student of Henry O. Tanner at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most gifted African American artist of the early 20th century, born
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Dec
27
1873
I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King Jr gives his I Have A Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial, 1963
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Aug
28
1963
Government: Ohio state.
In Cleveland Ohio on November 13, 1967, Carl Stokes was the first black elected mayor of a major city. Carl Stokes, grandson of a slave, won the mayoral election over Seth Taft, grandson of President William H. Taft.
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Nov
13
1967
March for jobs and freedom
A. Philip Randolph helped plan a march on Washington(Lincoln Memorial) to demonstrate to the government the strengh and commitment of black people to civil rights. A. Philip Randolph fought for justice and for the advancement of African Americans.
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Aug
28
1963
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end segregation at once and operate now and hereafter only unitary schools. In Mississippi case, Alexander V. Holmes, the Court abandoned the principle of all deliberate speed.
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Oct
29
1969
Birthday
Charles White Born April 2, 1918. Renowned African-Americccan artist born in Chicago, IL; died October 3, 1979. Charles White began his professional career by painting murals for the WPA during the Depression. He was influenced by Mexiccan muralists Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siquieros. Among
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Apr
2
1918
Attorney general ordered two hundred additional U
Attorney general ordered two hundred additional U.S.Marshals to Montgomery.
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May
22
1961
Barney L. Ford, Gold Miner, born
Early Colorado gold miner, hotel magnate and entreprenuer, former slave Barney L. Ford, was born in Stafford Court House, Virginia. Through a number of business dealings, Ford became a wealthy man but was dogged by a series of tragic accidents. The restaurants and hotels he owned in
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Jan
22
1822
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