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Chenault Promoted in American Express
Kenneth Chenault become the first Chief Operating Officer and President of American Express. By 2001, it is speculated that he will become CEO. This will be the first time an AFrican American heads one of the main financial companies.
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0
1997
Slavery
Africans and Spaniards establish settlements from what is present-day Florida to California, and as far north as present-day Kansas.
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Jan
0
1538
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmens Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas
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Feb
5
1866
Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.
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Dec
29
1907
Maj
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves contraband of war.
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May
24
1861
A Demonstration Led by NAACP
NAACP led protest demonstrations against the showing of the movie Birth of
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Dec
4
1915
Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist
Born: August 14, 1914
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Aug
14
1914
James Cleveland Owens, better known as Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals a
James Cleveland Owens, better known as Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, born
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Sep
12
1913
Patrick Kelly, first and only American fashion designer admitted to an exclusive
Patrick Kelly, first and only American fashion designer admitted to an exclusive organization of French fashion designers, born
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Sep
24
1954
"Higher Education Act" Denies Student Aid
Injustice 101: Government Higher Education Act Denies Financial Aid to Students with Drug Convictions
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Jul
1
2000
Alexandre Dumas is born
Alexandre Dumas is born in Villiers-Cotterets to a Haitian mulatto, Thomas Alexandre Dumas, and Marie Labouret Dumas, a French woman. He will become an acclaimed author of the French classics The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Corsican
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Jul
24
1802
African American History (slavery)
The Spanish throne officially approves the use of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
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Jan
0
1501
Journalist Ralph Waldo Tyler born
Birthday of Ralph Waldo Tyler, journalist, Auditor-General of the Navy and World War I foreign correspondent. Te oldest of 12 children, Tyler is believed to have been born in Ohio. He attended elementary and high schools in Columbus, Ohio, studied a year in Baldwin,Missouri, and began teaching
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Mar
18
1860
William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transpor
William T. Coleman is named Secretary of Transportation by President Gerald R. Ford. He is the second African American to hold a Cabinet level position
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Jan
14
1975
Slavery
The U.S. Supreme Court declared Joseph Cinquez and
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Mar
9
1999
Haitian liberator, Toussaint L'Ouverture, enters Santiago to battle the French,
Haitian liberator, Toussaint LOuverture, enters Santiago to battle the French, 1801
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Jan
22
1801
Slavery
Great Britain enters the Atlantic slave trade after Sir John Hawkins carries enslaved Africans from Portugese Africa to Latin America and sells them to Spanish planters.
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Jan
0
1562
Meneeik II crowned
On November 2, 1889 Menelik II was crowned Negusa-Nagast (King of Kings) of Abysinnia, Ethiopia. By 1899 Abysinnia had extended as far as Kenya in the south, Somaliland in the East, and the Sudan in the West. During his reign, Menelik devoted much of his time to the building of
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Nov
2
1889
John F
John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential candidate, called Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. and expressed his concern about the imprisonment of Dr. King.
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Oct
19
1960
Colonization of Africa organized
Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin, November 15, February 26.
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Nov
15
1884
War of 1812
War of 1812: Although the U.S. Army did not enlist African Americans after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Navy continued to use African Americans as seamen because of the perennial shortage of white sailors. The African American presence in the navy placed them at the center of the naval incident
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Jun
16
2002
Walter E. Washington
President Lyndon B. Johnson named Walter E. Washington commissioner and unofficial mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Sep
6
1967
Historic bus boycott began in Montgomery
Historic bus boycott began in Montgomery. At a mass meeting at the Holt Street Baptist Church Martin Luther King Jr. was elected president of the boycott organization. Asa Philip Randolph and Willard S. Townsend elected vice-president of the AFL-CIO.
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Dec
5
1955
President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act
President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act.
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Aug
20
1964
Patricia R.Harris
Patricia R. Harris named secretary of housing and urban development by President-elect Carter.
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Dec
21
1976
Yancey Williams, a Howard University student
Yancey Williams, a Howard University student, asked a federal court to order the secretary of war and other government officials to consider his application for enlistment in the Army Air Corps as flying cadet.
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Jan
15
1941
King Holiday
Today the first national Martin Luther King Jr holiday was celebrated.
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Jan
20
1986
Abolitionist Society Organized
First abolitionist society in United States organized in Philadelphia.
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Apr
14
1775
NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.
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Dec
9
1995
Graduation
In 1955, Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded his doctorate from Boston University.
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Jun
5
1955
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