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President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act
President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act.
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Aug
20
1964
Scores injured in Klan-related incidents
Scores injured in Klan-related incidents in Georgia, Tennessee, California, Indiana and North Carolina, in March and April.
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Mar
15
1980
Louisiana governor signed public accommodations
Louisiana governor signed public accommodations law.
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Feb
23
1869
First Black Secretary of State: Colin L. Powell
Colin Luther Powell is sworn in by President George W. Bush as Secretary of State. He is the first black secretary of state in U.S. history.
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Jan
20
2001
Executive Order 9808
In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil
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Dec
5
1946
Congress passed resolution readmitting the state
Congress passed resolution readmitting the state of Tennessee.
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Jul
24
1866
Norbert Rillieux installs the first working modelon his triple-effect evaporat
Norbert Rillieux installs the first working model on his triple-effect evaporator on the plantation of Zenon Ramon in Louisiana; this endeavor is unsuccessful due to mechanical failure.
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Jan
0
1834
John W. Menard speaks in Congress
John W. Menard spoke in Congress in defense of his claim to a contested seat in Louisianas Second Congressional District. Congress decided against both claimants. Congressman James A. Garfield of the examining committee said it was too early to admit a Negro to the U.S. Congress. Menard was the
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Feb
27
1869
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign for President of the U.S.
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Jan
25
1972
President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African
President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African president to pay an official visit to an American president, arrived at White House.
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May
26
1943
1st black to hold exec. position in White House
E. Frederic Morrow appointed administrative aide to President Eisenhower and became the first Black to hold an executive position on the White House staff.
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Jul
9
1955
White conservatives suppressed Black vote
White conservatives suppressed Black vote and captured Tennessee legislative in election marred by assassinations and widespread violence. Campaign effectively ended Radical Reconstruction in North Carolina. The conservative legislature impeached Governor Holden on December 14.
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Aug
6
1870
Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
Black Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. Major celebrations were held at Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Nashville. Three states--Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey--appropriated money for official celebrations of the event.
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Jan
29
1913
1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Ken
1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy.
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Nov
10
1999
Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting
Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting. One Black and one white were killed. Knights of White Camelia, a paramilitary white supremacist organization, founded in Louisiana.
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May
14
1867
Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark
Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark, became the first Black president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Jul
1
1976
U.S. Refuses to Seat P.B.S. Pinchback
U.S. Senate refuses to seat P.B.S. Pinchback, elected Senator from Louisiana in 1873, after three years of controversy.
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Mar
8
1876
President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in rebel states with exception of thirteen parishes (including New Orleans) in Louisiana, forty-eight countries in West Virginia, seven countries (including Norfolk) in Eastern Virginia. Proclamation did not apply to slaves in
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Jan
1
1863
Spottiswood W. Robinson
Spottiswood W. Robinson, representative of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, dean of the Howard University Law School, member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Circuit Judge of the D.C. Circuit, born
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Jul
26
1916
Florence Griffith Joyner, track legend born
Delorez Florence Griffith Joyner
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Dec
21
1959
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
On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot deliveredone of the most
On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered
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Jan
6
1874
President Nixon meets with Congressional Black Caucus
President Nixon met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and appointed a White House panel to study a list of recommendations made by the group.
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Feb
25
1971
Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."
Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first Afro-American woman to receive the honor.
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May
1
1946
First Black elected to Congress
First Black elected to Congress John W. Menard, defeated a white candidate, 5,107 to 2,833, in an election in Louisianas Second Congressional District to fill an unexpired term in the Fortieth Congress. U.S. Grant elected president with Black voters in the South providing the decisive margin. Grant
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Nov
3
1868
Louisiana governor conferred with president on KKK
Louisiana governor conferred with president on KKK violence in his state.
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Nov
20
1922
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institution of slavery.
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Jan
0
1664
Alabama and Mississippi Democrats bolted the
Alabama and Mississippi Democrats bolted the Democratic convention after adoption of a strong civil rights plank.
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Jul
14
1948
Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.
Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.
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Sep
5
1960
Shooting of Civil Rights Activist
Sammy Younge, Jr., 21, was shot to death by a 67 year old white service station attendant. A Tuskegee Institute student and civil rights activist, Younge was shot after using the Whites only restroom at the service station where the white attendant was working.
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Jan
3
1966
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