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1732 - Rhode Island Assembly repeals its duty tax on black slaves
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Jan
0
1732
George "Little Chocolate" Dixon betas Jack Skelly in New Orleans to win the worl
George Little Chocolate Dixon betas Jack Skelly in New Orleans to win the world featherweight title. While some African American citizens celebrate for two days, the New Orleans Times-Democrat says, It is a mistake to match a Negro and a white man ...to bring the races together on any terms of
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Sep
6
1892
Declared State of Emergency
Governor James A. Rhodes declared state of emergency in Cleveland and dispatched National Guard troops to riot-torn Hough district.
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Jul
19
1966
Jarena Lee was born
The daughter of former slaves, born in Cape May, New
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Feb
11
1783
The Dred Scott decision.
On March 6, 1857, the Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court denied Blacks U.S. citizenship and denied the power of Congress to restrict slavery in any federal territory.
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Mar
6
1857
NAACP attacked issues concerning schools
NAACP began frontal attack on segregation and discrimination at elementary and high school levels, arguing that segregation was discrimination in cases before three-judged federal courts in South Carolina and Kansas. The South Carolina court, with a strong dissent from Judge E. Waites Warning, held
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Jun
30
1951
Black Civil War guerilla chief
Probably the Souths most noted guerilla chief was a Black man named
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Jan
0
1861
Mayor of Atlanta
Andrew Young, Former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta.
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Oct
27
1981
U.S. Constitution Approved
U.S. Constitution approved at Philadelphia convention with three clauses protecting slavery.
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Sep
17
1787
Lamuck Aguta wins the 101st Boston Marathon
Kenyas Lamuck Aguta wins the 101st Boston Marathon
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Apr
21
1997
Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.
Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate. While serving in the senate, he was an advocate for civil rights for blacks, native Americans, Chinese immigrants and
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May
21
1881
Fort Negro
Garcia And Fort Negro: After the War of 1812, over three hundred African Americans occupied an abandoned British fort on the banks of the Apalachicola River in what is now Florida. Known as Fort Negro, it was headed by an African American man named Garcia. The heavily armed fort became a symbol of
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Jul
27
1816
Connecticut legally recognizes the legal institutionof slavery.
Connecticut legally recognizes the legal institution of slavery.
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Jan
0
1650
Uganda proclaimed independent
Uganda proclaimed independent.
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Oct
9
1962
Congress bans the slave trade
Congress banned the slave trade, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States or the territories thereof after January 1, 1808.
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Jan
1
1808
Andrew Young resigned under pressure
Andrew Young resigned under pressure as UN ambassador after unauthorized meeting with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Resignation created a storm of controversy and divided the Black and Jewish communities.
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Aug
15
1979
Gabriel Prosser
Gabriel Prosser was born sometime in 1775 in Virginia. The Haitian Revolution of the times did not go unnoticed. In the plantation houses it was
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Jan
0
1775
Missouri Compromise encated
Missouri Compromise encated. The measure prohibited slavery to the north of southern boundary of Missouri.
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Mar
3
1820
Evelyn Boyd Granville is born
Evelyn Boyd Granville, Born May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School, a segregated high school at the time. Her interest in mathematics was encouraged by two mathematics teachers. Granville worked with Einar Hille, a distinguished mathematician in the field of functional
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May
1
1924
Congress Fight For Blacks Freedom
Congress authorized president to accept Blacks for military service. Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act, which freed the slaves of all rebels.
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Jul
17
1862
A Massachusetts statue taxes black slaves as individuals(their masters have to
A Massachusetts statue taxes black slaves as individuals (their masters have to pay).
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Jan
0
1646
The Freeman's Bureau.
The Freemans Bureau was established by Congress on March 3, 1865. The bureau was designed to protect the interests of former slaves. This included helping them to find new employment and to improve educational and health facilities. In the year that followed the bureau spent $17,000,000
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Mar
3
1865
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1671 - There are 2000 African slaves in Virginia
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Jan
0
1671
Edith Sampson is the first African American appointed as a representative to the
Edith Sampson is the first African American appointed as a representative to the UN.
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Aug
19
1950
Singer Roberta Flack born
b. 10 February 1937, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Born into a musical family, Flack graduated from Howard University with a BA in music. She was discovered singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub by pianist Les McCann, who recommended her talents to Atlantic Records. Two classy
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Feb
10
1940
Did You Know That In...
1724 - Virginia offera a tax break to slave holders if they instruct and baptize their slaves.
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Jan
0
1724
Maria Stewart on Slavery
On this date in 1832, Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) addressed the New England Anti-Slavery Society meeting in Bostons Franklin Hall on the evils of slavery and the oppression of free blacks. This is often cited as the first time an African American woman spoke publicly on political issues before an
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Sep
21
1832
Maryland legally recognizes the institution of slavery;passes law enslaving al
Maryland legally recognizes the institution of slavery; passes law enslaving all imported Africans; freeborn English women who marry black slaves are enslaved, as are the childred of such unions.
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Jan
0
1663
Death of Emperor Haile Selassie
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia died in 1975 at the age of 83. During his reign, Selassies main ambitions included the modernization of Ethiopia, international recognition for his nation, the abolishment of slavery, expanded eduacation and the elimination of foreign intervention. In 1936, a year
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Aug
27
1975
Absalom Jones Born into Slavery
Absalom Jones rose from slavery to become the first black Episcopal priest and principal founder of St. Thomas, the first black Episcopal church.
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Nov
6
1746
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