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Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Service, when President Franklin D Roosevelt signs Selective Service Act
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Sep
14
1940
Death of John Mercer Langston
Death of John Mercer Langston (67), Washington, D.C. One hundred and twenty-three Blacks reported lynched in 1897.
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Nov
15
1897
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African American member of the Fede
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African American member of the Federal Trade Commission. He was also appointed a federal district judge and U.S. Circuit Judge of the Third Circuit.
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Sep
26
1962
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
President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mi
President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi, 1962
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Sep
29
1962
John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Car
John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Caribbean mother and a French father.
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Apr
26
1785
Capital Savings Bank of Washigton, D.C., the first
Capital Savings Bank of Washigton, D.C., the first Black bank, opened in Washington, D.C. The Savings Bank of the Order of True Reformers (Richmond, Va.) was chartered on March 2, 1888.
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Mar
2
1888
President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C
President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice-president Chester A. Arthur.
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Jul
2
1881
More than one hundred delegates from six states
More than one hundred delegates from six states held a Black convention in Philadelphia. John Mercer Langston, one of the first Blacks to win public office, elected clerk of Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1856 he was elected clerk of the township of Russia, near Oberlin. In 1857 he was
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Oct
16
1855
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Born: 0/29/938 Monrovia, LiberiaAfrica’s first female head of state won the 20 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in promoting Liberian reconciliation and in atoning for Liberia’s history of civil war. She was re-elected for a second term the same year, reneging on an earlier promise to run for only
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Slavery Purchased America's Freedom
Slavery Purchased Americas Freedom: While the white Americans profit from slave trade, they actually benefited from the slave system to fund the war against England. As one historian put it, Americans actually purchased their freedom with products grown by slaves and then traded to the French
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May
2
2002
Death of Trinidad Prime Minister
Death of Eric Williams (79), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain. Dr. Williams was also a historian and the author of the classic work, Capitalism and Slavery.
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Mar
29
1981
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
Andrew Brimmer appointed to Fed. Reserve Bd.
Andrew Brimmer becomes the first African-American governor of the Federal Reserve Board when he is appointed by President Johnson
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Feb
10
1966
The Cotton Bag Fort
A African American Designs The Cotton Bag Fort: When Andrew Jackson assembled his force at New Orleans, his soldiers, many of whom were African American slaves, were outnumbered by the British forces ten to one. Faced with this disadvantage, Jackson consulted with men as to what was the best
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Oct
2
2002
Touissant L'Ouverture, born
Birthday of Haitian revolutionary Pierre-Dominique Touissant LOverture. There had been slave revolts before: in the Caribbean, in South America, and in
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May
20
1743
Oliver Tambo
Born: 10/27/1917 Bizana, South AfricaDied: 4/24/1993 Johannesburg, South AfricaOliver Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Charles Drew, born
Dr. Charles Drew was born in Washington DC. Drew attended medical schools in Montreal, Canada. After much research and study, Drew discovered a way to preserve blood in the form of plasma so it could be stored for long periods of time.
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Jul
3
1904
Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian (1898-1975) - In 1935, Dr. Julian synthesized the drug physotigmine which is used today in the treatment of glaucoma. He later headed the soybean research department of the Glidden Company and then formed Julian Laboratories in order to specialize in the production of sterols
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Jan
0
1935
Million Man March
Nation of Islams Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families.
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Oct
16
1995
Pioneers
Benjamin Banneker, with Charles LEnfant, is commissioned to lay out Washington in the District of Columbia, 1791
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Mar
0
1791
First Black Appointed To a Presidential Cabinet
Robert Weaver became 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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Jan
13
1966
Black division, under command
Black division, under command of Maj. Gen. Charles Paine, participated in Fort Fisher (N.C.) expedition which closed Confederates last major port.
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Jan
15
1865
House of Representatives voted, 126 to 47, to
House of Representatives voted, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
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Feb
24
1868
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett, Principal of the Institute for Colored Youth, Philadelphia, named minister to Haiti and became the first major Black diplomat and the first American Black to receive a major appointment from the United Stated Government.
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Apr
6
1869
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.
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Feb
16
1857
Washington DC home of Frederick Douglas is declared a national shrine, 1922
Washington DC home of Frederick Douglas is declared a national shrine, 1922
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Aug
12
1922
Texas As a Slave State
President John Tyler signed the joint resolution of Congress to admit Texas as a slave state.
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Mar
5
1845
Rebel Troops take Kisangani, Zaire
Rebel troops in Zaire take the major city of Kisangani in an effort to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Mar
16
1997
Race Riot, Washington, D.C
Race Riot, Washington, D.C. Triggered by raids on Black residential areas by white soldiers. Six persons killed and more than one hundred wounded.
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Jul
24
1919
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