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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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15

1850

Sims, Ronald Cordell (1948- )

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2009

Hiram R. Revels, first Black U.S. senator

Hiram R. Revels, first Black U.S. senator, born free, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Sep

27

1817

Charles C. DiggsJr.

Charles C. Diggs Jr. of Detroit elected Michigans first Black congressman.

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Nov

2

1954

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8

1965

Mitchell, Charles H. (1940 - )

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Jarrett, Valerie (1956- )

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Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to US Senate

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(1974) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's Statement: The Richard Nixon Impeachment Hearings

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City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)

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Fugitive Slave Act (1793)

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Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth (1959- )

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Ragsdale, Marguerita (1948- )

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Pierce, Roger Dwayne (1951--)

Roger D. Pierce, U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Pierce earned his B.A. degree in Spanish Language and Latin American Studies at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. He received his M.A. in Latin American Literature at the University of Maryland in

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DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)

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May

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1951

U.S. Senate imposed cloture for first time

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10

1964

Antilynching Bill

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Sojourner Truth

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1797

National Equal Rights League (1864–1921)

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Marshall, Thurgood (1908-1993)

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(1864) Arnold Bertonneau, “Every Man Should Stand Equal Before the Law”

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