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Gwendolyn Brooks

Born on June 7, 1917, to a family who belonged to Kansas but later moved to Chicago, Gwendolyn Brooks was an American poet and teacher. Even though both of her parents wanted to pursue their careers as doctors but were unable to do so due to financial constraints, they were supportive of their

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7

1917

Rhue, Sylvia (1947- )

Sylvia Rhue is a distinguished writer, religious scholar, documentarian, and public speaker. She has engaged in significant work in religious communities around lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) rights and sexuality as well as co-produced an award-winning

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Civil Rights March in Alabama

Through the 25th, Alabama state troopers and sheriffs deputies dispersed Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march with tear gas and billy clubs, Three white Unitarian ministers, including Rev. James J. Reeb, attacked on streets of Selma, Alabama. Reeb, who was participating in civil rights

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Mar

7

1965

Scientist/Inventor Garrett A. Morgan born

Scientist Garrett A. Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky. Inventor of a belt fastener for sewing machines, the gas mask, and the automatic traffic signal, he sold rights to General Electric for $40,000.

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Mar

4

1877

U.S. Supreme Court declared Civil Rights Act of

U.S. Supreme Court declared Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.

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Oct

15

1883

Frederick Douglass

Born: 2/1/1818 Maryland, United StatesDied: 2/20/1895 Washington, D.C., United StatesA former slave, Douglass became a leading figurehead in the anti-slavery movement. One of the most prominent African American leaders of the Nineteenth Century. His autobiography of life as a slave, and his

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Coretta Scott is born

Coretta Scott is born in Marion, Ala. She will marry Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1953 and be an integral part of his civil rights activities. After his assassination in 1968, she will continue her civil rights activities, founding the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change in

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Apr

27

1927

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

President Johnson signed a the 1968 Housing Act

President Johnson signed a the 1968 Housing Act which outlawed discrimination in the sale, rental or leasing of housing. This bill also made it a crime to interfere with civil rights workers and to cross state lines to incite a riot.

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Apr

11

1968

(2015) President Barack Obama's Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney

VIDEO OF SPEECH

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Dorothy Height - Visionary

Dorothy Height was born on this

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Mar

12

1912

the Bronze Muse

On this day, the Bronze Muse died in

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Feb

22

1911

Spingarn Medal Given to Carl Murphy

Carl Murphy, publisher of the Baltimore Afro-American, awarded Spingarn Medal for his contributions as a publisher and civil rights leader.

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Dec

5

1955

Civil Rights Memorial is dedicated in Montgomery, AL, 1989

Civil Rights Memorial is dedicated in Montgomery, AL, 1989

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Nov

11

1989

Activist Medgar Evers born

Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers born in Decatur, Mississippi.

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Jul

2

1925

Glenn Harrington, Carmel, California

Glenn Harrington, is a native of Massachusetts, who has lived in the Seattle area since 1968. He was educated at Gordon College and Suffolk University Law School, both in Massachusetts. His business career was primarily as an Insurance Executive, serving as Vice President of Marketing and

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Smith, E. Russell "Noodles" (? - 1952)

E. Russell Noodles Smith, so named because he always kept enough money for a bowl of noodles after a night of gambling, is considered to be the father – or perhaps the midwife - of Seattle jazz. He arrived in Seattle during the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition in 1909 with $17,000 that he claimed

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Marjorie Joyner--patent for hair wave machine

Patent for a permanent wave machine which could

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Nov

27

1928

Slavery Abolishment

Vermont became the first American colony to abolish slavery. By 1783 slavery was prohibited in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Pennsylvania passed a gradual emancipation law in 1780. Connecticut and Rhode Island barred slavery in 1784 and were followed by New York (gradual emancipation) and New

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Jul

2

1777

Child, Julia, 1912–2004, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, b. Pasadena, Calif., as Julia Carolyn McWilliams. In the early 1940s both she and her husband-to-be, Paul Child, served in the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D.C., Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and

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Michael Jackson

Born: 8/29/1958 Gary, IndianaDied: 6/25/2009 Los Angeles, CaliforniaMichael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular

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Historian Charles H. Wesley dies

Death of scholar, historian, author and former president of Central State College. Charles H. Wesley was known for such works as The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life.

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Aug

16

1987

TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and US

TransAfricas Randall Robinson, congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and US Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Francis Berry are arrested at a sit-in against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC

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Nov

21

1984

Bodies of three civil rights workers discovered on

Bodies of three civil rights workers discovered on farm near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Three young men, two white and one Black, had been missing since June 21. FBI said they were murdered on night of their disappearance by segregationists. Eighteen whites, including several police officers, were

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Aug

4

1964

Death of Charles Sumner

Death of Charles Sumner (63), militant white advocate of equal rights.

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Mar

11

1874

Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the

Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the National Defense Program met with President Roosevelt. National Newspaper Publishers Association founded. Spingarn Medal presented to Dr. Louis T. Wright for his civil rights leadership and his contributions as a surgeon.

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Oct

25

1940

(1856) Sara G. Stanley Addresses The Convention Of Disfranchised Citizens Of Ohio

In January 1856, Sara G. Stanley, representing the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Delaware, Ohio, addressed the all-male Convention of Disfranchised Citizens of Ohio who met at the Columbus City Hall. She called upon the forty delegates who included among their ranks John Mercer Langston, Peter

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Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of Life magazine; first time an African American is featured on the cover in the magazines 13 year history

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May

10

1950

Protest Against Reagan Administration

More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil rights organizations protested the social policies of the Reagan administration in Solidarity Day march in Washington, D.C.

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Sep

19

1981

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