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Out of Control riots
Forty-three persons killed in rebellion in Detroit. Federal troops were called out for the first time since the Detroit riot of 1943 to quell the largest racial rebellion in a U.S. city in the twentieth century. More than two thousand persons were injured and some five thousand were
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Jul
23
1967
Rebellion Collapsed/People Killed in the Struggles
White Democrats seized statehouse in Louisiana coup detat. President Grant ordered the revolutionaries to disperse, and the rebellion collapsed. Twenty-seven persons (sixteen whites and eleven Blacks) were killed in battles between Democrats and Republicans.
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Sep
14
1874
Black Slave Accompanies Lewis & Clarke Expedition
A slave known only as York, accompanies Lewis & Clarke in their famous expedition of the northwestern regions.
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May
14
1804
Civil Rights Act of 1957
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United
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Aug
2
1946
Storm of '28 Heros
In an effort to pay honor where it is due, West Palm Beach, Florida, City Manager A.E. Parker yesterday paid tribute to two laborers who served throughout the trying period of intern here as volunteer workers. W.A. Watts, he said, worked 18 hours a day making coffins, and M.W. Stark supervised the
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Jan
0
1999
Black Codes Issued in S.C.
South Carolina issues one of the first set of black codes to regulate the relations of persons of color. Among the codes included those of illegal interracial marriages, master apprentice relations and service contracts.
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Dec
21
1865
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
? Approved, September 18, 1850 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the persons who have been, or may hereafter be, appointed commissioners, in virtue of any act of Congress, by the Circuit Courts of the United States,
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Sep
18
1850
Klansmen fired
Klansmen fired on an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, N.C., and killed five persons.
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Nov
3
1979
Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton
Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as
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Dec
4
1927
No dominoes at church!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pastor of the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members
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Reconstruction Amendments
Amendments 13-15 are called the Reconstruction Amendments both because they were the first enacted right after the Civil War and because all addressed questions related to the legal and political status of the African
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Source: Black Past
Freda Lewis-Hall
Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. is Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of Pfizer, Inc. In this role, Lewis-Hall serves as the senior-most physician at Pfizer and leads the company’s efforts to ensure better health outcomes for patients. Trained as a psychiatrist, she has held leadership
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Kenya: Truck Drivers Now Weak Link in Fight Against Coronavirus
The ministry of health has now shifted its focus to the country's borders that have become high risk areas where coronavirus transmissions are taking
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Ghana - Geography of the West African Nation
Population: 24,339,838 (July 2010
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Mar
6
1957
(1808) An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves into any Port or Place Within the Jurisdiction of the United States, From an
Home
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Mar
2
1807
Covid-19 likely to undo HIV/Aids gains
Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, Ms Atieno, who lives in Nyalenda slums in Kisumu County, could easily access her antiretroviral therapy drugs
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Kenya: Isiolo Opens Regional COVID-19 Testing Centre
Upper Eastern counties will no longer take samples from suspected Covid-19 patients to Nairobi following the approval of Isiolo Referral Hospital's laboratory as a testing
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‘Worse than prison’ - Holness, Tufton apologise for quarantine food fiasco
Smarting from backlash over quarantine conditions for returning Jamaicans at two St Ann hotels, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday apologised for a slew of logistical foul-ups, including rooming delays and substandard
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Kenya reports 23 new Covid-19 cases
The number of people in Kenya who have tested positive for the Covid-19 has risen to 781 following the confirmation of 23 more
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Washington, Janie Rogella (1908-2000)
Janie Rogella Washington was the wife of James W. Washington, Jr. (1911-2000), an internationally known Northwest artist.  A  Seattle nurse, she shared and inspired the spirituality that shaped his art.  One of 12 children, Janie Rogella Miller was born near Henderson, Texas to Freeman Miller and
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Sep
9
2000
Forty-three new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Sierra Leone today
Sierra Leone has today recorded one of its highest daily numbers of cases of
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Tuskegee Airmen initiated
The Army Air Corps all African American 100th Pursuit Squadron, later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute. The squadron served honorably in England and in other regions of the European continent during World War II.
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Feb
19
1942
Notable Early African-American Physcians
James Derham never received a medical degree, but he is considered the first African-American physician in the United
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Wells, Nathaniel (1779 – 1852)
Nathaniel Wells, a former slave, plantation owner, and businessman who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries, was also the first person of African ancestry to become a High Sheriff in England. Wells was born on September 10, 1779 on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean to William
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May
13
1852
Kenya: Two Medics Among Several Kenyans Stranded in India
Two Kenyan doctor, who had travelled to India to visit their family, are stranded after they were forced to give up their seats to the sick on a Kenya Airways flight last
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Jamaica now has 511 COVID-19 cases
JAMAICA HAS recorded two more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 511. In the meantime, three more patients have recovered and have been released from isolation, bringing the total recoveries to 121.
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The Texas Emancipation Proclamation (June 19, 1865)
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Jun
19
1865
Nigeria: Monarch, Prince, One Other Remanded for Defiling 14-Year-Old Girl
A royal father, David Ogungbemi, 62;his son, Gbenga 21, and one Sarafa Olayiwola were, yesterday, remanded in police custody for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ilare-Ijesha, Osun
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Indian community gives packages to St Mary people
The Indian Cultural Society in Jamaica yesterday donated 175 food packages to communities in St Mary where the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives and livelihood of the people
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(1901) William Hannibal Thomas on the American Negro
Nineteenth Century black conservative William Hannibal Thomas was a Civil War veteran, Reconstruction era South Carolina politician, and U.S. counsel to Portuguese Southwest Africa (Angola).  He is most famous however as the author of the 1901 book, The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and
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