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1961: Andrew hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy.
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Nov
10
1999
Singer Leslie Uggams born
Singer Leslie Uggams, who made her singing debut with the Lawrence Welk Band, was born in New York city.
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May
25
1943
Congress forbade Union officers/soldiers
Congress forbade Union officers and soldiers to aid in the capture and return of fugitive slaves, ending what one historian called the military slave hunt.
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Mar
13
1862
Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme 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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Dec
29
1907
African Free School opened
African Free School opened in New York.
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Oct
10
1788
Activist Faye Wattleton
Faye Wattleton, a rgeistered nurse and New York activist, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Wattleton served as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1978 to 1992.
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Jul
8
1943
Ghana became an independent state
March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great
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Mar
6
1957
Passing of Civil Rights Bill
U.S. Congress pass Civil Rights Bill banning racial discrimination in sale or rental of approximately 80 per cent of the nations housing.
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Apr
10
1968
Countee Cullen, born
Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist
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May
30
1903
First Black Mayor of Kansas City in 1991
The Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II was elected as the mayor of the City of Kansas City, Missouri in 1991. At the time of his election, the black population in Kansas City was approximately 15 percent and the fact that not all blacks are registered to vote or take the time to vote indicates that black
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Apr
0
1991
William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.
William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.
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Jan
4
1943
March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar
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Jan
0
2001
Arthur Ashe is born
Arthur Ashe, Born July 10, 1943 in
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Jul
10
1943
Booker T
Booker T. Washington dined at the White House with President Roosevelt and was criticized in the South.
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Oct
16
1901
Presidential Assistant E. Frederic Morrow born
Presidential Assistant E. Frederic Morrow was born in Hakensack, New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers University, Morow was a vice president for Bank of America before being appointed an administrative assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Apr
20
1909
Colin L. Powell
Colin.L. Powell was born in 1937 in New York City,New York.
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Jan
0
1937
Government: Ohio state.
In Cleveland Ohio on November 13, 1967, Carl Stokes was the first black elected mayor of a major city. Carl Stokes, grandson of a slave, won the mayoral election over Seth Taft, grandson of President William H. Taft.
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Nov
13
1967
Roland Hayes' Fifth American Tour
Roland Hayes opened his fifth American Tour at New Yorks Carnegie Hall packed with admirers.
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Nov
15
1928
Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis
Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their New York fight and became the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Feb
16
1970
Blacks Elected to Congress
Sixteen Blacks were elected to Congress. Andrew Young of Atlanta was the first Black elected to Congress from the Deep South since the Reconstruction era. Also elected for the first time were Barbara Jordan (Tex.) and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Calif.). Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of
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Nov
17
1972
Congress helped Blacks in the military
Congress passed bill equalizing pay, arms, equipment and medical services of Black troops.
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Jun
15
1864
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.
New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institution of slavery.
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Jan
0
1664
Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."
Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first Afro-American woman to receive the honor.
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May
1
1946
Yuonne Brathwaite Burke
In 1972 Yuonne Burke was the first black woman elected to Congress from Califorinia.
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Jan
0
1972
Josephine Baker dies
Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, she later took the name Baker from her stepfather. Surviving the 1917 riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, where the family was living, she ran away a few years alter at age thirteen and began dancing in vaudeville and on Broadway. In 1925, she
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Apr
12
1975
Hiram R.Revels First Speech
Hiram R. Revels made his first speech in the Senate, opposing the readmission of Georgia without adequate safeguards for Black citizens. This was the first official speech by a Black in Congress.
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Mar
16
1869
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona
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May
18
1955
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1777 - New Jersey opens public schools for black children.
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Jan
0
1777
Slave conspiracies and fires cause Hysteria
Succession of suspicious fires and reports of slave conspiracies created hysteria in New York in March and April. Thirty-one slaves and five whites were executed.
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Mar
31
1741
Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985).
Patricia Roberts Harris, lawyer and diplomat, was the first black woman ambassador appointed to an overseas post under President Lydon B. Johnson administration.
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Jan
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1924
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