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Reports Say Black News Channel Has Shut Down

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA) - According to the Los Angeles Times, the Black News Channel, which launched just before the pandemic, has ceased […]

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President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall.

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2

1991

Black Paul Revere

1781 - Nicholas, a free black patriot, rides to Dover, Delaware to alert United States troops that The British are coming!

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Jan

0

1781

Martin R. Delany

Martin R. Delany published The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States, it was the first major statement of the Black nationalist position. Delany said, The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any

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Mar

20

1852

Virginia Students Protest Segregated Schools

Students attending Moton High School, Prince Edward County, Virginia led a walk out to protest separate and unequal school

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Apr

23

1951

Liberian President Killed in Coup

Liberian President William R. Tolbert Jr. and twenty-seven others were killed in coup detat by army enlisted men led by master Sergeant Samuel Doe.

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Apr

12

1980

Did You Know That In...

1746 - Lucy Terry(1730-1821), a slave, writes Bars Fight, a commemorative poem recrating the Deerfield Massacre. This poem is the first known to be written by a black person in the United States and was not published until 1985.

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Jan

0

1746

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

Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity founded

At Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded by Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Harvey T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Guy L. Grant, Paul Caine, George W. Edmonds, Ezra D. Alexander and Edward

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Jan

5

1911

Florence Griffith Joyner, track legend born

Delorez Florence Griffith Joyner

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Dec

21

1959

Birth of William Seymour

William Seymour was born in Centerville, Louisiana. He is credited as being the inspirational force behind the birth of Pentecostalism in the United States.

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May

2

1870

James Cameron, Founder Black Holocaust Musem born

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Aug

7

1930

Progressive party convention

Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former

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Jul

23

1948

Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa

The Battle of Adwa and the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal

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Mar

2

1896

William Cooper Nell

was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be

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May

25

1874

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign for President of the U.S.

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Jan

25

1972

Attorney General George Williams

Attorney General George Williams sent a telegram to Acting Governor Pinchback, saying that the Black politician was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana.

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Dec

12

1872

The Supreme Court weakened the foundations

U.S. Supreme Court undermined the legal foundations of segregation in three landmark cases, Sweatt v. Painter, McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents and Henderson v. United States.

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Jun

5

1950

Scupltor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.; the completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and

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Dec

31

1900

March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar

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Jan

0

2001

Executive Order 11246

Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for the first time

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Sep

24

1965

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

Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights

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Feb

12

1909

The Freeman's Bureau.

The Freemans Bureau was established by Congress on March 3, 1865. The bureau was designed to protect the interests of former slaves. This included helping them to find new employment and to improve educational and health facilities. In the year that followed the bureau spent $17,000,000

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Mar

3

1865

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Jan

5

1875

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

0

1924

First Black Priest Ordained in the United States

Charles Randolph Uncles became the first Black priest ordained in the United States on this day in Baltimore, Maryland

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Dec

19

1891

Miss. Plan disenfranchises Blacks

African-Americans are

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Nov

1

1890

Governor Barnett Found Guilty

Governor Barnett found guilty of civil contempt of the federal court. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered Barnett to purge himself of contempt or face arrest and a fine of $10,000 a day.

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Sep

28

1962

Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson

Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York

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2

1961

Anti-Slavery Society started

American Anti-Slavery Society

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4

1833

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