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Betty Shabazz was the wife of Malcolm X, a prominent leader of the Nation of Islam. Her exact date of birth is not known, but it is believed to be May 28, 1934. She was born in Georgia to unwed teenage parents named Ollie Mae Sanders and Shelman Sandlin, and raised in Detroit. By some accounts, her

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Miss. Plan disenfranchises Blacks

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1

1890

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

April 20, 1993, Argued

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WGPR-TV (1975–1995)

WGPR-TV (Where God’s Presence Radiates) was the first television station in the United States owned and operated by African Americans. The station, located in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by William Venoid Banks. WGPR-TV marketed toward the urban audience in Detroit, Michigan, which in that

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Charles Wade Barkley, 36, basketball player, born Leeds, AL, February 20, 1963

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20

1963

Cooper, J. Gary (1936– )

J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was the first African American to occupy the position. Prior to his appointment, he had a distinguished military

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Oct

2

1936

St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsville] (1808- )

Instituted in 1808 by enslaved blacks, St. Bartley PrimitiveBaptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama, exemplifies 206 years of blackreligious independence. It was located originallyoutside the city limits of Huntsville near present day Governors Driveand Madison Street, among the

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House Judiciary Committee opened hearings to

House Judiciary Committee opened hearings to decide whether to recommend the impeachment of President Nixon in the Watergate controversy. Two Blacks Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and Rep. Barbara Jordan of Texas were members of the committee.

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May

9

1974

Forty-fourth Congress (1875-77) Convened

Forty-fourth Congress (1875-77) convened with historic high of eight Blacks. One U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi. Seven Black congressmen: Jeremiah Haralson, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida; John R. Lynch, Mississippi; John A. Hyman, North Carolina; Charles E. Nash, Louisiana; Joseph

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Dec

6

1875

In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015

It was in May 1824 that Nancy Gardner Prince, rescued from alife of poverty and hardship in Massachusetts through a recent marriage, foundherself in a most surreal circumstance unlike any previously experienced by anAfrican American in this region of the world. After recently arriving in

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Nat King Cole born

Singer Nathaniel Nat King Cole, born in Mongomery, Alabama.

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19

1919

Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

SWEATT v. PAINTER, 339 U.S. 629

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Ford, Harold Sr. (1945- )

Harold Eugene Ford, Sr., a United States Representative from Tennessee from 1975 to 1997, was born on May 20, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee to Vera Davis and Newton Jackson Ford, a funeral home director. Ford’s family was part of the local black elite dating back to the beginning of the 20th

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May

20

1945

Intergrated Residential Areas

First city ordinance required white and black residential areas was passed by Baltimore City Council. Similar laws were passed in Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Greensboro, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Louisville.

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19

1910

Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)

No. 02-516. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003

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Remembering Brown: Silence, Loss, Rage, and Hope

In the following article, James A. Banks, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle, describes his Arkansas communitys reaction to the U.S. Supreme Courts Brown v. Board of Education decision when it was

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May

17

1954

Students went on Strike at U.Michigan

Students struck at the University of Michigan and demanded increased Black enrollment. The strike ended April 2, after the administration agreed to meet their demands.

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Mar

20

1970

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth, born November 26, 1797 was an African American abolitionist and women’s right activist. She was born as Isabella to James who was an African captured from the Gold Coast and Elizabeth Baumfree. James and Elizabeth were bought by Colonel Hardenbergh from slave

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Nov

26

1797

DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)

A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871. In 1878 his family moved to Salina, Kansas. Sometime in the late 1880s DePriest moved to Chicago, Illinois where he found work as a house painter and decorator. DePriest created his own

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May

12

1951

Morgan v. Virginia (1946)

March 27, 1946, Argued

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Chamillionaire is an African American rapper from Houston, Texas. His birth name is Hakeem Seriki and he was born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother. He was raised in a strict, conventional household and was the eldest of four siblings. His parents taught him good values and he worked

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

? APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 87-998. Argued October 5, 1988 Decided January 23, 1989 Appellant city adopted a Minority Business Utilization Plan (Plan) requiring prime contractors awarded city construction contracts to subcontract at least 30%

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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

First Black student, Vivian Malone, graduated from

First Black student, Vivian Malone, graduated from the University of Alabama.

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May

30

1965

William Ellisworth Artist is born

William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the

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1914

1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of

1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of the National Urban Leagues Opportunity magazine and professor and President of Fisk University, born

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1893

Forty-second Congress convened

Forty-second Congress convened (1871-73) with five Black congressmen: Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Carlos Delarge and Robert Brown Elliott,South Carolina; Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida. Walls was elected in an at-large election and was the first Black congressman to represent an

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Mar

4

1869

U.W. Clemon became the first black state senator to serve in Alabama since reconstruction.

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1974

Willie Mays, born

Baseball great Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama. Mays played with both the New York and San Francisco Giants. He was National League batting champion four times and twice the leagues Most Valuable Player.

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