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Paul Bustill Robeson
Paul Bustill Robeson was born in
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Apr
9
1898
Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to US Senate
Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature.
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Feb
3
1874
Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v
Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that federal and state courts could not enforce restrictive convenants which barred persons from owning or occupying property because of their race.
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May
3
1948
Boston, MA, blacks led by Masonic organizer and abolitionistPrince Hall, petit
Boston, MA, blacks led by Masonic organizer and abolitionist Prince Hall, petition the legislature for equal school facilities for blacks.
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Jan
0
1787
Virginia legislature enacts a law declaring that thestatus of the mother deter
Virginia legislature enacts a law declaring that the status of the mother determines whether children are slaves or free; Christians who fornicate with blacks are to pay double fines.
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Jan
0
1662
Supreme Court decision
Supreme Court decision (Nixon v. Herndon) struck down Texas law which barred Blacks from voting in white primary.
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Mar
7
1927
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her
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Oct
3
1954
Violette Neatley Anderson
Violette Neatley Anderson is the first African American woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jan
29
1926
Britton, Theodore R., Jr. (1925- )
Ambassador Theodore Roosevelt Britton, Jr. was born on October 17, 1925 in North Augusta, South Carolina. In 1936, he and his family migrated to New York City, New York. Britton was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps out of high school soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Although he was unaware
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Erroll Garner, keyboardist born
Erroll Garner born in Pittsburgh,PA
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Jun
15
1921
Ghana became an independent state
March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great
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Mar
6
1957
Slaves Petition for Freedom
Massachusetts slaves petitioned the state legislature for freedom. A bill was drawn and passed by the Mass. legislature. But the governor witheld approval and the measure never became law.
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Jun
25
1773
U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision
U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment which violated the Eighth Amendment. At the time of the ruling, Blacks and members of other minority groups constituted 483 of the 60 persons awaiting execution.
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Jun
29
1972
Crystal Bird Fauset becomes the 1st black woman electedto a state legislatur
Crystal Bird Fauset becomes the 1st black woman elected to a state legislature in the U.S. acquiring this distinction by being named to the Pennsylvania House of Represenatives.
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Nov
8
1938
Dancer Martha Graham born
Birthday in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania of dancer Martha Gaham, considered a pioneer in Afro-Haitian dance.
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May
11
1854
Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.
Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate. While serving in the senate, he was an advocate for civil rights for blacks, native Americans, Chinese immigrants and
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May
21
1881
Thurgood Marshall, dies
First Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, dies, 1993
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Jan
24
1993
John M
John M. Burgess installed as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts.
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Jan
17
1970
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
March 26, 2003, Argued
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I.D. Shadd
I.D. Shadd elected Speaker of the lower house of the Mississippi legislature.
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Jan
14
1874
Blacks Education Attempt Denied
The Blair Bill provided federal support for education and allocated funds to reduce illiteracy among the freedmen was defeated in the Senate, 37-31.
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Mar
20
1890
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. US
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Dec
18
1944
First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress
In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of
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Feb
12
1793
Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and
Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national pressure, seated Rep. Julian Bond, a critic of the Vietnam War.
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Jan
9
1967
Paul Cuffe & other black taxpayers of Massachusetts protest to the statelegisl
Paul Cuffe & other black taxpayers of Massachusetts protest to the state legislature against taxation without representation, demanding the right to vote.
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Nov
16
1780
U.S. Supreme Court decision
U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) said an state must afford Blacks an opportunity to commence the study of law at a state institution at the same time as [other] citizens.
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Jan
12
1948
Forty-sixth Congress Convened
Forty-sixth Congress (1879-1881) convened. One U.S. Senator: Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi.
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Mar
18
1879
Virginia's ethics are challenged
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia law banning inter-racial marriage was unconstitutional.
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Jun
12
1967
Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)
No. 02-516. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003
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Senator Edward Brooke named temporary chairman of
Senator Edward Brooke named temporary chairman of Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida.
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Aug
5
1968
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