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The Road to Kamala A Historic View | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The HistoryMakers This week Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selected U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California for the U.S. vice presidency. It is important at times like this that we consider the past as a correct way to view the present. Among the earliest of black women in politics was Minnie Buckingham Harper, who became […]

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State Sen. Mervyn M. Dymally elected lieutenant governor of California. State Sen. Georgia L. Brown elected lieutenant governor of Colorado.

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5

1974

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Jan

5

1875

Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black

Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black mayors of citys with over a million citizens, 1973

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Nov

6

1973

Congress readmits Mississippi

Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.

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Feb

17

1870

Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.

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Dec

2

1895

A Day of Elections

Edward W. Brooke elected attorney general of Massachusetts. Gerald Lamb elected treasurer of Connecticut. Otis M. Smith elected to a full term on the Michigan Supreme Court. Five Blacks, including one newcomer, were elected to the House of Representatives. The newcomer, Augustus F. Hawkins, was

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Nov

6

1962

Death of Thaddeus Stevens

Death of Thaddeus Stevens (76), architect of the Radical Reconstruction program, in Washington.

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Aug

11

1868

Little Walter is born.

The influential rhythm & blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter is born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, LA, USA. His most popular records include My Babe and Juke.

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May

1

1930

Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bi

Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated at the first African American auxiliary bishop in the U.S. He is assigned to Washington, D.C.

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Sep

12

1974

Race riots, Longview and Gregg counties

Race riots, Longview and Gregg counties, Texas. Martial law declared. There were twenty-six riots during the Red Summer of 1919.

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Jul

13

1919

Robert B. Elliott

Robert B. Elliott elected Speaker of the lower house of the South Carolina legislature.

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Nov

24

1874

William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.

William L. Dawson elected United States Representative, Illinois.

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Jan

4

1943

Grover Cleveland Wins Election

Grover Cleveland won election and became the first Democratic president of the United States since the Civil War.

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Nov

4

1884

Republican National Convention, meeting in

Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his

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May

20

1868

Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks

Legislation giving the suffrage to Blacks in the District of Columbia was passed over President Andrew Johnsons veto.

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Jan

8

1867

Elected to the House of Representatives by Californias 29th District.

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Jan

0

1999

The Bethune Museum & Archives, a depository and center for AfricanAmerican wom

The Bethune Museum & Archives, a depository and center for African American womens history, is established in Washington, DC

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Nov

11

1979

1st Black to argue impeachment

Cheryl Mills, White House Deputy Counsel, becomes the first Black to argue a case before a U.S. Senate impeachment hearing in the case of Pres. William Clinton.

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Jan

20

1999

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

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Sep

5

1960

First Slave revolt in America

The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years

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Jan

0

1526

First Black Mayor of New Orleans

Ernest Nathan Morial was elected the first black mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Nov

12

1977

Compensation For States

President Lincoln, in message to Congress, recommended the use of federal bonds to provide compensation for states that abolished slavery before 1900.

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Dec

1

1862

Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized

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Feb

10

1868

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

Organization for Afro-American Unity

Organization for Afro-American Unity founded in New York by Malcolm X.

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Jun

28

1964

Marion Perkins (Sculptor)

Sculptor, Marion Perkins, died on 12/17/61. During the Depression of the thirties, Marion Perkins sold papers at a newsstand on Chicagos South Side. In his free moments at the stand he busied himself whittling on bars of soap. Peter Pollack, then director of the Community Art Center Division of the

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Dec

17

1961

First Black Elected Mayor of a Major City

Being elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio made Carl Stokes the first Black to be elected mayor of a major city.

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Nov

13

1967

Black Panther Party emerges

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale students at a California college create the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.

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Nov

30

1966

Selma March begins

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of people on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to call for voting rights for African Americans.

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Mar

21

1965

Republican William McKinley defeated William Bryan

Republican William McKinley defeated William Bryan in presidential elections.

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