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Justice Department filed suit
Justice Department filed suit against the St. Louis suburb of Black Jack, charging the community with illegally using municipal procedures to block an integrated housing development.
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Jun
14
1971
First Coin Honoring a Black and Designed by a Blac
The first coin honoring a Black and designed by a Black was issued. The fifty-cent piece, which became available on this day, contained the bust of Booker T. Washington.
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Dec
16
1946
Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the
Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the Capitol, delivered memorial sermon on the abolition of slavery at services in the House of Representatives. Henry Highland Garnet was born a slave in New Market, Maryland, in 1815. He escaped in 1824 and made his way to New York where he studied at
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Feb
12
1865
More than 4,000 delegates from one hundred
More than 4,000 delegates from one hundred national organizations attended National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington.
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Jan
15
1950
Col.B.O. Davis Jr.
Col. B.O. Davis Jr. Named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army Air Force base in the United States.
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Jun
21
1945
Cellular Phone Invented
Henry Sampson, an african-american, invented the cellular phone.
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Jul
6
1971
First black doctor in US
James Derham was the first black doctor in the United States.
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Jan
0
2000
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
Institutions of Higher Learning Established
Booker T. Washington established Tuskegee Institute. Also founded in 1881 were Spelman College, Morris Brown College, and Bishop College.
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Jul
4
1881
Frank Wills and Watergate Conspiracy
Frank Wills, Washington security guard, foiled break-in at offices of Democratic National Committee in first event of the Watergate conspiracy.
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Jun
17
1972
Death of Prince Hall
Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in
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Dec
4
1807
Activist William Trotter born
Wiliam Monroe Trotter, crusader for full equality, publisher of The Boston Guardian, co-founder of the Niagra Movement and close friend of W.E.B. Dubois, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Trotter led a protest against the showing of the racist film Birth of a Nation and was in opposition to Booker
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Apr
17
1872
Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes
Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes which restricted the rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen. The Black Codes enacted in Mississippi and other Southern states virtually reenslaved the freedmen. In some states any white could arrest any Black. In order states minor officials could
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Nov
22
1865
Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed special
Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed special assistant to the Secretary of War. His role was to advise in Negro matters.
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Nov
5
1917
The Baptist Foreign Mission
More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven states organized the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Rev. William H. McAlphine was elected president.
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Nov
24
1880
President Nixon meets with Congressional Black Caucus
President Nixon met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and appointed a White House panel to study a list of recommendations made by the group.
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Feb
25
1971
President Roosevelt wanted demonstration ended
President Roosevelt conferred with A. Philip Randolph and other leaders of the March on Washington movement and urged them to call off a scheduled demonstration. Randolph refused.
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Jun
18
1941
George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer
Patent # 4,618,380
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Oct
21
1986
The First U.S. Merchant Ship
Booker T. Washington, the first U.S. merchant ship commanded by a Black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington, Delaware.
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Sep
29
1940
Atlanta Exposition Address
Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Exposition Address at a business convention. Due to his view points, many dubbed his address the Atlanta Compromise.
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Sep
18
1895
United States population: 5,308,483
United States population: 5,308,483. Black population 1,002,037 (18.9 per cent).
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Jan
30
1800
Urban League President
Vernon E. Jordan resigned as president of the National Urban League and announced plans to join a Washington law firm. He was succeeded by John E. Jacob, executive vice president of the league.
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Sep
9
1981
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, (born Cassius Clay) stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the US Army during the Vietnam War(Clay v- United States). He is asked How can you be a pacifist opposed to the idea of
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Jun
28
1970
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
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
United States population: 293,200,000
United States population: 293,200,000. Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1 per cent). Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President-Emeritus, Morehouse College, named president of Atlanta Board of Education.
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Jan
2
1970
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
MaliVai Washington
Former tennis pro MaliVai Washington was born on June 20, 1969 in Glen Cove, New
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Jun
20
1969
New York Draft Riots
On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment
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Jul
13
1863
Congress cracks down on civil rights for blacks
Congress readmitted North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida on condition that the constitutions of said states shall never be amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens or the United States of the right to vote in said states who are entitled
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Jun
25
1868
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