Trump Floats Idea of Postponing November Election

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Trump Floats Idea of Postponing November Election

Even as Republicans and Democrats plan for upcoming national conventions and more than three months before the general election, President Donald Trump is already crying foul.

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J. Steven Rhodes, U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 29, 1951. After graduating from high school he attended Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, California where he was a member of the LMU 1969 Hall of Fame football

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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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On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered

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1874

Nash, Charles Edmund (1844-1913)

Republican Charles Edmund Nash served in the 44th Congress as Louisiana’s only black representative. Nash was born in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on May 23, 1844. Before his time in Congress Nash attended common schools, was a bricklayer in New Orleans, and had enlisted as a private

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James M. Rodger, Jr.

James M. Rodger, Jr. first African American to be named National Teacher of the Year is honored at a White House ceremony.

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1972

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A record number of Black congressmen and the first Black woman representative were elected to Congress. The nine Black congressmen and Sen. Edward W. Brooke topped the previous high of eight in the Forty-fourth Congress of 1875-77. The first Black woman representative, Shirley Chisholm of the

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1968

Aynaw, Yityish “Titi” (1992- )

Yityish “Titi” Aynaw was crowned Miss Israel on February 27, 2013. She made history when she became the first Miss Israel of African ancestry. Born in Gondar Province, Ethiopia, Aynaw arrived in Israel in March 2003 along with her older brother and grandparents at the age of 12 after

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Pan-African Congress met in London

Pan-African Congress met in London. Among the leaders of the Congress were H. Sylvester Williams, a West Indian Lawyer with a London practice, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Bishop Alexander Walters.

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1900

John W. Menard speaks in Congress

John W. Menard spoke in Congress in defense of his claim to a contested seat in Louisianas Second Congressional District. Congress decided against both claimants. Congressman James A. Garfield of the examining committee said it was too early to admit a Negro to the U.S. Congress. Menard was the

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1869

Daniel A. P. Murray born

Born in Baltimore on March 3. Murray, an African-American, was assistant librarian of Congress, and a collector of books and pamphlets by and about black Americans.

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Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)

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Montgomery Buses segregated

Federal court ruled that racial segregation on Montgomery city buses violated Constitution.

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1956

Ratification of the 13th Amendment

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was adopted by the 38th Congress. Ratification was completed December 6, 1865.

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1865

Congress asked to make lynching a federal crime

The National Liberty Congress of Colored Americans asked Congress to make lynching a federal crime.

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1918

The White House released a statement which said

The White House released a statement which said that government policy is not to intermingle colored and white enlisted personnel in the same regimental organizations.

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1940

Congress chartered Freedmen's Savings and Trust

Congress chartered Freedmens Savings and Trust Bank with business confined to Blacks.

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Paul Robeson and Japanese Americans, 1942-1949

One hero and friend of Japanese Americans, both individuals and the community generally, was Paul Robeson. Robeson was (after Joe Louis) the most popular and visible African American of the 1930s and 1940s. He was a celebrated stage actor and movie star, an internationally famous folk

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The Congressional Black Caucus organized

The Congressional Black Caucus organized.

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Shirley Chisholm becomes first Black woman to be elected to Congress, representi

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5

1968

The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since reconstruction was passed by

The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since reconstruction was passed by President Eisenhower, 1957

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9

1957

Floyd B. McKissick, North Carolina attorney, named national director of Congress of Racial Equality.

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1966

Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)

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(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary

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Withers, John Lovelle, II (1948- )

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E. Frederic Morrow appointed administrative aide to President Eisenhower and became the first Black to hold an executive position on the White House staff.

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