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20
1957
Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit for justice for victims of the worst crimes of humanity, and accountability for the perpetrators of those
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11
2001
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
Martin Luther King,Jr. Ordained
Martin Luther King ordained as a Baptist minister
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Feb
25
1948
Morocco Independence
Morocco becomes Independent. Morocco as an independent state has been in existence since 788 AD, when Idris I was proclaimed King at Volubilis. Today, Morocco is a constitutional monarchy. King Hassan II came to the throne in 1961. A descendant of the Prophet, he is also the commander of the
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Mar
2
1956
Locker, Jessie Dwight (1891-1955)
Jessie Locker was an attorney, politician, and community leader who was also the second black American to be appointed as United States Ambassador when he was sent to Liberia
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Libya
National name: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
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Atty. John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia.
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May
23
1878
James M. Nabrit Jr.
James M. Nabrit Jr. named ambassador and assigned to the UN delegation.
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Aug
25
1965
Waldon, Alton Ronald, Jr. (1936–)
Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. was the first African American Congressman elected from Queens, New York.  Waldon was born in Lakeland, Florida on December 21, 1936. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York and after graduation in 1954 joined the United States Army.  Discharged in 1959 Waldon
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Henry Watson Furness last black minister of Haiti
Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti. He was the last Black minister to Haiti in this period. Woodrow Wilson appointed a white minister in 1913.
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23
1905
Demerara Rebellion of 1823
The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. The rebellion took place on August 18, 1823, and lasted two days. No particular incident sparked the
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birthday, henry adams
Teacher and minister, Henry Adams was born, 1802
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Dec
17
1802
Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama” (1926-1984)
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1984
Wm. Allison Davis born
Dr. Davis, a leading social anthropologist and educator, challenged the cultural bias of standardized intelligence tests. Dr. Davis argued that Blacks low scores were not the results of lower intelligence but the result of middle-class cultural bias posed in the questions.
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Oct
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1902
(1895) Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, “Address to the First National Conference of Colored Women,”
In 1894 Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin founded the Womens New Era Club, a charitable organization of sixty prominent black women in Boston.  Soon afterwards she began editing its monthly publication, the Womens Era.  Encouraged by the success of the New Era Club and heartened by the rapid growth of
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Jul
29
1895
Lawrence Douglas Wilder assumes title as governor
In Richmond, Virginia former Lt. Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder took office as the first popularly elected African American governor of an American state.
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Jan
14
1990
Somalia
Africas worst drought of the century occurred in 1992, and, coupled with the devastation of civil war, Somalia was plunged into a severe famine that killed 300,000. U.S. troops were sent in to protect the delivery of food in Dec. 1992, and in May 1993 the UN took control of the relief efforts from
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White conservatives suppressed Black vote
White conservatives suppressed Black vote and captured Tennessee legislative in election marred by assassinations and widespread violence. Campaign effectively ended Radical Reconstruction in North Carolina. The conservative legislature impeached Governor Holden on December 14.
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Aug
6
1870
Governor Adlai Stevenson, called out National
Governor Adlai Stevenson, called out National Guard to stop rioting in Cicero, Illinois. Mob of 3,500 tried to keep Black family from moving into all-white city.
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Jul
12
1951
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is slightly smaller than California. It is bordered by Botswana on the west, Zambia on the north, Mozambique on the east, and South Africa on the
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Young, Andrew (1932 - )
Andrew Young, Jr., came into prominence as a civil rights activist and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the modern civil rights movement in the United States.  Young worked with various organizations early in the movement, but his civil rights work was largely done with the
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Mar
12
1932
Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)
On July 18, 1988, Charles Z. Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington Supreme Court.  He was appointed to the court by Washington’s then Governor Booth Gardner and was subsequently elected to his position on the court for a two-year term in 1988.  Justice Smith was elected
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U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake born
U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake, D-New York, was born in Los Angeles, California. A businessman and minister, Flake established the Allen Christian School and Allen Home Care Agency.
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Jan
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1945
Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama
In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the
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Alan Keyes
Though Keyes is sometimes called “Ambassador Keyes,” the title can be a bit misleading: he served as the American ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, not as ambassador to the U.N. as a whole or to any individual nation… Opposed to a homosexual lifestyle, Keyes
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Cote divoire
After several postponements by President Gbagbo, Côte dIvoire held its first presidential election in ten years in Oct. 2010. The first round of voting between incumbent Gbagbo and his historic rival Alassane Ouattara, a former IMF official who was excluded from the presidential 2000 race because
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Early Sermon for Abolition
On this date in 1791, Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745-1801) preached a strong anti-slavery sermon before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom and for the Relief of Persons unlawfully holden in Bondage. Edwards was a Congregationalist minister, like his more famous father, and later
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15
1791
Guinea-Bissau
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