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Born: 12/13/1903 Norfolk, VirginiaDied: 12/13/1986 New York City, New Yorkella baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned over five decades. She worked alongside some of the most famous civil rights
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(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”
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Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950.
Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950. Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas but grew up in Chicago. She is a witty poet who satirizes blacks and whites and attacks racial discrimination. She uses black language and rituals to proclaim black solidarity.
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May
1
1950
Young, Coleman A. (1918-1997)
Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Coleman Young arrived in Detroit, Michigan with his family when he was five.  The Colemans settled in the working class neighborhood of Black Bottom (East Detroit), where his father operated a dry cleaning business and his mother was a schoolteacher.  Early in his life
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The Dred Scott decision.
On March 6, 1857, the Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court denied Blacks U.S. citizenship and denied the power of Congress to restrict slavery in any federal territory.
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Mar
6
1857
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Suprem
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
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Oct
2
1967
Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson was an American Negro League professional baseball player. He was born in Buena Vista, Georgia on December 21, 1911. His father had a farm there but he moved the family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gibson was studying to be an electrician and only attended school till the 9th grade. He
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Jan
20
1947
Barney L. Ford, Gold Miner, born
Early Colorado gold miner, hotel magnate and entreprenuer, former slave Barney L. Ford, was born in Stafford Court House, Virginia. Through a number of business dealings, Ford became a wealthy man but was dogged by a series of tragic accidents. The restaurants and hotels he owned in
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Jan
22
1822
Agrippa Hull: Revolutionary Patriot
In the following article, University of California at Los Angeles historian Gary B. Nash describes little-known Revolutionary War soldier who was attached by General George Washington to serve with Polish military engineer Tadeuz Kosciuszko. This account is part of a larger history of three
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May
21
1848
Thurgood Marshall
Born: 7/2/908 Baltimore, MarylandDied: /24/993 Bethesda, MarylandThurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 967 until October 99. Marshall was the Courts 96th justice and its first African-American justice.Business
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Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Jan
24
1962
Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.
Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights
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Dec
4
1969
(1856) Sara G. Stanley Addresses The Convention Of Disfranchised Citizens Of Ohio
In January 1856, Sara G. Stanley, representing the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Delaware, Ohio, addressed the all-male Convention of Disfranchised Citizens of Ohio who met at the Columbus City Hall. She called upon the forty delegates who included among their ranks John Mercer Langston, Peter
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Nelson Mandela is released
Nelson Mandelas greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky
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Feb
11
1990
(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"
The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School.  On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove
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Sep
24
1957
Nomination of Judge John J. Parker
President Hoover nominated Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The NAACP launched a national campaign against the appointment. Parker was not confirmed by the Senate.
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Mar
31
1930
Supreme Court Ruling for Separate and Equal
Supreme Court ruled in railroad Jim Crow case brought by Congressman Arthur Mitchell that separate facilities must be substantially equal.
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Apr
28
1941
Hall, Katie Beatrice (1938-2012)
Democratic representative Katie Hall was elected to the United States Congress in 1983. Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi in 1938, she attended Mississippi Valley State University and Indiana University before teaching in the public schools of Gary Indiana. Hall was elected to the
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Feb
20
2012
Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave B
Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress. Bill gave Blacks the right to equal treatment in inns, public conveyances, theaters and other places of public amusement. It will be overturned by the Supreme Court in 1883.
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Mar
1
1875
Bond, Julian
Bond, Julian (Horace Julian Bond), 1940–2015, U.S. civil-rights leader, b. Nashville, Tenn. As a student at Morehouse College, he participated in sit-ins at segregated Atlanta restaurants. He was a founder (1960) of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, serving (1961–65) as its
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U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation that employers and unions can establish voluntary programs, including the use of quotas, to aid minorities in employment.
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Jun
27
1979
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Clauses
U.S. Supreme Court upheld clauses in Alabama constitution which disfranchised Blacks.
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Apr
27
1903
Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Su
Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, its second African American.
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Oct
15
1991
New York City Council passes bill prohibiting racial discrimination
New York City Council passed bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments.
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Feb
16
1951
Zora Neale Hurston, writer/anthropologist born
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Jan
7
1891
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
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement
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Jun
27
1991
Supreme Court ordered school integration "with all
Supreme Court ordered school integration with all deliberate speed.
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May
31
1955
Egypt
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Whitney Young Jr., National Urban League director,
Whitney M. Young, Jr. was Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961 until his tragic, untimely death in 1971. He worked tireless to bring the races together, and joined the tenets of social work, of which he was an outstanding practitioner, to the social activism that brought the
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