Abolitionist, Sarah Mapps Douglass was born

Menard, John Willis (1838-1893)

John Willis Menard, abolitionist, author, journalist and politician, was born in 1838 in Kaskaskia, Illinois, to French Creole parents. He was the first African American elected to Congress, but was not seated after a dispute over the election results. Menard attended Iberia College, an

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a former slave and human rights activist, as well as the first African American to hold a high ranking U.S. government position. He was born into slavery; the exact date of his birth is not known but it is estimated to be around 1818. He was raised by his maternal

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Jacobs, Harriet (c.1815-1897)

Born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina, Harriet Ann Jacobs was the daughter of slaves, Delilah and Daniel Jacobs. Harriet Jacobs is best known for her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, edited by white abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, and published in 1852. Using the

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Parks, Gordon (1912-2006)

On November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas, Sarah and Andrew Parks welcomed their fifteenth child, Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, into their home. Though struggling against poverty and racism in Fort Scott, young Gordon was nurtured there. His mother was especially influential, and her

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Why A History Professor Says 'Racist' Emancipation Memorial Shouldn't Come Down

Protesters want to remove the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Yale history professor David Blight about why he thinks the memorial should stay

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Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, dies.

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, dies. He worked in the Underground Railroad and with Frederick Douglass. He was also a clothing retailer, the publisher of the first African American newspaper in California, Mirror of the Times, the first African American elected municipal judge, and a U.S. consul to

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Jul

11

1915

Whitfield, James Monroe (1822-1871) - Birthday

James Monroe Whitfield, a black abolitionist and colonizationist, was born on April 10, 1822 in New Hampshire.

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Apr

10

1822

David Walker: Abolitionist Smuggled "Appeal for a Slave Revolt" to the South in Used Clothing

David Walker: Abolitionist Smuggled “Appeal for a Slave Revolt” to the South in Used Clothing

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Freedmen's Bank closed

Freedmens Bank closed. Black depositors had some $3 Million in the bank, which had an imposing headquarters in Washington and branches in various cities President Frederick Douglass said later that the Freedmens Bank had been the Black mans cow and the white mans milk.

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May

1

Voices of the Civil War Episode 18: "New York Draft Riot"

The New York City Draft Riot, similar to the Detroit Draft Riot, was caused by the exemption clause of the Enrollment Act of Conscription and racial tensions between African Americans and white citizens. On July 13, 1863, rioters gathered outside of the Provost Marshal office, attacking the

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Who Are The Real Looters

The people of America who currently have the means and the wherewithal to boycott the businesses – the unjust system – lack the

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Madame C.J. Walker

Born: 12/23/1867 Delta, LouisianaDied: 5/25/1919 Irvington, New YorkSarah Breedlove, known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the first female self-made millionaire in America.Awards / Achievements:

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 [4] – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in

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Feb

20

1895

Garrison, William Lloyd

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805–79, American abolitionist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He supplemented his limited schooling with newspaper work and in 1829 went to Baltimore to aid Benjamin Lundy in publishing the Genius of Universal Emancipation. This led (1830) to his imprisonment for seven weeks

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Jul

4

1854

Jazz singer Sarah Vaughn dies

Jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughn dies

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Apr

5

1990

Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser's Civil War Espionage

In the following account historian and novelist Lois Leveen describes how she came to write her critically acclaimed novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, the account of a black woman who served as a Union spy in the Confederate White House during the American Civil

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Education

Sarah Thompson Garnet becomes the first African American female principal in the New York City public school system.

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Apr

30

1863

Henry Highland Garnet born a slave

Henry Highland Garnet, minister, abolitionist and diplomat, born a slave in Kent County, Maryland.

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Dec

23

1815

The Liberator

While The Liberator newspaper (1831-1869), founded by the militant white abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, was an anti-slavery organ, it was also a journal for Black Americans throughout Boston and the East. The paper provided a network with its listing of death notices and social

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Benjamin and Sarah Roberts Lawsuit

Benjamin Roberts sued the Boston School Committee in 1849 for denying his daughter Sarah admission to an all-white Boston school. His action rallied school integration forces in the early 1850s, leading to the first official school desegregation in Boston in 1855. At that time the Massachusetts

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Bassett, Ebenezer D. (1833-1908)

Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat. For eight years, the educator, abolitionist, and black rights activist oversaw bilateral relations through bloody civil warfare and coups détat on the island of

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Oct

16

1833

Derby’s Dose: Deplorable & Sickening Form of Torture Used to Punish Slaves in Jamaica

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Douglass, Frederick

Douglass, Frederick dŭg´ləs [key], c.1817–1895, American abolitionist, b. near Easton, Md. The son of a black slave, Harriet Bailey, and an unknown white father, he took the name of Douglass (from Scotts hero in The Lady of the Lake ) after his second, and successful, attempt to escape from

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American League of Colored Laborers (1850 - ?)

The American League of Colored Laborers (ALCL) was the first black American labor union. It was formed in New York City in 1850 as a collective for skilled free craftsmen, and sought to develop agricultural and industrial arts skills among its members, and to encourage African American

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Jun

13

1850

Smith, Joshua Bowen (1813-1879)

Joshua Bowen Smith, caterer, abolitionist, and state senator, was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1813. Details regarding his childhood remain obscure. However, it is known that he was educated in the public school system of Pennsylvania with the assistance of a wealthy

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Jul

5

1879

Madame C.J. Walker

Sarah Breedlove also known as Madam C.J. Walker was born in Delta, Louisana on the 23rd December 1867. Under the company she founded, Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, she launched a line of hair products and beauty creams that propelled her to success. She was well known as

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Boston, MA, blacks led by Masonic organizer and abolitionistPrince Hall, petit

Boston, MA, blacks led by Masonic organizer and abolitionist Prince Hall, petition the legislature for equal school facilities for blacks.

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Jan

0

1787

African American Women In Their Own Words: Quotes

This collection of quotes from African American women are on quite a variety of topics. Some women speak about their philosophy of life, or about their perspectives on their field -- art, sports, politics. Some quotes are on racial and gender equality. Some are motivational and about

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Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad Conductor

Previous: 1: Harriet Tubmans Life in Slavery

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First Black to Sit in Legislature

Edward G. Walker, son of abolitionist David Walker, and Charles L. Mitchell electee to Massachusetts Assembly from Boston and became the first Blacks to sit in the Legislature of an American state in the post-Civil War period.

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Jul

30

1866

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