Ruling on SOE detention set for August 25

1967 The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. Thatamend

1967 The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. That amendment provided that in the case of a vice presidents become president, the new president would name a new vice president, subject to confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.

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Feb

10

1967

Inhotep

Inhotep was an official during the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom at the court of Pharoh Zoser in Ptah, Africa. From 2630 to 2611 BC Inhotep was the Pharohs vizier (prime minister).

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Jan

0

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

Paul Bustill Robeson

Paul Bustill Robeson was born in

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Apr

9

1898

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

Malcolm X

Born: 5/19/1925 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.Died: 2/21/1965 New York City, New YorkMalcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of

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Attorney General George Williams

Attorney General George Williams sent a telegram to Acting Governor Pinchback, saying that the Black politician was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana.

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Dec

12

1872

Thurgood Marshall announces retirement

US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, citing illness, announces his retirement from the nations highest court after 24 years of service.

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Jun

28

1991

Spingarn Medal

Spingarn Medal presented to Thurgood Marshall, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, for his distinguished service as a lawyer before the Supreme Court.

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Dec

5

1946

Minister To Liberia

Atty. William T. Francis named minister to Liberia.

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Jul

9

1927

U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision

U.S. Supreme Court ruled the five-four decision that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment which violated the Eighth Amendment. At the time of the ruling, Blacks and members of other minority groups constituted 483 of the 60 persons awaiting execution.

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Jun

29

1972

Floyd B

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

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Jan

3

1966

Aretha Franklin the "Queen of Soul", singer born

Aretha Franklin

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Mar

25

1942

Protection of Black Voters

Mississippi governor requested federal troops to protect Black voters. Attorney General Edward Pierrepont refused the request and said the whole public are tired of these annual autumnal outbreaks in the South...

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Sep

8

1875

Constitution Approved in South Carolina

South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228, and elected state officers, including the first Black cabinet officer, Francis L. Cardozo, secretary of state. New constitution required integrated education and contained a strong bill of rights section: Distinctions on account of race

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Apr

14

1868

Congress readmits Mississippi

Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.

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Feb

17

1870

Moses A. Hopkins

Moses A. Hopkins, minister and educator, named minister to Liberia.

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Sep

11

1885

John Mercer Langston, born

Congressman, attorney, diplomat, dean of the law school and president of Howard University, John Mercer Langston was born, 1829

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Dec

14

1829

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

Aretha Franklin

Born: 3/25/1942 Memphis, TennesseeAretha Franklin is an American singer and musician. Franklin began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklins church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only

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British sign treaty with Jamaican Maroons

The British are forced to sign a peace treaty with Maroons, escaped slave societies, in Jamaica.

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Mar

1

1739

Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.

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Jun

30

1881

James H. Meredith

Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacated an order of a lower court, ruling that the University of Mississippi had to admit James H. Meredith, a Black Air Force veteran whose application for admission had been on file and in the courts for fourteen months.

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Sep

10

1962

Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa

The Battle of Adwa and the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal

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Mar

2

1896

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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Nov

23

1905

Sam Cook, Father of Soul Music, born.

Singer Sam Cook, the son of a minister and believed by many to be the first father of soul music, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Cook began his singing career with a gospel group known as the Singing Children. His fame came in 1965 with You and Me, Only 16, and his very famous Stand By Me and

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Jan

22

1931

Charles E. Mitchell

Charles E. Mitchell, certified public accountant and banker from West Virginia, named minister to Liberia.

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Sep

10

1930

William H Heard

William H. Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia.

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Feb

23

1895

Lee, Jarena (1783–185?)

Lee moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a teenager and continued to work as a domestic servant. One afternoon, Lee attended a worship service at Bethel Church where Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the A.M.E. Church, was scheduled to preach. After hearing the powerful sermon delivered by

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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

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