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California Enacts New Probation Laws After Push from Jay-Z and Meek Mill's REFORM Alliance

REFORM Alliance, the criminal justice organization started by Jay-Z, Meek Mill, and others in January 2019, scored a major victory by having California Gov.Gavin Newsomsign […]

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W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia

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1984

Reginald F. Lewis

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Opera singer Marian Anderson born

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27

1902

Philadelphia opens its Public schools for Blacks.

Philadelphia opens its Public schools for Blacks.

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1822

Educator Joseph Charles Price was born

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1854

Free Africa Society organized

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Marian Anderson born

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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West

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Black Panther Party emerges

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1966

Rosalind Brewer

Born: 962 President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, U.S.ABrewer became CEO of discount membership club and retailer Sam’s club in 202, becoming the first woman and first African-American to head a Wal-Mart subsidiary. The $56 billion (revenues) division of Wal-Mart has operations in the

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Actor Sherman Hemsley born

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1938

Emmett W. Chappelle: Biochemist

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1925

Black and white abolitionists smashed into a

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Rhue, Sylvia (1947- )

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Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)

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1953

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

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1957

Spingarn Medal: Wilson C. Riles

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1973

Congress helped Blacks in the military

Congress passed bill equalizing pay, arms, equipment and medical services of Black troops.

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Australian Aborigine Governor

In the second notable appointment of an Australian Aborigine, the 69-year-old pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls, has been chosen as the Governor of South Australia.

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1976

Norma Merrick Sklarek

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1966

Clara Hale, founder of the Hale House, born

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1905

Wilt Chamberlain born

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1936

Jurist Mifflin Gibbs born

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Scores injured in Klan-related incidents

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New York City Council passes bill prohibiting racial discrimination

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1951

Abolitionist Society Organized

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1000 people from twenty five states gather in Philadelphia and form the National

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