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Martin Luther King
Born: 1/15/1929 Atlanta, GeorgiaDied: 4/4/1968 Memphis, TennesseeKing was a pivotal figure in the non-violent civil rights movement. During the 1950s and 1960s, he sought to improve race relations and overturn discrimination in American society. He is remembered for his powerful speeches which
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Literary Critic and Editor
Death of Hoyt J. Fuller (57), literary critic and editor of First World magazine and former editor of Black World, in Atlanta.
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May
11
1981
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce announced that Black and white leaders had agreed on a plan for desegregation of lunchrooms and other facilities. Clifton R. Wharton sworn in as ambassador to Norway.
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Mar
2
1961
Willie Brown defeats incumbent mayor Frank Jordan to become 1st African American
Willie Brown defeats incumbent mayor Frank Jordan to become 1st African American mayor of San Francisco
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Dec
12
1995
Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and
Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national pressure, seated Rep. Julian Bond, a critic of the Vietnam War.
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Jan
9
1967
California and Colorado Elect a Lt.Governor
State Sen. Mervyn M. Dymally elected lieutenant governor of California. State Sen. Georgia L. Brown elected lieutenant governor of Colorado.
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Nov
5
1974
Republican National Convention, meeting in
Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his
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May
20
1868
283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores
On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The
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Jul
18
1827
Henry L. Marsh lll
Henry L. Marsh III elected 1st Black mayor of Richmond.
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Mar
8
1977
Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South Ameri
Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. meet in Atlanta for the first Congress of African People.
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Sep
3
1970
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia
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Oct
9
1984
Democratic governor elected in Georgia
Democratic governor elected in Georgia in campaign marked by violence and acting lieutenant governor.
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Dec
19
1871
Sharon Pratt Dixon sworn in as Mayor of DC
Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of the District of Columbia. Dixon succeeded Marion Barry who was convicted of cocaine possession in the summer of 1990.
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Jan
2
1991
Georgia legislature reconvened and admitted Black
Georgia legislature reconvened and admitted Black representatives and senators.
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Jan
10
1870
Actor Whitman Mayo dies
Whitman Mayo, best known for playing Grady on TVs Sandford & Son, died in Atlanta of a heart attack. He was 70.
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Jun
22
2001
Coretta Scott is born
Coretta Scott is born in Marion, Ala. She will marry Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1953 and be an integral part of his civil rights activities. After his assassination in 1968, she will continue her civil rights activities, founding the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change in
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Apr
27
1927
Race riot, Atlanta
Race riot, Atlanta.
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Sep
6
1966
Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta.
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Oct
16
1973
The first African American nursing school
The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.
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Aug
13
1881
Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia
Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jul
1
1893
Inquest over Negro Killing
An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace T.M. Richards on September 24, 1928 over the killing of :Coote Simpsons, Negro, Twenty-second street, who was killed by the rifle of a Florida National Guardsman on special detail duty at noon on September 23, 1928 for refusing to leave his bicycle and go
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Jan
0
1999
Brook Benton, holder of 16 gold records including "A Rainy Night in Georgia" , b
Brook Benton, holder of 16 gold records including A Rainy Night in Georgia , born
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Sep
19
1931
Events After Martin Luther King Jr's Death
Martin Luther King Jr. buried after funeral services at Ebenezer Baptist Church and memorial services at Morehouse College, Atlanta. More than 300,000 persons marched behind the coffin of the slain leader which was carried through streets of Atlanta on farm wagon pulled by two Georgia
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Apr
9
1968
Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
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Dec
24
1881
Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County,
Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court. Modern Klan spread to Alabama and other Southern state and reached height of its influence in the twenties. By 1924 the organization was strong in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio. At the height of its
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Dec
4
1915
Washington, 1st mayor of Washington D.C.
Walter E. Washington, became the first elected mayor of Washington, D.C., in the twentieth century.
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Nov
5
1974
First Black Mayor of New Orleans
Ernest Nathan Morial was elected the first black mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Nov
12
1977
NY First Mayor
David Norman Dinkins b. July 10, 1927, in Trenton, N.J., first black mayor of New York City, serving from 1989 to 1993.
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Jul
10
1927
Black state convention at Macon, Georgia,
Black state convention at Macon, Georgia, protested expulsion of Black politicians from Georgia legislature.
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Oct
6
1868
Harvey B. Gantt born
Harve B. Gantt, the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University in Charleston, South Carolina. Gantt became mayor pro tem of Charleston in 1983 and later served as mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987.
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Jan
14
1943
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