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COLUMBUS, OHIO,--a BLACK MAN, Mr. Everette Spurlock, has been named superintendent of this citys street cleaning department. The negroe community is overjoyed that the city has finally recognized the dependability of its colored

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Thaddeus Stevens a Powerful U.S. Congressman

Thaddeus Stevens, powerful U.S. congressman, urged confiscation of estates of Confederate leaders and the distribution of land to adult freedmen in forty-acre lots.

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1865

James M. Rodger, Jr.

James M. Rodger, Jr. first African American to be named National Teacher of the Year is honored at a White House ceremony.

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1972

Government: Washington state.

In 1889, William Owen Bush (1832-1907)was the first black elected to the Washington

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2001

Dr. Nathan Hare born

Dr. Nathan Hare, publisher and educator is born in Slick, Oklahoma.

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9

1933

George P. White

George P. White was an outspoken Republican political leader, two-term Congressman from the Black 2nd (northeastern North Carolina). He introduced the first anti-lynching legislation into the Congress (it was defeated), founded the first black bank, and, after leaving North Carolina in the wake of

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Nov

10

1898

The White House released a statement which said

The White House released a statement which said that government policy is not to intermingle colored and white enlisted personnel in the same regimental organizations.

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Oct

9

1940

Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes

Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes which restricted the rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen. The Black Codes enacted in Mississippi and other Southern states virtually reenslaved the freedmen. In some states any white could arrest any Black. In order states minor officials could

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Nov

22

1865

Race riot in Ohio

Race riot, Cincinnati, Ohio. Three hundred persons were arrested, and the National Guard was mobilized.

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Jun

12

1967

Lucy Ann Stanton

The first woman to graduate college was Lucy Ann Stanton. She completed the two-year ladies course and received the Bachelor of Literature degree from Oberlin College in Ohio, on this day.

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1850

(1830) Rev. Peter Williams, Jr. “This is Our Country”

Fourteen years after its founding the American Colonization Society remained controversial among African Americans. By 1830 many of them opposed it and more generally the idea of forced or voluntary repatriation of blacks to Africa. One of these opponents, Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., the minister

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1830

Etta Moten sings for President

Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.

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1934

Four term mayor of Langston Okla.

Melvin B. Tolson was mayor of Langston Oklahoma for four terms beginning in 1954. Tolson was a member of the Langston University faculty from 1947-1965.

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1954

Highest Elective officer

Oscar J. Dunn, a former slave, formally installed as lieutenant governor of Louisiana, the highest elective officer held to date by an American Black. Antoine Dubuclet was installed as state treasurer.

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Jul

13

1868

Associated Press reported that more than one

Associated Press reported that more than one thousand Blacks had been arrested in sit-in demonstrations.

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1

1960

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks founded in Cincinnati.

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Jun

10

1899

Charles Henry Turner

Born: 2/3/1867 Cincinnati, OhioDied: 2/14/1923 Chicago, IllinoisCharles Henry Turner was an American research biologist, educator, zoologist, and comparative psychologist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1892, Turner became the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of

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Political Upset

Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally defeated in California election. Senator Edward W. Brooke defeated in Massachusetts election.

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Nov

7

1978

Governor Patterson declared martial law in

Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery and called out National Guard.

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May

21

1961

Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to US Senate

Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature.

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Feb

3

1874

U.S. Refuses to Seat P.B.S. Pinchback

U.S. Senate refuses to seat P.B.S. Pinchback, elected Senator from Louisiana in 1873, after three years of controversy.

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Mar

8

1876

South Carolina Republicans carried election with a

South Carolina Republicans carried election with a ticket of four whites and four Blacks: Richard H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henery W. Purvis, adjutant general. Blacks won 97 of the 158 seats in the General Assembly and four

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Oct

16

1872

1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born inAt

1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born in

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Feb

10

1907

Louis Stokes born

Louis Stokes, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and member of the US House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American elected to the House from Ohio.

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Feb

23

1925

Tuskegee boycott began

Tuskegee boycott began. Blacks boycotted city stores in protest against act of state legislature which deprived them of municipal votes by placing their homes outside city limits.

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Jun

17

1957

African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had alread

African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had already organized their own battalion in September 1812. The state legislature of Louisiana had organized a Corp of free African Americans as part of the state militia. After General Andrew Jacksons call to arms, the

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12

2002

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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May

13

1976

Republican convention opened in Miami Beach

Republican convention opened in Miami Beach, Florida, with fifty-six delegates, 4.2 per cent of the total.

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Aug

21

1972

Mississippi Constitutional Convention began

Mississippi Constitutional Convention began systematic exclusion of Blacks from political life of South, August 12-November 1. The Mississippi Plan (Literacy and understanding tests) was later adopted with embellishments by other states: South Carolina (1895), Louisiana (1898), North Carolina

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Aug

12

1890

Black candidate for lieutenant governor

Black candidate for lieutenant governor, Dr. J.H. Harris, defeated by a vote of 120,068 to 99,600 in Virginia.

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