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Birmingham Blacks began mass defiance of Jim Crow bus laws.

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26

1956

Georgia Infirmary (1832 - )

The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,” it was established by the Georgia General Assembly and funded by a $10,000 grant from the estate

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Dec

24

1832

(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress

In January 1901, at the beginning of a new century, George H. White was ending his term as a Congressman from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Realizing that he was bringing to a close a thirty two year period when nearly forty Southern African Americans sat in Congress, White used

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Fifth and Sixth Colored Cavalry Regiments

Mixed cavalry force, including Fifth and Sixth Colored Cavalry regiments, invaded southwest Virginia and destroyed salt mines at Saltville. Sixth Cavalry was especially brilliant in an engagement near Marion, Virginia.

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Dec

10

1864

Togo, twice the size of Maryland, is on the south coast of West Africa bordering on Ghana to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Benin to the east. The Gulf of Guinea coastline, only 32 mi long (51 km), is low and sandy. The only port is at Lomé. The Togo hills traverse the central

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Born: 8/30/1901 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 9/8/1981 New York City, New YorkRoy Wilkins was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.Business

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Alcorn State University (1871-- )

Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is the oldest historically black land-grant institution in the United States and the second oldest state supported institution in the state of Mississippi. The college is located outside of Lorman in Claiborne County. Alcorn was founded in vacated Oakland

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John Mercer Langston (1829-97).

In October, 1868, John Mercer Langston founded and organized the Law Department of Howard University, the first in a black school. He headed the department when classes formally began on January 6, 1869, and was its dean from 1870 to 1873. From 1873 to 1875 he was vice-president and acting

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Jan

6

1869

(1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man”

African Methodist Episcopal minister and later Bishop Henry McNeal Turner emerged immediately after the Civil War as one of the most ardent defenders of African Ameriacn rights. Turner was also among the first group of Reconstruction-era African American elected officials. In July 1868, Turner was

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Sep

3

1868

Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops

Seminole Indian force defeated by American troops at Battle of Okeechobee. Black chief John Horse shared command with Alligator Sam Jones and Wild Cat.

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Dec

25

1837

(1964), Dr. Martin Luther King, “Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize”

On December 10, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King became only the second African American (after Ralph Bunche) to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. His acceptance speech appears

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Dec

10

1964

First Black To Lead Army Division

Maj. Gen. Frederic E. Davidson assumed command of the Eighth Infantry Division in Germany and became the first Black to lead an army division.

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Apr

19

1960

On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot deliveredone of the most

On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered

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Jan

6

1874

Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904

In the article below Bruce Mouser, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, discusses his new book, For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics which describes his efforts to chronicle the

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

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Feb

10

1907

George Washington Carver Day

January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of

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Jan

5

1943

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Current government officials

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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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Major General Frederick E. Davidson

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Apr

25

1972

(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”

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Smash of Confederate Defenses

Nine Black regiments of Gen. John Hawkinss division helped smash Confederate defenses at Fort Blakely, Alabama. Capture of the fort led to fall of Mobile. Sixty-eight U.S.C.T. had the highest number of casualties in the engagement.

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Apr

9

1865

Anti-Lynching Bill proposed

Black Congressman George H. White, North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. One report contends that in 1900, 105 Africans were lynched in the United States.

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Jan

20

1773

BLACK NAMED CHIEF SWEEPER

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Mar

0

1910

Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898)

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The Strageties of Battle

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Jun

15

1864

Anti-Slavery Law

The congressional confiscation bill freed slaves who were forced to fight against the United States government, or to work in support of the rebellion.

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Aug

6

1861

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7

2010

National name: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma

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Black division, under command

Black division, under command of Maj. Gen. Charles Paine, participated in Fort Fisher (N.C.) expedition which closed Confederates last major port.

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Jan

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1865

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