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Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for the first time
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Sep
24
1965
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end
U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end segregation at once and operate now and hereafter only unitary schools. In Mississippi case, Alexander V. Holmes, the Court abandoned the principle of all deliberate speed.
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Oct
29
1969
President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African
President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African president to pay an official visit to an American president, arrived at White House.
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May
26
1943
Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation
Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation in public recreational facilities.
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Nov
7
1955
Reverse Policy of Distributuing land to freedmen
President Andrew Johnson moved to reverse policy of distributing abandoned land to freedmen.
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Aug
5
1864
President Joseph Jenkins Roberts
President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a native of Virginia, declared Liberia an independent republic.
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Jul
26
1847
Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche
Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche receive the first Medals of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy, the creator of the award.
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Jul
4
1963
Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard born
Sugar Ray Leonard
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May
17
1956
Rebel Troops take Kisangani, Zaire
Rebel troops in Zaire take the major city of Kisangani in an effort to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Mar
16
1997
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist
Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona
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May
18
1955
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. solicitor general, named to the Supreme Court by President Johnson. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30 and became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Jun
13
1967
Vernon E
Vernon E. Jordan Jr., President of the National Urban League, critically injured in attempted assassination in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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May
29
1980
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Suprem
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
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Oct
2
1967
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
Jonathan Jasper Wright
Jonathan Jasper Wright was the first Black state supreme court justice. He resigned on this day from the state supreme court in South Carolina after the overthrow of the Reconstruction government, and died in obscurity of tuberculosis.
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Dec
1
1877
Maxine Waters birth
Maxine Waters was born this day. Congresswoman Waters is a Democrat fromCalifornia.
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Aug
15
1938
Ghana became an independent state
March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great
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Mar
6
1957
African American Women College Presidents
On July 1, 1987, for the first time in history, there were three African American women serving as Presidents of Four Year Colleges and Universities in America.They were - Dr. Niara Sudarkasa- President of Lincoln University in Pennslyvania; Dr. Johnetta Cole, President of Spelman College in
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Jul
1
1987
Historian and Political Scientist
Death of Dr. Clarence A. Bacote (75), historian and political scientist, in Atlanta.
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May
1
1981
Paul Bustill Robeson
Paul Bustill Robeson was born in
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Apr
9
1898
Delegation urges suffrage for blacks
A delegation of blacks, led by Frederick Douglass, visited President Johnson and urged that suffrage be given to all qualified blacks.
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Jan
0
2000
Rebellion Collapsed/People Killed in the Struggles
White Democrats seized statehouse in Louisiana coup detat. President Grant ordered the revolutionaries to disperse, and the rebellion collapsed. Twenty-seven persons (sixteen whites and eleven Blacks) were killed in battles between Democrats and Republicans.
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Sep
14
1874
Battle at Milliken's Bend
Three regiments and small detachment of white troops repulsed division of Texans in hand-to-hand battle at Millikens Bend, Louisiana.
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Jun
7
1863
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was appoint
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was appointed head of the Department of Commerce by President-elect Bill Clinton, 1993
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Aug
1
1993
Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."
Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first Afro-American woman to receive the honor.
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May
1
1946
Liberty Life Insurance Company (Chicago)
Liberty Life Insurance Company (Chicago), the first old-line legal reserve company organized by Blacks in the North, incorporated. U.S. Supreme Court (Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia) banned segregation in interstate bus travel.
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Jun
3
1919
Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist
Born: August 14, 1914
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Aug
14
1914
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Clauses
U.S. Supreme Court upheld clauses in Alabama constitution which disfranchised Blacks.
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Apr
27
1903
Slave uprise in Maryland
In 1739, the Black slaves of Prince Georges County, Maryland, secretly organized themselves into
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Jan
0
1739
First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress
In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of
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Feb
12
1793
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