The Case for Reparations

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The Case for Reparations

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media (CBM) - Last week, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals took an expansive but deeply personalized look at the history […]

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11

1959

Jefferson Davis Signed Bill

Jefferson Davis signed bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers in the Confederate army.

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13

1861

Charles Chesnutt Born

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20

1858

A Policy of Segregation

America entered World War I. President Wilson, who had just inaugurated a policy of segregation in government agencies, told Congress that the world must be made safe for democracy.

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6

1917

Fourth Black Church Burned

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17

1962

Frederick Douglass Escapes

Frederick Douglass, disguised as a sailor escapes from slavery

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3

1838

Ida B. Wells Barnett

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Mar

25

1931

Governor Barnett Found Guilty

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28

1962

Seventy-four Blacks reported lynched in 1886.

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25

1886

Death of Ezzard Charles (53,), former heavyweight

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27

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Jan Earnest Matzeliger

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15

1852

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1639

Executive Order 9808

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1946

Opera singer Marian Anderson born

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1902

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Death of pianist Art Tatum

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5

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Thomas Bradley elected mayor of Los Angeles

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29

1973

Virginia statue provides that baptism will not affectthe bondage of slaves.

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1667

Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church

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

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20

1956

U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end

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1969

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20

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2

1967

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24

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