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William J. Jefferson, first congressman elected
William J. Jefferson, first congressman elected from Louisiana since Charles Edmund Nash left office in 1876, born
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Mar
14
1947
Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs
Civil rights group demonstrated at Harlem construction sites to Protest discrimination in building trades unions. Demonstrations and marches were held in metropolitan areas in June, July and August to dramatize discontent over housing, school and job discrimination.
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Jun
12
1963
William H. Hastie
William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigned to protest segregation and discrimination in armed forces.
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Jan
5
1943
Delaware State University [Dover] (1891-- )
Delaware State University is a public historically black university with its main campus in Dover and two other campuses in Wilmington and Georgetown.  The school was established in 1891 as State College for Colored Students after passage of the Morrill Act of 1890 which gave land-grants to
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(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”
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Texas Admitted as a Slave State
Texas became a slave state.
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Dec
29
1845
Charles Edward Anderson--Meteorologist
Born: August 13, 1919
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Aug
13
1919
(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at its 35th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.
Here Nnamdi Azikiwe, future first President of Nigeria, delivers an address to his fellow fraternity members at the Banneker High School Auditorium, Washington, D.C., on December 27, 1949, at the 35th Anniversary of the Phi Beta Sigma
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Source: Black Past
Dec
27
1949
Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
In the following article University of Oregon historian Carlos Aguirre describes the self-taught poet, writer, and folklorist Nicomedes Santa Cruz, one of the understudied black intellectual leaders in Peru and Latin
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Source: Black Past
Feb
5
1992
Wilberforce University (1856- )
Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Named after 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce, it was the first private, historically black university in the United
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Cottonpickers organized union and strike
Cottonpickers organized union and staged strike for higher wages in Texas.
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Sep
3
1891
Louisiana constitutional convention
Louisiana constitutional convention (forty-nine white delegates and forty-nine Black delegates) met in Mechanics Institute, New Orleans.
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Nov
23
1867
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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Anti-Klan Law
North Carolina legislature passed anti-Klan Law.
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Apr
12
1869
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
March 26, 2003, Argued
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Kentucky outlaws
Two of teh most terrible outlaws of Kentucky were the Harpe
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Jan
0
1799
Black History Week
Carter G. Woodson creates Negro History Week. In 1976 it became Black History Month.
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Feb
7
1926
Gibson, Althea (1927-2003)
Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter, entered the world of sports when segregation severely limited opportunities for African Americans. She eventually became the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis and
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Source: Black Past
Aug
25
1927
Blacks voted for the first time in a state
Blacks voted for the first time in a state election in the South, contributing to Republican sweep in Tennessee.
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Aug
1
1867
President Johnson signed a the 1968 Housing Act
President Johnson signed a the 1968 Housing Act which outlawed discrimination in the sale, rental or leasing of housing. This bill also made it a crime to interfere with civil rights workers and to cross state lines to incite a riot.
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Apr
11
1968
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
Klansmen fired
Klansmen fired on an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, N.C., and killed five persons.
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Nov
3
1979
Huey P. Newton
Huey Percy Newton was an African American leader and co-founder of the Black Panther Party. He was the youngest of seven children born to Armelia Johnson and Walter Newton on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana and named after the former Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. His family was not very
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Aug
22
1989
President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in rebel states with exception of thirteen parishes (including New Orleans) in Louisiana, forty-eight countries in West Virginia, seven countries (including Norfolk) in Eastern Virginia. Proclamation did not apply to slaves in
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Jan
1
1863
First Black elected to Congress
First Black elected to Congress John W. Menard, defeated a white candidate, 5,107 to 2,833, in an election in Louisianas Second Congressional District to fill an unexpired term in the Fortieth Congress. U.S. Grant elected president with Black voters in the South providing the decisive margin. Grant
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Nov
3
1868
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
Institutions Of Higher Learning
North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and West Virginia State College established.
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Dec
2
1891
Eric Dickerson
Born in a small town of Sealy, Texas, in 1960, Eric Dickerson was raised by his uncle and aunt after his mother decided not to marry his father at the young age of 17. Even though he did not grow up with his father, Dickerson inherited athletic abilities from the former running back of Prairie View
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Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)
Alvin Ailey was born in Rodgers, Texas during the Great Depression. He overcame racism, poverty, and homophobia to become one of the most celebrated choreographers in American history. His single teenage mother Lula Ailey washed clothes, picked cotton, and worked in domestic service in various
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Louisiana Voters Endorsed Constitutional
Louisiana voters endorsed constitutional convention and elected delegates in first election under Reconstruction acts. The vote was 75,000 for the convention and 4,000 against. Elections for delegates to the conventions were held in other Southern states in October and November.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Sep
27
1867
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