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DAY
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EVENT
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1
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Walter
Francis White, 1896-1955, was the "Voice of the NAACP"
Kenneth
Gibson is elected mayor of Newark, N.J. - 1970
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2
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First
African American Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall's birthday
- 1908
President
Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill - 1964
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3
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Jackie Robinson is the first African American inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame - 1962 |
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4
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Independence
Day
Booker
T. Washington open Tuskegee Institute - 1881
Louis
Armstrong, Jazz Ambassador, 1900-1971
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5
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Andrew
Beard is granted a patent for the rotary engine - 1892
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6
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The
Republican Party gathered in opposition of slavery - 1854 |
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7
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Ida
B. Wells, 1869-1900, was a teacher and publisher
Writer,
Margaret Walker's birthday - 1915
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8
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DeHart
Hubbard won the 1924 Olympic broad-jump
Women's
rights advocate, Faye Wattleton's birthday - 1943
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9
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NAACP
rejected a "Black Power" doctrine - 1966 |
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10
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Mary
McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955, was an educator, civil rights administrator
and White House Advisor
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11
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The
Niagara Movement, forerunner of the NAACP, was organized - 1905 |
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12
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High-jumper
Cornelius Johnson set a new world record - 1936
Entertainer,
Bill Cosby's birthday - 1937
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13
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Slavery
is banned in the Northwest Territory - 1787 |
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14
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George
Washington Carver is honored with national monument - 1951 |
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15
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Pompey Lamb, an African American spy, assisted in the war effort
- 1779
Guitarist
and author Francis Bebey's birthday - 1929
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16
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Dr.
Charles Drew, Blood plasma pioneer, is awarded the Springarn Medal
- 1944 |
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17
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Congress
approved arming African Americans - 1862 |
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18
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L.C. Bailey is granted a patent for the folding bed - 1889
Granville
Woods patented railway brakes - 1905
Nelson
Mandela's birthday - 1918
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19
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Legal
basis is given to Congressional Reconstitution - 1867 |
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20
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Anti-slavery
movement is assisted by Women's Rights Convention - 1848 |
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21
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Introduction
of the African American Newspaper, New Orleans Tribune
- 1847
National
Association of Colored Women was organized in 1896
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22
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The
racial violence in Detroit brought 7,000 National Guardsman to aid
police - 1967 |
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23
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14th
Amendment validates citizenship for African American's - 1868
Ethiopian
Emperor Haile Selassie was born - 1891
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24
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Writer
Alexander Dumas was born - 1802
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25
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Executive order formed the FEPC - 1941 |
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26
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Liberia
is declared an independent republic - 1847 |
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27
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Activist
Audley 'Queen Mother" Moore's birthday - 1898
Legal
basis is established to desegregate the armed forces - 1948
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28
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Congress
ratified the 14th Amendment - 1868
Maggie
Lena Walker is the nation's first female bank president - 1903
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29
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National
Conference of Colored Women held their first convention - 1895 |
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30
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Author
Lou Lomax is killed in an auto accident - 1970 |
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31
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Whitney
Young, Educator, activist, and Urban League executive, was born
- 1921 |
