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On September 13, 1962 Mississippi Governor Ross R. Barnett defied the federal government in an impassioned speech on statewide radio-television hookup, saying he would...
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On September 12, 1992 Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space when she launched from the Kennedy Space Center and joined...
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On September 11, 2001 Godwin Ajala is remembered as a U.S. national hero who fought to save the lives of countless people as they...
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On September 10, 1929 The Cleveland Call & Post was established when it merged: Cleveland Call, founded in 1916 by Cleveland inventor Garrett A....
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On August 10, 1944, a Race riot in Athens, Alabama started when a fistfight between two white war veterans and a Negro touched off...
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On August 9, 1961, James B. Parsons became the first Black appointed to the Federal District Court in the continental United States.
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On August 8, 1968, a riot in Miami, Florida. National Guard mobilized to put down the rioting which erupted while Republicans were holding a...
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August 7, 1954, Charles H. Mahoney was confirmed by the Senate and became the first Black to serve as a full delegate to the...
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On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Bill, which authorized the suspension of literacy tests and the sending of federal...
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On August 5, 1984, Evelyn Ashford won a gold medal in the 100-meter race, and Edwin Moses won a gold medal in the 400-meter...
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On August 4, 1865, the Loyal Creek Council formally declared that African Creeks would be considered full citizens of the Creek Nation. August 4th...
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On August 3. 1928, the Atlanta Daily World was founded by William A. Scott III. The Atlanta Daily World was the first Black daily...
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On August 2, 1982 Jackie Robinson is honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a commemorative stamp, the fifth in its Black Heritage USA...
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On August 1, 1993, Barbara Ross-Lee, a practicing family physician, Naval officer, and medical educator, assumed the position of dean of Ohio University College...
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