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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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On May 21, 1970, the National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University. Black and white students were demanding an end to...
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On May 20, 1971, a Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per cent of U.S. soldiers in Southeast Asia. The report said 12.5 per...
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On May 19, 1991, Willy T. Ribbs became the first African American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
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On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S....
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On May 16, 1966 Stokely Carmichael was named chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The National Welfare Rights Organization was organized.
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On May 15, 1946, Camilla Williams, the African American woman to sign a contract with a major American opera company, appeared in the title...
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On May 14, 1994, Colin Powell, the first African American Secretary of State in 2001 under President George W. Bush, had his most important...
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On May 13, 1969, in Fayette, Mississippi, James Charles Evers was elected the first black mayor of a racially mixed Mississippi town. In June...
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On May 12, 1967, H “Rap” Brown replaced Stokely Carmichael as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. As SNCC’s new chair, Brown was...
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On May 9, 1994, Kimberly Clarice Aiken Cockerham was recognized by People Magazine as one of the “Fifty Most Beautiful People in the World.”...
