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On October 20, 1946 W.E.B. Du Bois, at 78, delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia, South...
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On October 19, 1944 The US Navy announced that Black women would be permitted to join Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). The...
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On October 18, 1968Bob Beamon beat the World long jump record at 29 ft, 2.5 in at the Mexico City Olympics.
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On October 17, 2019 Congressman Elijah Cummings died. ‘A giant of integrity and knowledge has fallen’: Washington reacts to the death of Rep. Elijah...
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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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On July 31, 1966, Stokely Carmichael, the newly appointed Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), described Black power to a mostly African...
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On July 26, 1919 Troops were mobilized to put down the Chicago riot, which erupted on July 27 and continued for several days. Fifteen...
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On July 4, 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum officially opened at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of...
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On July 3, 1962 The first Black baseball player in the major leagues was Jackie Robinson. Named to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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