The American Civil Rights Movement, a story

On this date, starting with the year 1866, the African American Registry features a brief article and definition of civil rights.

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The First American Memorial Day is Commemorated

*On this date in 1865, former Black slaves started Memorial Day in America. This occurred in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate pris...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Gives His "Give Us The Ballot" Speech

*On May 17, 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “Give Us the Ballot” speech. Dr. King addresses 25,000 people in Washington, D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. H...

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Black History and Cinco de Mayo, a story

*Black History and Cinco de Mayo are affirmed on this date in 1862.   In 1860, Mexico could not pay its debts to colonial powers Spain, the United Kingdom, and France. The three sent over a naval forc...

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Voting Riot in Indianapolis, Indiana Occurs

*On this date in 1876, a race riot happened in Indianapolis, Indiana over voting rights.

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Black History and Quilting, a story

*African American quilt history is celebrated on this date in 1800.   Today, the third Saturday in March, is National Quilting Day. Historic influences since the 17th century are the foundation of Bla...

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Black Women And International Women’s Day, a story

*On this date in 1910 the world formally celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD). Since it’s beginning IWD is a global celebration of the wellness of women. Started at a time of great social turbul...

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Inside the Night President Obama Took On Donald Trump | The Choice 2016 | FRONTLINE

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Selma Burke, Artist born

On this date, Selma Burke born in 1900. She was an African American sculptor from Mooresville, North Carolina. As a child she liked to whittle and model in clay but her mother insisted she get an edu...

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Pan-African History Critique (OAU, France, self interest, African Union), De Valeria Botchway

Dr. De Valeria Botchway is a professor, administrator, and pan-africanist. In this segment, he shares a brief critique of four contemporary episodic components of pan-african history.

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The First Day of Kwanzaa

December 26 is the first day of Kwanzaa or Umoja, meaning Unity. Kwanzaa was founded by Dr. Maulana Kareng in 1966. Umoja is the foundational principal of the Nguzo Saba (seven principles) for with...

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Martin Luther King Sr., Pastor born

*Martin Luther King Sr. was born on this date in 1899. He was a Black Baptist pastor, missionary, and early figure in the 20th-century American Civil Rights Movement.   He was born Michael King in Sto...

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The Million Woman March Takes Place

*The Million Woman March occurred on this date in 1997. Black Women who networked on grassroots and global levels implemented it.

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Black History, the 'Hela Cell', and Cancer Research

October is national Brest Cancer awareness month, and the HeLa cancer cell discovered in 1951 is celebrated on this dates Registry. Life is studied at the atomic and molecular scale in molecular biol...

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Benet Omalu, Physician and Forensic Pathologist born.

*Bennet Omalu was born on this date in 1968. He is a Black Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist. Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu is of Igbo ancestry and was born in Njikoka, ...

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Central High School (Little Rock) Is Integrated

*On this date in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 1,000 U. S. government paratroopers to Little Rock, Ark., to desegregate schools. The troops escorted nine Black school young people to Cen...

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Black Firefighters, and 9/11, (Among the First American Responders)

On this date in 2001, 12 Black firefighters died during the 9/11 attack at the World Trade Center in New York City. They were among the 343 firefighters and the almost 3,000 citizens who were victim...

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The First Novel by a Black Author is Published in America

On this date in 1859, the first novel by an African American was published in the United States. "Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In a Two Story White House North, Showing that Sl...

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Black History and Palestinian Solidarity, a story

*Black history and Palestinian solidarity are affirmed on this date in 1917. The date of this article was chosen to coincide with the Balfour Declaration, an announcement in a letter from the British ...

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a story

On this date we remember the Tuskegee Syphilis study. This African American episode is part of the recurring chapter of racism against blacks in the United States. In 1932, the American government p...

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Hurricane Katrina Hits the Deep South

*On this date in 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and began its devastation on Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, states that are 30% African American.   Formed on August 23rd, Katrina was a Ca...

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The March on Washington, 'I Have A Dream' Occurs

The 1963 March on Washington occurred on this date. It attracted an estimated 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration to promote Civil Rights and economic equality for African Americans.

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Kathrine G. Johnson, NASA Scientist born

Katherine G. Johnson was born on this date in 1918. She is an African American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician. She was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and was trained as...

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Althea Gibson, Tennis, and Golf Pioneer born

*Althea Gibson was born on this date in 1927. She was an African American tennis player.

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Marcus Garvey, Black Nationalist born

*This date marks the birth of Marcus Garvey in 1887. He was an African American Black Nationalist leader, who was a proponent of the "Back to Africa" movement in the United States.

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Andrew Young Resigns From the United Nations

*On this date in 1979, Andrew Young (then) United States ambassador to the United Nations resigned. His visible empathy with the Third World made him controversial and his resignation came after it w...

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The 1965 American Voting Rights Act is Passed

*On this date the American Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed into law. The most sweeping reforms were embodied in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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James Baldwin, Author, and Social Critic born

James Arthur Baldwin was born on this date in 1924. He was an African American novelist and essayist.

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The First 'Universal Races Congress' Assembles

*On this date in 1911, the first “Universal Races Congress” assembled.   This four-day conference at the University of London was a 20th-century global effort against racism. Speakers from several cou...

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Emmett Till, Teenage 'Hate Crime' Victim born

Emmett Till was born on this date in 1941. He was a young African American boy whose murder is still a graphic reminder of the volume of 20th century white racial hate in America against Black people....

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