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November 12, 1977 Ernest Nathan Morial was elected the first
November 12, 1977 Ernest Nathan Morial was elected the first black mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana 1922 Seven black women in Indianopolis, Indiana fou...

November 4, 1988 The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is
November 4, 1988 The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear the name...

March 20, 1970 Students struck at the University of Michigan and
March 20, 1970 Students struck at the University of Michigan and demanded increased Black enrollment. The strike ended April 2, after the administrati...

March 15, 1980 Scores injured in Klan-related incidents in
March 15, 1980 Scores injured in Klan-related incidents in Georgia, Tennessee, California, Indiana and North Carolina, in March and April 1933 Spinga...

March 8, 1977 Henry L. Marsh III elected 1st Black mayor of
March 8, 1977 Henry L. Marsh III elected 1st Black mayor of Richmond 1945 Phyllis Mae Daley, first of four African American Navy nurses to serve activ...

February 2, 1862 District of Columbia abolishes slavery
February 2, 1862 District of Columbia abolishes slavery 1989 In Tampa,Florida, a rebellion followed the suspicious death of Edgar Allen Price, a pol...

January 21, 1971 Twelve Black congressman boycotted Richard
January 21, 1971 Twelve Black congressman boycotted Richard Nixons State of the Union message because of his consistent refusal to respond to the peti...

July 4, 1991 The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens at
July 4, 1991 The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of civil rights ...

July 28, 1917 Thousands of Blacks marched in The New City Fifth
July 28, 1917 Thousands of Blacks marched in The New City Fifth Avenue March to put an end to lynchings and racial inequalities 1915 Ten thousand Blac...