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February 15 - 1804 - The New Jersey Legislature approved a law calling for gradual emancipation of African Americans. In so doing, New Jersey became the last Northern state to outlaw slavery. 1848 - Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf. 1851 - Black abolitionists invaded Boston courtroom and rescued a fugitive slave. 1964 - Louis Armstrongs Hello Dolly recording becomes his first and only number one record. 1968 - On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:28:33 +0000

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