1968: Kerner Commission Documents a Divided Society>> 1942: Detroit Rebellion an Omen of Deadly Riots>> 1988: Debi Thomas Medals at Winter Olympics>> 1870: Political Deal Brings End to Reconstruction>> 1870: Hiram Revels Becomes First Black U.S. Senator>> 1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Becomes a Physician>> 1868: W.E.B DuBois Born in Massachusetts>> 1988: First Grammy Awarded in Rap Category>> 1965: Malcolm X Assassinated in New York City>> 1895: Anti-Slavery Crusader Frederick Douglass Dies>> 1942: Tuskegee Airmen Take to the Skies>> 1688: First Protest Against Slavery in Colonial America>> 1973: First U.S. Navy Ship Named for an African-American>> 1904: Birthday of James Baskett, Disney's First Live Actor>> 1848: Boston Public Schools Bar Sarah Roberts>> 1867: Morehouse College Established in Georgia>> 1970: New York Stock Exchange Admits First Black Member>> 1909: NAACP is Established in New York City>> 1990: Nelson Mandela Released from Prison>> 1992: 'Roots' Author Alex Haley Dies at Age 70>> 1971: Satchel Paige Named to Baseball Hall of Fame>> 1968: 3 Students Die in "Orangeburg Massacre">> 1862: Freedman's Aid Society Established in Boston>> 1820: "Mayflower of Liberia" Sets Sail from N.Y.C.>> 1958: Clifton Wharton Sr. Named Minister to Romania>> 1913: Rosa Parks is Born in Alabama>> 1870: 15th Amendment Guarantees the Right to Vote>> 1897: Black Inventor Patents Ice Cream Scoop>> 1865: President Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment>>
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