Black History Month

February which most of us black folks know is
Black History Month and to kick it off below
is a list of black history events. Check it
out, it's an interesting list.





Historical Front Pages from On This Day in History

1800s

* 1857: Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case
* 1863: President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

1900-1950s

* 1947: Dodgers Purchase Robinson, First Negro in Modern Major League Baseball
* 1954: High Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision Grants Time to Comply
* 1956: High Court Rules Bus Segregation Unconstitutional
* 1957: Arkansas Troops Bar Negro Pupils; Governor Defiant
* 1957: President Sends Troops to Little Rock, Federalizes Arkansas National Guard; Tells Nation He Acted to Avoid An Anarchy
* 1957: Miss Gibson Wimbledon Victor

1960s-2000

* 1960: Negro Sitdowns Stir Fear Of Wider Unrest in South
* 1961: 400 U.S. Marshals Sent to Alabama as Montgomery Bus Riots Hurt 20; President Bids State Keep Order
* 1963: Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls In Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain
* 1963: Mississippi Gives Meredith Degree
* 1963: 200,000 March for Civil Rights in Orderly Washington Rally
* 1964: 3 In Rights Drive Reported Missing
* 1964: Civil Rights Bill Passed, 73-27; Johnson Urges All To Comply; Dirksen Berates Goldwater
* 1964: Martin Luther King Wins The Nobel Prize for Peace

1965: New Negro Riots Erupt on Coast; 3 Reported Shot
* 1965: The Big Parade: On the Way to Montgomery
* 1965: 25,000 Go to Alabama’s Capitol
* 1965: Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here
* 1967: President Sees Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat
* 1968: Martin Luther King is Slain in Memphis
* 1968: 2 Black Power Advocates Ousted From Olympics
* 1971: Supreme Court, 9-0, Backs Busing to Combat South’s Dual Schools, Rejecting Administration Stand
* 1975: Ashe Triumphs at Wimbledon
* 1991: Police Brutality Under Wide Review by Justice Dept.
* 1992: Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted In Taped Beating

2000s

* 2008: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls





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