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1835
5th National Negro Convention takes on word Negro
The 5th National Negro Convention met in Philadelphia and urged blacks to abandon the use of terms "African" and "colored" when referring to "Negro" institutions, organizations and to themselves.
I found this one to be especially interesting, because we are still battling other caustic words for Blacks.
1843
Sojourner Truth left New York and began her career as an antislavery activist.
1864
Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of Black Republicans, assassinated in his home by white terrorists. Dill had allegedly made "incendiary speeches" to South Carolina Blacks.
1864
Florida General Assembly (nineteen Blacks, fifty-seven whites) met in Tallahassee.
1868
Texas constitutional convention (nine Blacks, eighty-one whites) met in Austin.
1921
Race riot, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Twenty-one whites and sixty Blacks were killed.
1966
Approximately 2,400 persons attended White House Conference on Civil Rights.
1973 WGPR BECOMES THE 1ST TELEVISION station owned by
African Americans- given a permit to operate.
1994
South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth after an absence of 33 years.
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