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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

  • 13th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Civil Rights, Law, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Racism, Supreme Court, Transport, Transportation

The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.

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3rd November 1868: John Willis Menard became the first African-American to be elected to Congress

  • 3rd November 2020
  • Tagged as: African-American, Civil Rights, Congress, Election, Louisiana, New Orleans, Politics, Racism, United States, USA

Running against Caleb S. Hunt, Menard secured approximately 64 percent of the vote, and on 3 November 1868 became the first African-American person to be elected to the United States Congress.

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21st October 1921: U.S. President Warren G. Harding publicly condemns lynching in a speech in Alabama

  • 21st October 2020
  • Tagged as: Alabama, America, Civil Rights, Harding, Lynching, Murder, Racism, United States, USA

In October 1921 Harding travelled to Alabama. Here he expressed his support for anti-lynching laws that would hold counties responsible for the illegal hangings, and lodge federal murder cases against the participants.

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15th October 1966: The Black Panther Party founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

  • 15th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Black Power, California, Civil Rights, Oakland, Racism

In the wake of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and the killing of unarmed black teen Matthew Johnson by police the following year, the two men established the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

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10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

  • 10th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Civil Rights, Delaware, Economy, Eisenhower, Ghana, Howard Johnson, Racism, USA

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologised to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he was refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

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15th September 1831: The First National Negro Convention was held in Philadelphia

  • 15th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Philadelphia, Race, Racism, United States

The Negro Convention Movement, sometimes referred to as the Colored Conventions Movement, developed during the antebellum period in the north American states.

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28th August 1963: Martin Luther King Jr declares ‘I Have a Dream’

  • 28th August 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Kennedy, USA, Washington DC

On the 28th August 1963, American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

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26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981

  • 26th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Army, Civil Rights, Military, Racism, Second World War, Truman, United States, USA

President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 that abolished racial segregation in the U.S. military.

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18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

  • 18th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Civil Rights, Cleveland, Ohio, Riot, United States

Riots broke out in the in the predominantly African-American community of Hough in Cleveland, Ohio.

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30th April 1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott against discriminatory recruitment begins

  • 30th April 2020
  • Tagged as: Boycott, Bristol, Bus, Civil Rights, England, Racism

A boycott against the Bristol Omnibus Company in England was launched due to their racist employment policy.

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