Black Moments of History
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* On February 3, 1870
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified giving African-American men the right to vote.
* On February 6, 1867
Robert Tanner Jackson became the first African-American to receive a degree in dentistry.
* On February 8, 1944
Harry S. McAlpin was the first African-American reporter (Atlanta Daily World) to attend a White House press conference.
* On February 19,1923
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Moore vs. Dempsey case that the state courts must grant African-Americans "due process of law."
* On February 25, 1978
Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., the first African-American four-star general in the U.S. Armed Forces, died in Colorado.
* On February 27, 1902
Singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia.
* On March 2, 1968
The Kerner Commission reported that "white racism" was the principal cause of the civil disturbance that shocked the nation in 1967, and that the United Sates was headed toward two communities 'one white, one black and unequal."
* On March 20, 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe published the novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
* On March 26, 1991
Emanuel Cleaver became the first black mayor in Kansas City's history.
* On January 7, 1955
Marian Anderson made her debut in the Metropolitan Opera becoming the first African-American woman to hold this distinction.
* On January 9, 1866
Fisk University was founded in
Nashville, Tenn.
* On January 17, 1882
Lewis Howard Latimer, an African-American, was assigned a U.S. Patent on a product that enhanced the quality of the carbon filament used in eletric lighting.
*On January 18, 1830
Dan Walker published an anti-slavery pamplet entitled "Walker's Appeal" in four articles.
*On January 26, 1849
The Jackson-Napton Resolution stated only residents in a territory (not Congress) could prohibit slavery.
*On January 26, 1935
The all-black Company 1743 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) published its first newspaper in Washington State Park. It was named the CCC Call.
*On January 29, 1926
Violette N. Anderson was the first African-American woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
*On January 31, 1865
Congress passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in the United States.