This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History, Jan. 3, 1973
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She later…
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This Week in Black History, December 26, 1966
Maulana Ron Karenga Black historian Maulana Ron Karenga introduces Kwanzaa, a non-religious holiday designed to celebrate African and African-American…
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This Week in Black History, December 20, 1956
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announces the end of a 381-day bus boycott against the city of Montgomery, Alabama,…
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This Week in Black History, December 12, 1870
Five years after slavery is abolished, South Carolina laborer Joseph Rainey became the first Black person to serve in the…
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This Week in Black History, December 4, 1906
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Black intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Originally a…
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This Week in Black History, November 27, 1956
Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers hurler Don Newcombe becomes the first player to win baseball’s Cy Young Award, signifying him as…
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This Week in Black History, November 22, 1989
Frederick D. Gregory Frederick D. Gregory becomes the first African American to command a space shuttle when he leads the…
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This Week in Black History, November 13, 1956
The U.S. Supreme Court declares that Alabama laws requiring segregated buses are illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which…
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This Week in Black History November 6, 1962
Augustus Freeman Hawkins of Los Angeles is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Black Congress member…
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This Week in Black History, October 30, 1979
Richard Arrington Jr. Richard Arrington Jr. was elected as the first African-American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. He served 20 years,…
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