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In Brown v. Board of Education, the Court ordered that integration should take effect with “all deliberate speed.”
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Track and field athlete Ralph Metcalfe is born.
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Singer Johnnie Taylor dies.
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Writer Countee Cullen is born.
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Actor Stepin Fetchit is born.
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Chemist Henry McBay is born.
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Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X, is born.
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Singer Junior Parker is born.
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Musician Miles Davis is born.
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Artist Henry Tanner dies.
Harry S. McAlpin of Atlanta's Daily World becomes the first black journalist accredited to attend White House press conferences.
Indiana Top Official Convicted of Voter Fraud
Federal Appeals Court Panel Rules For Gay Marriage in California; Case Will Go to the Supreme Court
On Trial: Racial Bias in Death Penalty Cases in North Carolina
The Origins of Black History Month
LDF Files Brief in Housing Discrimination Case
Does This Story Sound Familiar?
Washington Post: Defense lawyer fights racism in death row cases
Obama on Google Plus – Ahead of the Curve Again?
Newt’s Poor Record on Civil Rights
JBHE Chronology of Major Landmarks in the Progress of African Americans in Higher Education