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Post by Rene Soul on Feb 1, 2007 16:08:11 GMT -5
* February 23, 1868: W. E. B. DuBois, important civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born. * February 3, 1870: The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote. * February 25, 1870: The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels (1822-1901), took his oath of office. * February 12, 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City. * February 1, 1960: In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. * February 21, 1965: Malcolm X, the militant leader who promoted Black Nationalism, was shot to death by three Black Muslims. * More from the Black History Timeline www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtimeline.html
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