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American Negro Academy-1897
The American Negro Academy was founded on March 5, 1897, by Alexander Crummel. The organization’s purpose was to promote higher education through literature, science, and the arts.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announced, on March 4, 1968, that he would lead a massive civil disobedience campaign (the Poor People’s Campaign) in the nation’s capital to pressure the government to provide jobs and income for all Americans.
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On March 3, 1990, Carole Gist was the first African American to win the title “Miss USA”. Gist was also the first African American to win the title for Miss Michigan, her home state. She later became first runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant.
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was passed by Congress on March 1, 1875. This act outlawed discrimination in hotels, places of amusement, and other public conveyances. The House, however, removed clauses banning discrimination in churches, schools, and cemeteries.
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“Would America have been America without her negro people?”
– W.E.B. Du Bois
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