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1862
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President
Abraham Lincoln
is the first president to meet with a group of black leaders
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1864
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The Republican
National Convention makes the abolition of slavery a plank in its platform
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1868
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Oscar
J. Dunn
becomes Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana
P.B.S
Pinchback
and James J. Harris become the first
African-American delegates to the Republican National Convention, held in
Chicago
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1870
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Hiram
R. Revels
is elected to fill U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis
Joseph
H. Rainey,
South Carolina, becomes the first African-American Congressman
Alonzo
J. Ransier
is elected Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina before being elected to
the U.S. Congress in '72
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1871
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Robert
B. Elliot
chairs South Carolina delegation to the Republican National Convention in
Philadelphia
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1872
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John
R. Lynch is
elected Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives; he will be
elected to US Congress in 73
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1875
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Blanche
K. Bruce of
Mississippi becomes the first African-American elected to a full term in US
Senate
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1884
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John
R. Lynch is
the first African-American to preside over the Republican National
Convention; gives the keynote address
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1901
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President
Theordore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House
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1920
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The Republican
National Convention declares that African-Americans must be admitted to all
state and district conventions
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1954
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President
Dwight Eisenhower appoints J. Ernest Wilkins as Assistant Secretary of Labor
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1960
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Jackie
Robinson,
the first black Major League Baseball player, endorses Nixon for President
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1966
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Edward
W. Brooke
(R-MA) is the first African-American elected to U.S. Senate by popular vote
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1968
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Arthur
A Fletcher
is appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor; he will be a candidate for
Chairman of the Republican National Committee in '76 and appointed Chairman
of the US Commission on Civil Rights in '90
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1975
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President
Gerald Ford
appoints William T. Coleman Secretary of
Transportation
James
B. Parsons is
named Chief Judge of the US District Court in Chicago, the first
African-American to hold such a position
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1980
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NAACP President
Benjamin Hooks is invited to address the Republican National Convention
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1981
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President
Ronald Reagan
appoints Clarence Pendleton, Jr, as
Chairman of the US Civil Rights Commission
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1982
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President
Reagan
appoints Clarence Thomas as Chairman of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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1989
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President
George H.W. Bush appoints Louis Sullivan as
Secretary of Health and Human Services
President
Bush
appoints General Colin L. Powell as Chair
of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff
President
Bush
appoints Condolezza Rice as Director of the
National Security Council
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1990
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Gary Franks is elected
to US Congress (CT)
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1991
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President
Bush
appoints Clarence Thomas to U.S. Supreme
Court
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1998
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U.S. House of
Representatives elects J.C. Watts (R-OK) to
be Chairman of the House Republican Conference
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2001
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President
George W. Bush
appoints General Colin L. Powell as the
Secretary of State; Roderick R. Paige as
the Secretary of Education; Condoleezza Rice
as Advisor of the National Security Council; Alphonso
Jackson as the Deputy Secretary to Housing and Urban Development; Claude Alien as the Deputy Secretary of Health
and Human Services; Leo S. Mackay, Jr, as
the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Larry D.
Thompson as the Deputy Attorney General; and Stephen A. Perry as Adminstrator of General
Services Adminstration
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