March 2, 1867 - U.S. Congress enacts charter to establish Howard University.
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March 3, 1865 - Freeman's Bureau established by federal government to aid newly freed slaves.
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Jefferson Long, US Congressman: 1836 - 1900
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March 5, 1770 - Crispus Attucks becomes one of the first casualties of the American Revolution.
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The Boston Massacre - 1770
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March 6, 1857 - U.S. Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision.
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March 7, 1965 - U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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March 9, 1941 - Amistad mutineers freed by U.S. Supreme Court.
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March 10, 1913 - Harriet Tubman dies.
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March 11, 1959 - Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin In the Sun" opens at Barrymore Theater, New York, the first play by a Black woman to premier on Broadway.
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William Kitchen, a slave, receives an Army paycheck - 1770
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The Confederate Army allows slaves to be soldiers - 1865.
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March 14, 1965 - Montgomery bus boycott ends when municipal bus service is desegregated.
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1890 - Charles B. Brooks patents street sweeper.
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March 17, 1885 - William F. Cosgrove patents automatic stop plug for gas and oil pipes.
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Carter Woodson receives doctorate from Harvard University - 1912.
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March 20, 1883 - Jan. E. Matzeliger patents shoe-making machine.
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March 21, 1965 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for voting rights.
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March 22, 1898 - J.W. Smith patents lawn sprinkler.
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March 23, 1873 - Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico.
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March 24, 1837 - Canada gives African American citizens the right to vote.
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March 26, 1872 - Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher.
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March 27, 1930 - Of the 116,000 African Americans in professional positions, more than two-thirds were teachers or ministers.
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March 30, 1870 - Fifteenth Amendment ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to African Americans
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March 31, 1988 - Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer Prize for Beloved.
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