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Rosa Parks arrested starting Montgomery bus boycott - 1955
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Granville T. Woods patents telephone transmitter
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Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of North Star
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American Anti-Slavery society established in Philadelphia
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Martin Luther King, Jr. organizes Birmingham bus boycott
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Richard B. Spikes patents automatic gearshift
Richard Francis Jones becomes first African American certified in urology
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J.T. White's lemon squeezer patented
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P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana becomes first African American governor in U.S.
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Dr. Ralph J. Bunche becomes first Black awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Norbert Rillieux's Sugar making process patented
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George F. Grant patents golf tree
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The Bill of Rights becomes effective
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Andrew Young nominated by President Jimmy Carter to be U.S. Ambassador to the Un
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Ratification of the 13th Amendment - 1865
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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W.H. Sammons' hair straightening comb patented - 1920
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Madam C.J. Walker,first African American woman millionaire, born
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Jack Johnson, first African American heavyweight champion
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion church founded
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Rosa Parks becomes an international icon of resistance to segregation
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December 2, 1884 - Granville T. Woods patents telephone transmitter.
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December 3, 1847 - Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of North Star.
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1833 - American Anti-Slavery society established in Philadelphia.
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December 5, 1955 - Martin Luther King, Jr. organizes Birmingham bus boycott, marking the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
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December 6, 1932 - Richard B. Spikes patents automatic gearshift.
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1936 - Richard Francis Jones becomes first African American certified in urology.
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1896 - J.T. White's lemon squeezer patented.
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December 9, 1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana becomes first African American governor in U.S.
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December 10, 1950 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche becomes first Black awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1846 - Norbert Rillieux's Sugar making process patented.
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December 12, 1899 George F. Grant patents golf tree.
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1791 - The Bill of Rights becomes effective.
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December 16, 1976 - Andrew Young nominated by President Jimmy Carter to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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1865 - Ratification of the 13th Amendment.
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December 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union.
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1920 - W.H. Sammons' hair straightening comb patented.
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December 23, 1869 - Madam C.J. Walker, businesswoman and .
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1908 - Jack Johnson, first African American heavyweight champion.
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December 27, 1862 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion church founded in New Bern, North Carolina.
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