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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