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Edward Brooke:
On January 10, 1966, Edward Brooke Was Sworn In As The First Popularly Elected Black Senator.
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Republican From Massachusetts, Brooke Served Two Terms. He Was Defeated
In His Bid For A Third Term, Primarily Because Of A Bitterly Contested
And Public Divorce That Led To Accusations Of Welfare Fraud And Other
Improprieties.
Brookes
Demonstrated A Special Concern For Africa During His Career In
Washington. One Of His Early Actions As A Freshman Senator Was To Make
A Month-Long Tour Of 12 African Countries To Assess The Effects Of U.S.
Reductions In Foreign
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Countee Cullen:
Poet/Teacher,
Countee Cullen, Died On December 9, 1946, In New York City, From
Uremic Poisoning And High Blood Pressure. He Was 42 Years Old.
A Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Of New York University, Countee Cullen Went On To Receive His Master's From Harvard, In 1926. He Was Considered By Many, The Most Representative And Promising Of The Young Black Poets To Emerge During The Harlem Renaissance.
Cullen
Went On To Obtain Several Honors Throughout The 1920's. In 1928 He
Married Nina Yolande DuBois, The daughter of W. E. B. DuBois. The
Marriage Was A Failure. Two
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Andrew Jackson:
On
January 8, 1867, During The First Year Of The Reconstruction Era,
Congress Passed A Bill To Allow Blacks In Washington, DC To Vote,
Despite A Veto By President Andrew Jackson.
By
March, A Series Of Congressional Bills Were Passed That Put Army
Generals In Control Of Confederate States, Ordered Constitutional
Conventions To Be Held And Gave Blacks And Poor Whites Throughout The
South Suffrage.
While
Reconstruction Was Not A Social And Economic Panacea For Most African
Americans, From 1867 To 1877, Conditions Were
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Zora Neale Hurston:
Zora
Neale Hurston, The Most Prominent And Prolific Black Female Writer Of
The 1920's 1930's And 1940's, Was Born On January 7, 1891.
A
Harlem Renaissance Veteran And Folklorist, Hurstons's Literary Themes
Centered Around Common People Trying To Make It Through Everyday
Situations.
Her Numerous Works Include: Johnah's Gourd Vine (1934), Mules And Men (1935), Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) Moses, Man Of The Moutain (1939) And Seraph On The Suwanee (1948). In 1942 Hurston Published Dust Tracks On The Road, Her Autobiography,
Hurston Died In Fort
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Archie Alexander:
Archie
A. Alexander, Architectural Engineer And Former Governor Of The Virgin
Islands, Died On December 4, 1958, At The Age Of 69.
He
Had Been Appointed Governor Of The Virgin Islands By President Dwight
Eisenhower In 1954. His Term Was Short, However, As He Was Forced To
Resign From The Post In 1955, Due To Ill health.
The Son Of A Coachman, Alexander Earned An Engineering Degree From The State University Of Iowa, Where He Also Played Football. He Later Became Coowner Of The Construction Firm, Alexander & Repass, With Offices In New York And Washington,
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