1967 - Washington D.C.'s Anacostia Museum opens

On this date in 1967, Washington D.C.’s Anacostia Museum dedicated to informing the community of contributions by African Americans to U.S. political, social, and cultural history, opens.

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1954 - School Integration Begins
1966 - National Guard mobilized in SanFrancisco
1950 - Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis
1950 - Charles H. Houston
1944 - Artist Stephanie Pogue born
1940 - Black Leaders Protested Discrimination
1934 - Actor Greg Morris was born
1915 - Xavier University, opens in New Orleans
1912 - The first blues song, WC Handy publishes Memphis Blues.
1877 - John Mercer Langston named Minister of Haiti
1876 - Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal
1875 - Branch Normal College opens in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
1867 - Louisiana Voters Endorsed Constitutional convention.
1862 - First Black Army Regiment receives official recognition
1827 - Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels was born.

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