Thomas M. Peterson & The 15TH Amendment The Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Which Had Been Ratified On February 3, Went Into Effect On March 30, 1870. The Amendment Extended The Right To Vote To All Males Regardless Of "Race, Color Or Previous Condition Of Servitude."
The Next Day, Thomas Mundy Peterson Became The First Black American To Exercise His New Constitutional Right. Peterson Voted In An Election Held In Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Peterson's Gravestone Declares Him The "first Negro voter in the United States under the Fifteenth Amendment." He Was Issued A Voting Medal By The Citizens Of Perth Amboy, In 1884. Peterson Continued To Be Politically Active Throughout His Life, And Would Go On To Become The First Black American To Hold An Elected Office In Perth Amboy.
Despite Passage Of The New Law, For Years Blacks Were Denied Their Right To Vote Through Various Methods. These Included: Threats, Literacy Tests, Violence And Even Murder.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It. " -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr. 
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Patricia R. Harris Patricia Roberts Harris Died Of Cancer, March 23, 1985, In Washington, DC. She Was 66 Years Old.
On December 21, 1976, She Was Named Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD), By President Jimmy Carter - Making Her The First Black Female Cabinet Member. In 1979 Harris Was Appointed Secretary Of Health Education And Welfare By Carter.
Upon Her Appointment In 1965, As Ambassador To Luxembourg Under The Lyndon Johnson Administration, Harris Became The First Black American, Female Ambassador. She Was Elected Permanent Chairman Of The Democratic National Convention In The Early 1970's.
Her Remarkable Career In Politics Paralleled An Impressive Career As An Educator. She Taught Law School At George Washington University. She Served As The First Black Female Dean Of Howard University's Law School. In 1970, She Became The Youngest Person To Ever Be Appointed To The Board Of Directors Of Georgetown University.
Patricia Harris Was Born May 31, 1924, In Illinois.
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Samuel Cornish & John Russworm The Nation's First Black Newspaper Was Published March 16, 1827, By John B. Russworm And Reverend Samuel E. Cornish.
"Freedom's Journal," The First Exclusively Black-Owned, Operated, Edited And Published Newspaper In America, Was Produced In New York City And Widely Distributed In Boston, Washington, DC, Baltimore And Even As Far Away As Haiti.
The Paper's Mission Statement Read:
"We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us. Too long has the publick been deceived by misrepresentation, in things that concern us dearly, though in the estimation of some, mere trifles...
The civil rights of a people being of the greatest value, it shall ever be our duty to vindicate our brethren, when opressed and to lay the case before the publick.
The interesting fact that there are FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND free persons of colour, one half of whom might peruse and the whole be benefited by the publication of the journal; that no publication as yet, has devoted exclusively to their improvement...."
The Paper's Mantra Was "RIGHTOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION."
"Freedom's Journal" Did Not Last Long, Due In Large Part, To A Conflict Between Editors Russworm And Cornish Over The Issue Of The Colonization Of Africa By Black Americans, Which Russworm Advocated.
The Jamaican-Born Russworm Migrated To Liberia In 1829. That Same Year, Cornish Revived "Freedom's Journal" Under A Different Name, "The Rights Of All."
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North Carolina A&T State University
On March 9. 1891, North Carolina A&T State University Was Founded, Following An Act Ratified By The North Carolina General Assembly.
Originally Established As The (Agricultural & Mechanical) A&M. College For The “Colored Race” It Was In The Fall Of 1890, When The North Carolina General Assembly Enacted A Second Morrill Act That Mandated A Separate College For The "Colored Race." (The College Operated In Raleigh As An Annex To Shaw University During The Years 1890-1891, 1891-1892, And 1892-1893). A Group Of Greensboro Citizens Banned Together To Make A Permanent Home For The Institution.
In 1915 State Legislators Changed The College’s Name To The Agricultural And Technical College of North Carolina, And In 1967 Elevated Its Status To University. NC. A&T Became A Constituent University Of The University The North Carolina System In 1972.
NC A&T Is The Largest Publicly Funded Historically Black College (HBCU) In The State Of North Carolina And Graduates The Largest Number Of Black Engineers At The Undergraduate, Masters, And Doctoral Levels . The School Also Graduates The Largest Number of Black Psychology Undergraduates In The Nation.
Today The University Holds The Distinction Of Being The Nation's Only HBCU With Its Own Wall Street Trading Room. NC A&T Is Also A Member School Of The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.
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Wilt Camberlin The 100-Point Night
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Fifty Years Ago, On March 2, 1962, "Wilt The Stilt" Chamberlin Scored 100 Points In A Single Basketball Game, A Feat That Has Yet To Be Duplicated. Chamberlin Made 36 Field Goals And 28 Foul Shots In That Game.
Playing For The Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers And Then The Los Angeles Lakers, Wilt Chamberlin Became The Best Scorer And Rebounder In NBA History. He Was Also The First Player To Score 30,000 Points. He Was The Only Player To Average 40-50 Points In A Single Season.
While Some Of His Records Have Since Been Broken, At One Time Chamberlin Held Or Shared 43 NBA Records. He Was A Four-Time Most Valuable Player, As Well.
At 7-Feet, 1-Inches Tall, Chamberlin Was The First Professional Basketball Player Over 7 Feet. He Played The Center Position And Is Considered By His Contemporaries As One Of The Greatest And Most Dominant Players in the History Of The NBA. He Was A 13-Time All-Star And Won Two NBA Championships -- In 1967 And 1972.
Wilt Chamberlin Retired From The NBA In 1974. He Was Inducted Into The Hall Of Fame In 1978 And Was Voted One Of The Game's 50 Greatest Players In 1996.
He Died October 12, 1999, Of Heart Failure. He Was 63.
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