Purpose
The purpose of this page is to select some of the <b >Landmarks and Milestones</b>listed by Lerone Bennett
in Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America (Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1987)
AudienceBennet's book and the use of Google reveals remarkable results.
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January Federal law prohibitiing slavery; Emancipation proclamation; SCLC voter registration drive; Lincoln University; Ohio Black Laws; right to vote in D.C.; Leontyn Price farewell at the Met; Martin Luther King in the Great Rotunda |
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