1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. - TopicsExpress



          

1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. Riots break out in 125 U.S. cities. 1968 Shirley Chisholm is the first black women elected to the U.S. Congress. 1989 Colin Powell becomes chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, making him the first black officer to hold the highest military post in America. 1999 All 50 states legally recognized the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for the first time. 2008 Barack Obama wins the election to become the first African American president in U.S. history. These are Famous Dates In African-American.
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