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ON THIS DATE JUNE 13th 1774 Rhode Island became the first colony to ban the importation of slaves. 1866 Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment. 1964 Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island to begin his life sentence, imposed the previous day. 1967 President Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. 2005 The U.S. Senate apologized to lynching victims and their families for their failure to enact federal anti-lynching legislation during the first part of the 20th century. From 1890 to 1960, 4,742 lynchings were officially documented.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:11:44 +0000

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