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January 25th

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  1. 1890
    The Rise

    Afro-American League founded

    T. Thomas Fortune convenes 141 delegates from twenty-one states in Chicago to charter the Afro-American League. The organization presses for federal anti-lynching protection, equal school funding, and a fair trial in the South. It becomes a direct ancestor of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP.

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