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Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States (November 4th, 2008)

First Black President of the United States

Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Black civil rights activist James Meredith shot

James Meredith shot James Meredith, the first black man to brave the colour bar at the University of Mississippi is (non-fatally) shot and wounded after entering Mississippi on a civil rights march.

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