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  • Benjamin O. Davis promoted to be the first African American General.

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  • United Negro College Fund

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  • Adam Clayton Powell Jr. becomes first African American to represent New York in the house of representatives.

  • California Supreme Court (Mendes vs Westminister) ends segregation of Hispanic children

  • Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers

  • Southern Christian leadership by Martin Luther King Jr. He is named chairman of the Southern Chrisrian Leadership Conference.