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The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (died 1945)
Kitosh, an African labourer, died after having been flogged by his British employer, in a case that eventually led to reform of the legal system of the Kenya Colony.
The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.
George Stinney, wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (born 1929)
The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic
Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.
A Boeing 707 crashes near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 28.
The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
Three African-American United States Marines who repeatedly raped local women in Katsuyama near Nago, Okinawa were killed by the residents and had their bodies hidden in a nearby cave for over 50 year�
Angered by racism and poverty, African American residents of the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland began to riot for six days.
Emmett Till, African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (died 1955)
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
The two-day Slocum massacre commences in Texas, a race riot in which more than 100 African Americans are murdered.
In Brooklyn, a mob composed largely of Irish Americans attacked a group of African Americans in a riot.
Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000�