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Sept. 12, 1992
Harold Washington becomes first African American mayor of Chicago.
Alice Walker's The Color Purple wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
The State Legislature of Louisiana repeals the last racial-classification law
in the U.S.
Lt. Col. Guion S. Bluford becomes first African American astronaut in space.
Vanessa Williams becomes first African American woman to win Miss
America.
Carl Lewis wins four gold medals at the L.A. Olympics, matching Jesse
Owens' record of 1936.
First Martin Luther King Day celebrated.
The Oprah Winfrey Show is syndicated in more than 120 American cities.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first Black woman astronaut.
Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer Prize for Beloved.
Jesse Jackson receives 1,218 delegate votes at the Democratic National
Convention.
Col. Frederick D. Gregory becomes the first African American to command a
space shuttle mission.
Five black and Latino teens (Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef
Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise), who became known as the
Central Park Five, were arrested for the assault and rape of Trisha Meili,
a 28-year-old white investment banker. In 2002, the five were later
exonerated and their charges were vacated.
Gen. Colin Powell is nominated Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first
African American to hold the post.
L. Douglas Wilder becomes first African American U. S. governor (Virginia)
since Reconstruction.
Nelson Mandela is freed after 27 years in prison.
African-American playwright August Wilson wins Pulitzer Prize for The
Piano Lesson.
Sharon Pratt Kelley elected mayor of Washington, D.C., the first African-
American female to head a major city.
Rodney King brutally beaten in San Fernando Valley by L.A. police officers,
sparking riots, an investigation and subsequent trial.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first African American woman to travel in
space.
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