In 1781 the first known #Black Methodist preacher was Harry “#Black Harry” Hosier. His sermon “Barren Fig Tree” was the first preached by a #Black person to a congregation of Methodists

October 1969 Dianne Feinstein, candidate for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors told a gay audience that she supported getting police out of the restrooms and onto the streets

Approximately 72,200 of the foreign blacks were first-generation emigrants from the #English-speaking Caribbean

The number of #Laotian immigrants then dipped to only 400 in 1977, but climbed to 8,000 in 1978.

Chalkyitsik Village #Alaska is an #Indian #Tribal entity recognized and eligible for services from the United States Bureau of #Indian Affairs

#Korean Americans are less likely to have arranged marriages than their ancestors, because marrying outside of the #Korean community has also become increasingly common

The majority of #Cambodian Americans, however, continue the practice of their traditional religion. As more of them have settled in this country, and as they have established their own communities, observing their religious rituals has become easier

The phenomenon of #Irish domination of the political life of numerous cities continued well into the twentieth century.

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida #Indian Tribes #Alaska is an #Indian #Tribal entity recognized and eligible for services from the United States Bureau of #Indian Affairs

As early as 1803, President Thomas Jefferson planned to move all eastern #Indians to a location west of the Mississippi River, and signed an agreement with the state of Georgia promising to accomplish that deed as soon as possible

October 17, 1932, the Paul Reveres, an anti-communist and anti-Semitic organization was founded in the United States and chaired by Colonel Edwin M Handley

The majority of #Chaldean Americans left their homeland for economic and religious reasons.

The Pacific Ocean surrounds the #Hawaiian archipelago. There are eight major and 124 minor islands, volcanic in origin, with a total land mass of 6,425 square miles

As a member of the Algonquian language family, the #Blackfoot are related to other Algonquian speaking tribes whom ethnologists believe migrated onto the plains from the eastern woodlands several centuries before contact with whites

Certain American citizens living overseas are specifically excluded from being counted in the census even though they may vote

October 1969 Gay students at the University of California Berkeley, staged “gay power” demonstrations and guerrilla theater skits during Cal’s orientation week

In 1781 the first known #Black clockmaker in #America and the only #Black clockmaker known to have worked in the late 18th and early 19th centuries was Peter Hill.

The number of #Grenadians coming to the United States via boats that transported bananas from Central America amounted only to a few hundred, perhaps around three hundred.

Non-citizens become ever more vulnerable as politicians across the nation advocate anti-immigrant measures

#Korean Americans hold a prominent position in the field of medical science

In 1784 Paul Cuffe was the first Black person to sail as master of his own ship

The Oklahoma public education system, does not include treatment of the #Choctaw nation in the state's history in its public school curriculum.

October 1969 “Suicide squadrons” of the Gay Liberation Front in New York disrupted a meeting of mayoral candidates after waiting almost two hours for replies to questions they had submitted

Certain kinds of actions by the tribal council, are subject to the authority of the secretary of the interior of the U.S. government, a reminder that the #Sioux are not alone in their land

#Korean culture is maintained within #Korean American communities through church organizations, #Korean schools, and #Korean-culture camps.

In 1784 the Jay-Gardoqui Treaty with Spain failed to be ratified. Negotiations continued until 1786

The Orthodox Church in America, with its seat in New York City, has 12 dioceses across the country

October 1969 a 14-member task force sponsored by the Government’s national institute of Mental Health headed by Dr. Evelyn Hooker and consisting of psychologists sociologists, lawyers, and a theologian, released a report highly critical of antigay laws

Changes in American immigration law in 1965 significantly altered the type and number of immigrants coming to the United States

As American society became more technologically advanced, much of the work traditionally performed by immigrants disappeared, leaving only dangerous, undesirable, poorly paid positions that offered no health care benefits and little promise for the future