1. In 1857, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, which held that blacks could not be considered United States citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. The decision exacerbated tensions between proponents and opponents of slavery and is widely considered one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
2. In 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau was established by Congress to provide assistance to newly freed slaves. The Bureau was instrumental in providing education, healthcare, and other social services to African Americans in the years following the Civil War.
3. In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony that featured President Warren G. Harding as the keynote speaker. The memorial, which houses a 19-foot-tall statue of Abraham Lincoln, is one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States.
4. In 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt declared a national emergency in response to the Great Depression. The Emergency Banking Act was passed later that day, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate the banking system and reopen sound banks.
5. In 1981, Walter E. Washington became the first African American mayor of Washington, D.C. Washington served as mayor from 1975 to 1979, when the city was still under federal control, and then as mayor of the newly created District of Columbia government from 1979 to 1983.
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