Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker.

She portrayed racial struggles in the early 1900s American South and published research on hoodoo.

The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She … See more

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1864 – Full Film: The Sand Creek Massacre and the Civil War

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On January 7, 1865, a battle took place near Julesburg, Colorado, between 1,000 Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota Indians and about 60 soldiers of the U.S. Army and 40 to 50 civilians.

Mochi (Buffalo Calf Woman, right side), Southern Cheyenne photographed while imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. The Sand Creek massacre unleashed the anger of the Plains natives: many tribes united to fight against white people who had not respected the peace treaties, and not even the white flag waved by a little girl of just six. In addition to revenge, the Indians also sought food and blankets, to survive the long winter. On January 7, 1865, 1,000 warriors (Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho) attacked Camp Ranking, followed by many women who steered the escort horses. Among them was Mo-chi, who organized the load of everything they managed to take from the warehouses of the fort abandoned by the soldiers, lured out by a vanguard of warriors. During that raid, Mo-chi met Medicine Water, the man to whom she remained tied for the rest of her life, united by the same spirit of resistance.

The Indians defeated the soldiers and over the next few weeks plundered ranches and stagecoach stations up and down the South Platte River valley ².

The U.S. Army’s Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho on November 29, 1864, was one of the reasons that caused the Indians to intensify hostilities against the U.S. Army and white settlers ² ¹.

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1789 – Americans voted for the electors that would choose George Washington to be the first U.S. president.

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Congress sets January 7, 1789 as the date by which states are required to choose electors for the country’s first-ever presidential election. A month later, on February 4, George Washington was elected president by state electors and sworn into office on April 30, 1789.
As it did in 1789, the United States still uses the Electoral College system, established by the U.S. Constitution, which today gives all American citizens over the age of 18 the right to vote for electors, who in turn vote for the president. The president and vice president are the only elected federal officials chosen by the Electoral College instead of by direct popular vote.
Today political parties usually nominate their slate of electors at their state conventions or by a vote of the party’s central state committee, with party loyalists often being picked for the job. Members of the U.S. Congress, though, can’t be electors. Each state is allowed to choose as many electors as it has senators and representatives in Congress. During a presidential election year, on Election Day (the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November), the electors from the party that gets the most popular votes are elected in a winner-take-all-system, with the exception of Maine and Nebraska, which allocate electors proportionally. In order to win the presidency, a candidate needs a majority of 270 electoral votes out of a possible 538.

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Article Title
First U.S. presidential election
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History.com Editors
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HISTORY
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January 6, 2020
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January 6, 2020
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November 24, 2009