1866 – The Civil Rights Bill passed over U.S. President Andrew Johnson’s veto.


Civil Rights Bill passed over the president’s veto. The bill conferred citizenship on Blacks and gave them “the same right, in every State and Territory… as is enjoyed by white citizens.”

 

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1988 – Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring.


January 16

On this day in 1988, Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington DC that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring, and were naturally superior athletes.

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