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William ‘Count’ Basie, a famous jazz musician, is born on this day in 1904 in New Jersey. Nat Turner’s rebellion against slavery began on...
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Jomo Kenyatta, the longtime leader of the anti-colonial struggles in Kenya, died on this day at the age of 83. Fisk University, one of...
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On this day in 1900, the National Negro Business League was organized in Boston. It was led by Booker T Washington, and its main...
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Jan Matzeliger passed on this day in 1889. He was a famous inventor whose shoe lasting machine revolutionized shoe production. On this...
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A letter issued on this day in 1967 by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) informed the world that the U.S. Government had carried...
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‘Hidden Figure’ Dr. Katherine Johnson was born on this day in 1918. Dr. Johnson was a scientist who worked for the National Aeronautics...
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On this day in 1975, Emperor Haile Selassie I passed away in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. W.E.B. DuBois, the great intellectual and activist,...
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On this day in 1921, the Second Pan African Congress began its deliberations meeting in three cities: London, Brussels and Paris. ...
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On this day in 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed in the United States Congress. It was the first such law since Reconstruction....
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On this day in 1800, a fierce storm blocked the start of Gabriel Prosser’s slave rebellion in Richmond, VA. It was reported to be one of...
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The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago became an independent nation on this day in 1962. Ambassador Donald McHenry was named to succeed...
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