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One of America’s accomplished actors, Samuel L. Jackson, was born on this day in 1941 in Washington, DC. South Carolina on this day in...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on this day in 1960 in New York City. He was an American artist who created at the confluence of street...
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On this day in 1990, America buried the first significant stock car (NASCAR) race driver, Wendell Oliver Scott. On this day in 1867,...
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On this day in 1832, The Georgia Infirmary was the first black Hospital purposefully built to cater to Blacks. The first Ku Klux Klan was...
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Cheney University of Pennsylvania was reportedly established on this day in 1837 as the African Institute for Colored Youth. It is...
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On this day in 1966 was born the first day of the African American holiday season named as Kwanzaa. It was created by Dr. Maulana...
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On this day in 1941, Dr. Charles Drew, the discoverer of Blood Plasma, establishes a pioneer blood bank in New York.
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John Roger Stephens, also known as John Legend, is born on this day in 1978 in Springfield, Ohio. He is a songwriter, producer, singer,...
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Robert Clifton Weaver was born this day in 1907 in Washington, DC. He was an economist, academic and politician who shattered the glass...
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The great Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods, Jr was born on this day in 1975 in Cypress, California. He is arguably the greatest golfer in American...
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On this day in 1948, LaDonna Adrian Gaines, also known as Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco music, was born in Boston Massachusetts. ...
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