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On this day in 1979, The New York Times published archaeological findings of a cemetery in Qustul in Nubia on the border between Sudan...
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Howard University was established on this day in 1867 in Washington, DC. It was chartered by the Federal Government, with the Congress...
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On this day in 1991, Rodney King was beaten to a pulp by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). This assault, which was captured on...
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Mama Africa, Zenzile Miriam Makeba the great South African singer and human rights fighter, was born on this day in 1932 in South Africa....
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On this day in 1770, Crispus Attucks was killed in the Boston Massacre. It was one of the conflicts that led to the Declaration of...
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Ghana gained its independence from Britain on this day in 1957. It quickly became a destination for many Black people from around the...
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On this day in 1975, United Supports of Artists for Africa (USA for Africa) released the single “We Are the World” to raise funds for...
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Phyllis Mae Dailey was inducted into the US Navy Nurse Corps on this day in 1945. She was the first African American Navy nurse,...
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Christopher George Latore Wallace, popularly known as Notorious B.I.G, aka Biggie Smalls and Biggie, was assassinated on this day in 1997...
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Harriet Tubman (at birth Araminta Ross) is arguably the most well-known fighter against slavery in American History. She was a leader,...
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On this day in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on...
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Mauritius became an independent nation on this day in 1968. Andrew Jackson Young, Jr., diplomat, politician, civil rights activist, and...
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On this day in 2020, Breonna Taylor was murdered in her bed by three Louisville, Kentucky policemen who were looking for a former...
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Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights leader, and women’s rights activist passed away on this day in 1977 in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Quincy...
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Harriet E. Wilson, one of the first female African American novelists, was born free on this day in 1825 in New Hampshire. Her novel, Our...
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On this day in 1846, Rebecca J. Cole was born in Philadelphia. PA. She was the second woman to qualify as a physician in the United...
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Myrlie Louise Beasley Evers-Williams, Civil Rights veteran, activist, and journalist was born on this day in 1933 in Vicksburg,...
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Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, talk show host, and producer,...
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William Tucker is considered the first African born in the colonies on this day in 1624.
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Jan Ernst Matzeliger received a US Patent on this day in 1883 for his shoe lasting machine which revolutionized shoe-making forever. Dr....
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