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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was a writer, poet, and teacher. On this day in 1950, she became the first Black person to win the Pulitzer...
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Elijah McCoy, considered one of the major inventors in American life, was born on this day in 1844 in Ontario, Canada. An engineer, his...
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Macon Bolling Allen was called to the Massachusetts bar on this day in 1845. He is generally considered the first Black lawyer called to...
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On this day in 1961, the first Freedom Riders set off from Washington, DC through the South scheduled to arrive on May 17 in New Orleans....
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Moneta Sleet, Jr, on this day in 1969, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a picture of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her...
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On this day in 1886, M. A Cherry received a patent for the invention of the tricycle Martin Robison Delany was born free on this day in...
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Charles Lenox Remond was born free in Massachusetts, which informed his activist mindset. Indeed, on this day in 1844, he gave a speech...
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Henry McNeal Turner died on this day in 1915 after a storied life as a leader of his people. He was a minister and Bishop in the African...
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Kimberly Aiken became, at age 18, one of the few Black Women to win the coveted Ms. America Beauty Pageant on this day in 1994. On this...
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The whole world stood still on this day in 1994 when Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first head of state elected by all...
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On this day in 1981, Robert Nesta ‘Bob’ Marley, the unparalleled King of Reggae music, succumbed to cancer of the skin in Miami, Florida....
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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, born Hubert Gerold Brown, also known as H. Rap Brown, replaced Stokeley Carmichael (Kwame Touré) as the Chairman...
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On this day in 1985, to drive out residents of a home on 6221 Osage Avenue, the City of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the roof of the...
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda was one of the early African leaders who spent time at American institutions and combined anti-segregationist...
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Camilla Williams, an African opera singer, on this day in 1946 became the first Black person to receive a regular contract from a major...
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John James Conyers, Jr, was an influential Black politician who served in the United House of Representatives for over 50 years. He was...
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One of America’s most iconic boxers of all time, Ray Charles Leonard, popularly known as Sugar Ray Leonard, was born on this day in 1956....
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Reginald Martinez Jackson, popularly known as Reggie Jackson, was born on this day in 1946. Jackson is one of the few athletes who used...
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Grace Beverly Jones is an actress, model, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She was born on this day in 1948 in Spanish Town,...
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Francois-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, military leader of the Haitian Revolution, was born on this day in 1743.
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