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August 12, 2021
Frederick Douglass

The Washington, DC home of Frederick Douglass was declared a national shrine on this day in 1922.
Also on this day

Bantu Stephen Biko
Bantu Stephen Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness agitation in South Africa, is arrested and jailed on this day in 1977. He never made it out of prison.
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