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October 20, 2021
North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company

On this day in 1898, John Merrick and his associates organized a business. This was the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company, the first African American owned Insurance Company.
Also on this day

Dr. William E. B. DuBois
On this day in 1946, Dr. William E. B. DuBois gave a major speech to young people exhorting them to continue the struggles for human dignity for Black People. The speech was called “Behold the Land”,

“Durham Manifesto”
On this day in 1942, in an effort to confront Southern bigotry, sixty leading Black people issued the “Durham Manifesto” that advocated major changes in Black/White interactions in the South.
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