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September 14, 2021
Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley, one of the most significant leaders of the anti-Jim Crow civil rights struggles, was born on this day in 1921 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Also on this day
President Franklin Roosevelt
On this day in 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Service Act, which for the first time allowed Black people access to all of the military services.
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