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September 21, 2021
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, was born in Nkroful, Ghana on this day in 1909.
Also on this day
F. W Leslie
Inventor F. W Leslie patented the envelope seal on this day in 1891.
John Henry Conyers
On this day in 1872, John Henry Conyers enrolled as the first Black person at the United States Naval Academy.
Maria Stewart
Maria Stewart was an early anti-slavery crusader who, on this day in 1832 gave an address to the New England Anti-Slavery Society. It was generally considered as one of the rare times a woman in those days spoke to both Blacks and Whites.
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