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September 29, 2021
WGPR-TV in Detroit

WGPR-TV in Detroit, the first Black-owned television station in the United States, began broadcasting on this day in 1975.
Also on this day

First African Free Mason Lodge, #459
On this day in 1784, Prince Hall established the First African Free Mason Lodge, #459.

Samora Machel
Former Mozambique President Samora Machel was born this day in 1933

Sir W. Arthur Lewis
Sir W. Arthur Lewis became the first Black person to earn the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on this day in 1979.
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