National Football League (NFL) great Barry Sanders was born on this day in 1968. Among the many accolades he earned in his storied career as a running back for the Detroit Lions, he was selected to the Pro Bowl 10 times
Ida B. Wells was born on this day in 1862. She was a pioneering investigative journalist, an abolitionist, a feminist, a crusader against lynching, and a founder of many organizations including the NAACP.
Progressive and dedicated Congresswoman Barbara Jean Lee was born on this day in 1946 in El Paso, Texas.
On this day in 1811, William Henry Johnson was born into slavery in Richmond Virginia. He rose to become perhaps the first Black person to practice law in America.
Great Jazz musician Miles Davis honored on this day in 1991 in France as a Knight in the French Legion of Honor, the nation’s top honor in the arts.
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