On this day in 1900, the National Negro Business League was organized in Boston. It was led by Booker T Washington, and its main objective was to promote the interests of Black businesses.
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The great professional basketball player Kobe Bryant, nicknamed the Black Mamba, was born on this day in Philadelphia, PA.
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On this day in 1861, James Stone became the first Black person to enlist in the Union Army. He is reported to be a light skinned Black Man who passed for white.
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