On this day in 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed in the United States Congress. It was the first such law since Reconstruction.
Jazz great Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker was born in Kansas City on this day in 1920.
On this day in 1979, the Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation acquired the Mutual Black Network. This created the first fully Black-owned radio network.
One of the greatest entertainers the world has ever seen, Michael Jackson, was born on this day in Gary, Indiana.
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