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On this day Martin de Porres Velazquez, a Black man, was born in Lima Peru in 1579. He became a Brother in the Dominican Order in the Catholic Church. He led an exemplary life, was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI; and later canonized in 1962 as a Saint by Pope John XXIII.

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Pinckney Benton Stewart (P.B.S) Pinchback was a soldier, a publisher, and politician who went on to become the first Black person to serve as Governor of a U. S. state. He served as Governor of Louisiana on this day in 1872, till January 13, 1873.