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

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Former Mozambique President Samora Machel was born this day in 1933.
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On this day in 1784, Prince Hall established the First African Freemason Lodge, #459.
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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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The National Urban League was established on this day in 1910 in New York City. It is a civil rights organization committed to enhancing equality, social, economic and political justice.
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