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On this day in 1940, in Peoria, Illinois, Richard Pryor, America’s greatest comedian was born. He became a great all-round entertainer,...
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On this day in 1859, John Brown was put to death for leading a raid on the United States Armory at Harper’s Ferry, then in Virginia. His...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks died on this day in 2000. She was the first Black person to win a Pulitzer. On...
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Today in 1969 marked a dark day in American Justice. On December 4, 1969, two leaders of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, and Mark...
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The great performer Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, is born on this day in 1932. An accomplished singer and...
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Passed on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on this day, December 6 in 1865. It...
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On this day in 2010, Haiti suffered the worst disaster in its history when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit. Haiti was born in...
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Sammy George Davis, Jr, was a vaudevillian singer, dancer, and actor who was born on this day in 1925. He is considered ‘the greatest...
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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...
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On this day in 1964, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize On this day in 1950, Ralph Bunche was awarded the...
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Lewis Howard Latimer died on this day in 1928. Latimer is considered one of the greatest inventors, a Black man whose inventions...
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Kenya proclaimed independent of the United Kingdom on this day in 1963. On this day in 1975, The National Association of Black...
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Ella Josephine Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Virginia; she went on to become one of the most influential movers of the Civil...
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Acclaimed trumpeter Clark Terry was born on this day in 1920. At George Washington’s death on this day in 1799, he owned 317 enslaved...
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200 000 African Americans were organized under the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and fought throughout the duration of the Civil...
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On this day in 1976, President-Elect Jimmy Carter named Andrew Jackson Young, Jr, as the incoming US Ambassador to the United Nations....
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On this day in December 1663, Queen Nzingha of Ndongo and Matamba (present day Angola) died after reigning for over thirty years. She...
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Steven Biko, the young anti-Apartheid crusader who founded the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, was born on this day in...
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Historian, writer, and educator Carter Goodwin Woodson was born on this day in 1875 in Virginia. Dr. Woodson has been called the father...
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On this day in 1988, ABC news national anchor Max Robinson died from complications of AIDS. He was the first Black to anchor and host...
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