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Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, was born in Nkroful, Ghana on this day in 1909. On this day in 1872, John Henry Conyers...
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U.S. Olympian sprinter Jackie Griffith Joyner, who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1988 games, died on this day in 1998....
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Educator and activist for civil rights and suffrage Mary Church Terrell was born on this day in 1863. She was one of the first Black...
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President Lyndon B. Johnson on this day in 1965 issues Executive Order 11246 which requires government contractors to ‘take affirmative...
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Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela Mandela, anti-apartheid warrior and wife of Nelson Mandela, was born on this day in 1936 in the Transkei,...
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Sister Katharine Drexel, now Saint Katharine Drexel, founded Xavier University on this day in 1925. It is the only Catholic Historically...
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David Walker’s Appeal was published on this day in 1829. Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured...
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WGPR-TV in Detroit, the first Black-owned television station in the United States, began broadcasting on this day in 1975. Former...
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The ‘Thrilla in Manila’ occurred on this day in 1975 in Manila, Philippines. It was the name given to the historic boxing match between...
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