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- Akwasi Osei
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min read
On this day in 1899, L.C. Bailey was granted a patent for the folding bed.
Nelson Mandela, arguably Africa’s most popular and influential leader, was born on this day in 1918 in the Transkei, South Africa.
The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment was made up of free Africans. On this day in 1863, it led a famous assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, SC. during the Civil War. This was immortalized in the 1989 film, Glory.
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