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On September 13, 1962 Mississippi Governor Ross R. Barnett defied the federal government in an impassioned speech on statewide radio-television hookup, saying he would...
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On September 12, 1992 Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space when she launched from the Kennedy Space Center and joined...
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On September 11, 2001 Godwin Ajala is remembered as a U.S. national hero who fought to save the lives of countless people as they...
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On September 10, 1929 The Cleveland Call & Post was established when it merged: Cleveland Call, founded in 1916 by Cleveland inventor Garrett A....
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On August 30, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford was the first African American in space. Over a million people and more than 250 famous Black...
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On August 29, 1979, the first completely Black-owned radio network in the world, “Mutual Black Network,” was purchased by Sheridan Broadcasting Corp.
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On August 28, 1955, Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenager who was abducted and lynched...
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On August 27, 1967, “The Greatest Speech Ever” – Robert F Kennedy Announcing The Death Of Martin Luther King – the last speech Rev....
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On August 26, 1850, Tarrant County was created by the Texas legislature. The settlement of Fort Worth had a population of 599 whites and...
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On August 25, 1886, Seventy-four Blacks were reported lynched in 1886.
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“On August 24, 1950, Chicago Atty. Edith Sampson was named the first Black representative (alternate delegate) in the U.S. delegation to the United Nations....
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“On August 23, 1908, 52 nurses led by Martha M. Franklin formed the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses to improve the status of...
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On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which ushered in the most sweeping changes in the...
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“On August 21, 2001 Robert Tools, the first man to have a self-contained artificial heart implanted, speaks for the first time on national television....
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