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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 June 23, 1997, Betty Shabazz died at 61, in New York City, 3 weeks after receiving burns over 80% of her body.
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On June 22, 1949 Ezzard Charles defeated Jersey Joe Walcott for the World heavyweight championship.
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On June 21, 1945 Col. B.O. Davis Jr. was named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army...
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On June 19, 1865 The Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in Texas. Former slaves began migrating to Austin, Dallas, Galveston, and other Texas cities, but...
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On June 18, 1942 The U.S. Navy commissions its first Black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson.
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On June 17, 1923, Marcus Garvey was convicted on federal charges of mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Universal...
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On June 16, 1970 Kenneth A. Gibson was elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
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On June 15, 1971, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., former executive director of the United Negro College Fund, was appointed executive director of the National...
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On June 14, 1989, Congressman William Gray is elected Democratic Whip of the House of Representatives, the highest-ranking leadership position ever held by an...
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On June 13, 1990 Bernadette Locke became the first female on-court coach when she was named assistant coach of the University of Kentucky men’s...
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