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On October 20, 1946 W.E.B. Du Bois, at 78, delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia, South...
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On October 19, 1944 The US Navy announced that Black women would be permitted to join Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). The...
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On October 18, 1968Bob Beamon beat the World long jump record at 29 ft, 2.5 in at the Mexico City Olympics.
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On October 17, 2019 Congressman Elijah Cummings died. ‘A giant of integrity and knowledge has fallen’: Washington reacts to the death of Rep. Elijah...
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On October 10, 1979 Hazel Johnson-Brown, nurse, educator, and Army leader, overcame adversity to become the first Black female general and first Black chief...
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On October 9, 1984 W. Wilson Goode became the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia, PA.
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On October 8, 1966 Andrew J. Young was elected chairman of the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), a coalition of civil rights and...
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On October 7, 1993 Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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On October 6, 1871 The nine-member choir embarked on a national fundraising tour for Fisk. This group, known as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, introduced...
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On October 5, 1995 Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, three months before her death, received the Sylvanus Thayer Award, named in honor of Sylvanus Thayer, Class...
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On October 4, 1988 The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building was dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the...
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On October 3, 1949 First Black Radio Station, WERD, began operating in Atlanta, GA.
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On October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. Thurgood Marshall had already transformed American law....
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On October 1, 2001 President George W. Bush nominated Mattie R. Sharpless as the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. After...
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