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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 September 9, 2004 The world premiere of the musical The Color Purple was produced by the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta with a special...
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On September 7, 1987 The first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from Bad, Michael Jackson and director Martin...
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On September 3, 1970 Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. met in Atlanta for...
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On September 2, 1975 Joseph W. Hatchett was sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court justice in the South in the twentieth century.
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On September 1, 1975 Gen. Daniel (“”Chappie””) James Jr. was promoted to a Four-Star General and named Commander-in-Chief of the North American Air Defense...
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On August 31, 1970, Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, was convicted in New Haven, Conn., court of conspiracy to murder Alex Rackley, an...
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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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