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On this day in Black History: CIVIL RIGHTS MARTYR MEDGAR EVERS WAS BORN

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Medgar Wiley Evers (/ˈmɛdɡər/; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in...

On this day in Black History: Frederick Douglass was born | Minister-Resident and Consul-General to Haiti

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One of America's greatest orators Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was named Minister-Resident and Consul-General to Haiti on July 1, 1889.  Douglass...

On this day in Black History: MIKE TYSON was born

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Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid...

On this day in Black History: BLACK POWER FREEDOM FIGHTER STOKELY CARMICHAEL was born

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Kwame Ture (/ˈkwɑːmeɪ ˈtʊəreɪ/; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998) was a prominent organizer in the civil rights...

On this day in Black History: FIRST BLACK SOLO FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD LANDS

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Jamaican born pilot Barrington Irving lands at the Opa-Locka Airport in Miami after 95 days of travel. Irving is the youngest person and first...

On this day in Black History: FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE BORN

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Bernard Harris is a spaceflight pioneer. Harris was part of NASA's 13th astronaut class, which the agency selected in 1990. He became an astronaut in...
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