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On this day in Black History:  THE GREAT WHITE HOPE KNOCKED OUT

John Arthur Johnson nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black...

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

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

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

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

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: MALCOM X FORMS THE ORGANIZATION FOR AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY

The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Pan-Africanist organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was modeled on the Organization of...

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