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But further immunization against the murdering of juveniles and Greater Englewood residents will continue to be needed. For those of you who are interested in ending the homicides in the Greater Englewood Community, the Community Peace Program (CPP) is an organization interested in highlighting our youth in an effort to eliminate (or significantly curtail) the […]

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9

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James Sommersett was the subject of a landmark legal case in Great Britain, which was the first major step in imposing limits on Trans-Atlantic African slavery. Sommersett entered the pages of history when in 1771, he fled his North American owner, Charles Stewart, while both were living in

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22

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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

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10

1893

Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) in 1950.

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1

1950

Martin Luther King was denied freedom of speech!

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26

1967

Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born

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29

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Irving C. Mollison

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3

1945

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3

1957

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12

1966

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3

1942

Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)

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1952

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12

1862

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1896

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1935

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3

1942

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1931

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1969

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