Essential Workers Get It, But They're Still Sick Of The Whining About Going Back To The Office

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Essential Workers Get It, But They're Still Sick Of The Whining About Going Back To The Office

At the beginning of the pandemic, essential workers were lauded as heroes. Since then, they've largely been left out of conversations about working during COVID.

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Max Robinson is the first African American to anchor network news. The network is ABC.

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1978

MaliVai Washington

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20

1969

Composer and violinist, Clarence C White, dies, 1880

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10

1880

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Lee Elder becomes the first African American professional golfer to qualify for

Lee Elder becomes the first African American professional golfer to qualify for the Masters Tournament.

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21

1974

The First Black Psychic

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27

2002

Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson

Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson is named assistant general manager of the club, the third African American to become as assistant GM.

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4

1991

Arthur Ashe, first African American American Davis

Arthur Ashe, first African American American Davis Cup team member, first African American to win the U.S. Open and the mens singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, born

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10

1943

U.S. Supreme Court decision

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5

1917

African American Jordan Freeman dies after killing Major William Montgomery in t

African American Jordan Freeman dies after killing Major William Montgomery in the Battle of Groton Heights

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6

1781

Mary Eliza Mahoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African American to graduate from a nursing school, graduates from the nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children

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1879

W Wilson Goode becomes the 1st African American mayor of Philadelphia

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1984

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtic

Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the first African American to coach an NBA team.

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28

1966

Paris Exposition

African-American painter Henry O. Tanner was one of the 6,916 American exhibitors at the Paris Expoition which closed its gates on this day. Tanner won a silver medal for his entry.

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12

1900

William A. Harper

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27

1873

The Negro Renaissance

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1921

Founder of Pro-Line

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7

1931

Z. Alexander Looby

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24

1972

Abolitionist Society Organized

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1775

Jimmy Winkfield wins his second Kentucky Derby

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1902

The first African American nursing school

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1881

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1942

Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African A

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1973

Imhotep was the royal advisor to King Zoser during the Third Dynasty

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Walter F.White, NAACP Pres.

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1931

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1777

Massacre in Mississippi

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1874

Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies

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1932

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