Fresh Off Her Poetic, History-Making Inaugural Showcase, Amanda Gorman Begins Modeling Career

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Fresh Off Her Poetic, History-Making Inaugural Showcase, Amanda Gorman Begins Modeling Career

By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Leon Bennett for WireImage via Getty Images Phenom Amanda Gorman (pictured) catapulted herself to superstardom on Inauguration Day 2021 by becoming the youngest-ever inaugural poet in U.S. history to showcase her talent at the ceremony, which signals the dawn of a new American presidency. Gorman, 22, was no stranger to […]

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On Jan. 25, 1971, Colonel Amin deposed President Obote. Obote went into exile in Tanzania. Amin expelled Asian residents and launched a reign of terror against Ugandan opponents, torturing and killing tens of thousands. In 1976, he had himself proclaimed President for Life. In 1977, Amnesty

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27

1985

Birthday of Natalie Cole

Singer Natalie Cole, daughter of legedary singer Nat Cole, born in Los Angeles, California. Singing professionally at age 11, by 1976 Cole had won Grammys for New Artist of the Year and Best R&B Female Vocalist.

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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"

The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School. On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove

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24

1957

An outbreak of Ebola hit Guinea in March 2014 and spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. By September, is estimated to have killed about 430 people in Guinea, and there were nearly 650 suspected and confirmed cases of it in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In late August, the

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Current government officials

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Second Morrill Act of 1890

Act of August 30, 1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, 7 U.S.C. 322 et

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1890

Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. was the first African American Attorney General of the United States. He was born on January 2, 1951, to Eric and Miriam Holder in New York City. Eric and Miriam had both migrated from Barbados. Eric worked as a real estate agent and Miriam worked as a telephone

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1951

Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi "Zik" (1904-1996)

Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first President of Nigeria and wasinstrumental in founding a string of newspapers across

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Oct

1

1963

Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."

Emma Clarissa Clement, a black woman and mother of Atlanta University President Rufus E. Clement, was named American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was the first Afro-American woman to receive the honor.

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May

1

1946

John Elroy Sanford, commonly known as Redd Foxx, was an American comedian and actor, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. Born on December 9, 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, Foxx has had a major impact on the current trajectories in stand-up comedy. Known most notably for his unconventionally explicit

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Dr. Dre is an American rap singer and producer who is sometimes referred to as the most influential rap producer of all time. Dre was born Andre Romelle Young on February 18, 1965 in Compton, California to Theodore and Verna Young, who were both singers. His parents separated when Dre was 3 years

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Feb

18

1965

Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda. The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas—swampy lowlands, a fertile plateau

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1985

(1970) Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, “I Am For the Equal Rights Amendment.”

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm became in 1968 the first African American woman elected to Congress. Four years later in 1972, she launched a bid to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, another first for an African American woman. Throughout her career in Congress

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1970

(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Public Address”

? On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln addressed a jubilant crowd that had gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C. While the crowd expected an address celebrating the Union

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Sammy Davis, Jr.

Davis lost his left eye in a 1954 car crash while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles… Davis converted to Judaism in the mid-1950s… He sang the theme song to Robert Blake‘s 1970s TV show Baretta… He was played by Don Cheadle in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack.

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The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era

Taylor, Quintard, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattles Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era

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Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1847- )

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is the oldest African American church in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Like Wheat Street, First Congregational, and the King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Bethel A.M.E. has been a religious, social, economic, and cultural pillar of the African

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Chisholm, Shirley (1924-2005)

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, an advocate for the rights of people of color and for womens rights, became in November 1968 the first black woman elected to the United States Congress. Four years later she became the first black person to seek a major party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency

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(1957) Roy Wilkins, “The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”

In 1957 Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was next to Rev. Martin Luther King, the most recognized civil rights leader in the nation. In October of that year he addressed the Commonwealth Club of California five weeks after

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Rice, Condoleezza (1954- )

Condoleezza Rice has earned distinction as a scholar, expert on international politics, and with her appointments as the first African American woman National Security Advisor and Secretary of State of the United

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14

1954

Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox

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Shaquille O’Neal

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Perry, June Carter (1943- )

Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas. After completing grade school, Perry was accepted at the Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois where in 1965 she earned her degree in history. Two years later she earned a master’s degree in European History at the

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(1893) Anna Julia Cooper, “ Women's Cause is One and Universal”

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1893

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Chica da Silva (1731/5-1796)

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Etta Moten sings for President

Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.

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1934

The International Criminal Court suspended its investigation into the war crimes perpetrated in Darfur in December 2014, saying the UN Security Council had failed to support the inquiry. Given this councils lack of foresight on what should happen in Darfur, I am left with no choice but to hibernate

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Webb, Wellington E. (1941- )

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