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Special to The Dallas Examiner Mice fed diets high in sugar developed worse colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, and researchers examining their large intestines found more of the bacteria that can [...]

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Fort Valley State University (1939- )

Fort Valley State University, in Fort Valley, Georgia, is a four year liberal arts land grant school that is part of the University System of Georgia. It was formed in 1939 when Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School merged with the State Teachers and Agricultural College of

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University of the Virgin Islands (1962-- )

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is a public university located on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, the United States Virgin Islands. It was established in 1962 In 1986 it officially became one of the 117 U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It remains the

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Mar

16

1962

Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

March 26, 2003, Argued

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Lloyd Hall was born on June 20, 1894 in Elgin, Illinois. He was an honor student while attending West Side High School in Aurora, Illinois and captained the school debate team while competing in baseball, football and track. Lloyd graduated High School in the top 10 of his class and had to choose

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Jan

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1870

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Ertharin Cousin

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Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard born

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May

17

1956

Moore's Ford Lynching

During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into

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Jul

25

1946

Georgia constitutional convention

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Dec

9

1867

(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”

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Sep

13

1948

Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama” (1926-1984)

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Jefferson F. Long born

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Mar

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1836

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Jan

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O’Neal, Adrienne S. (1954- )

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Feb

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1907

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

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1956

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Jan

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1961

Long, Jefferson Franklin (1836-1907)

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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West

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Ragsdale, Marguerita (1948- )

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Jan

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1950

Sullivan, Louis Wade (1933- )

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