Kanye West Submits Petitions To Appear On Arkansas Ballot

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Kanye West Submits Petitions To Appear On Arkansas Ballot

The secretary of state's office has 10 days to verify if they are all from registered Arkansas voters.

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The first African American Postmaster of a major postal facility, Henry W. McGee, Sr. was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1910, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1927. McGee was the first person to rise from the ranks of letter carriers to achieve the status of Postmaster, a post to which he was

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Born on March 5, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, George Washington Collins graduated from Waller High School and immediately joined the United States Army in 1943 at the age of 18. He rose to the rank of sergeant and was discharged in 1946. Collins attended the Central Y.M.C.A. College in

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Reconstruction of the South began with the

Reconstruction of the South began with the registering of Black and white voters in the South. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan ordered registration to begin in Louisiana on May 1 and to continue until June 30. Registration began in Arkansas in May. Other states followed in June and July. By the end of

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1867

(2015) President Barack Obama's Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney

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After two years in the Army, Poitier decided on an impulse to audition at the American Negro Theatre. Although he was initially rejected, Poitier was now determined to become an actor. He worked on getting rid of his Bahamian accent and improving his theatre performance for six months. On his

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1898

(1905) Roscoe Conkling Bruce, “Freedom Through Education”

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1939

LeBron James is an American basketball superstar who currently plays for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team “Cleveland Cavaliers”. He is six feet, eight inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. He was born to a 16 year old single mother named Gloria Marie James on December

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Singer Al Green born

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1946

City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)

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1932

Evans, Melvin Herbert (1917–1984)

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New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.

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Edward Thomas Demby

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Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904

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Josephine Baker

Born: 6/3/1906 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 4/12/1975 Paris, FranceJosephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress who came to be known in various circles as the Black Pearl, Bronze Venus and even the Creole Goddess. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri,Baker was

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DeLarge, Robert Carlos (1842-1874)

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