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A Day of Elections
Edward W. Brooke elected attorney general of Massachusetts. Gerald Lamb elected treasurer of Connecticut. Otis M. Smith elected to a full term on the Michigan Supreme Court. Five Blacks, including one newcomer, were elected to the House of Representatives. The newcomer, Augustus F. Hawkins, was
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Nov
6
1962
Utah US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran in Utah with Mesothelioma to Not Put Off Compensation Because of COVID19-But to Call Attorney Erik Karst of KVO to Begin the Process
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Louis Stokes born
Louis Stokes, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and member of the US House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American elected to the House from Ohio.
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Feb
23
1925
Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden , in full Robert Earl Hayden, original name Asa Bundy Sheffey (born August 4, 1913, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died February 25, 1980, Ann Arbor, Michigan), African American poet whose subject matter is most often the black
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25
1980
Brown, Cora Mae (1914-1972)
Cora Mae Brown was part of a generation of African American women who translated their community work into political struggle during the first half of the twentieth century.  Born in 1914 in Bessemer, Alabama, Brown’s family migrated to Detroit, Michigan when she was eight years old.  There she was
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Actress/Singer Diana Ross, of the Supremes singing group, was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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26
1944
Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks (1945- )
Carolyn Jean Cheeks was born on June 25, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan.  In 1972 she received a B.S. degree in education from Western Michigan University.  Five years later she received an M.S. degree from the University of Michigan.  After graduating Carolyn Cheeks taught Business Education in the
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OP-ED: Check Your Mailbox —Your Vote Will Count
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Betty Shabazz, born
Betty Shabazz, activist and widow of Malcolm X was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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28
1940
Eva Jessye
Eva Jessye choral director for the first Broadway production of Porgy and Bess died in Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb. 21, 1992.
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21
1992
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Doley, Harold, Jr (1947- )
Ambassador Harold E. Doley, Jr is the founder of Doley Securities, LLC, the oldest African American owned investment banking firm in the nation. Doley is the only African American to have owned a seat on the New York Stock
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Although Colorado, Washington, Florida, California, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Illinois and District of Columbia have made the recreational use of cannabis legal, the federal government still considers it an illegal
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Detroit Fireworks Postponed to August, Set for TV Viewing Only
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William "Willie the Pro" Thrower (1930-2002)
William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Thrower was born on March 22, 1930, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Although his statistics as a college and high school football player are good, and his pro
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22
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Savage, Augustus Alexander, “Gus” (1925 - ) - Birthday
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Robert Duncanson
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1997
Charles C. DiggsJr.
Charles C. Diggs Jr. of Detroit elected Michigans first Black congressman.
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1954
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Reginald M. Turner, Jr.
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Sunken Place Soldier Candace Owens Forgets Her Hair Is 4C, Calls Black People “Chimpanzees” For Riots
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Shaw, Anna Howard
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First Black Woman to Head a Medical School in the
Barbara Ross-Lee, practicing family physician, Naval officer, and medical educator, assumed the position as dean of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing Michigan. This position made her the first Black woman to head a medical school in the United States.
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Jesse Brown, wounded veteran and government official, was born on March 27, 1944 to Lucille Brown in Detroit, Michigan.
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