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Raphael Warnock projected winner in U.S. Senate race | The Atlanta Voice

Early Wednesday morning, the Reverend Raphael G. Warnock is declared the projected winner in the U.S. Senate runoff race between incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler. The result was called shortly after 2:00 AM by organizations including the Associated Press. Warnock took a narrow lead over Sen. Kelly Loeffler after votes were tallied in DeKalb County shortly after 11:00 PM. In the […]

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1946

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Spingarn Medal presented to John Hope posthumously for his achievement as president of Morehouse College and for his creative leadership in the founding of the Atlanta University Center.

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1936

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Blanche Kelso Bruce, first Black to serve a full term in the United States Senate was born a slave in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

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1841

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Death of Brailsford Reese Brazeal (76), economist and former dean of Morehouse College, in Atlanta.

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1981

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1884

Thurgood Marshall

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11

1965

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20

1870

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1829

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1920

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